The latest APS census finds staff in the Prime Minister and Attorney-General's departments less likely to report corruption. 

The Australian Public Service Commission’s 2021 State of the Service report was tabled this week. 

It shows that the departments tasked with creating a federal integrity body to tackle misconduct are some of the least likely to report corruption. Across the Prime Minister and Attorney-General's departments, 84 per cent of staff said they did not report an instance of possible misconduct.

This is compared to an overall rate across the APS for reporting bad behaviour of 33 per cent.

Meanwhile, the Home Affairs and Defence departments recorded the highest levels of corruption reporting across the 14 agencies.

It also found that many public servants believe reporting alleged unwanted behaviour will affect their career or upset relationships in the workplace.

Additionally, the number of general bullying and harassment complaints made by federal public servants has jumped from 422 two years ago to 588 in 2020-21.

“It's deeply concerning to see that the Prime Minister's own department and other senior departments are recording extraordinarily high levels of non-reporting of suspected corrupt behaviour,” Labor’s public service spokesperson Senator Katy Gallagher said.

“These concerning statistics should also been seen in the context of the Prime Minister and his government refusing to introduce legislation for a national anti-corruption commission. Leadership matters here, and we don't have any coming from the government.”