AUSTRALIAN SPY AGENCIES



 
 
 
 
 
 
 

ONA
Office of National Assessments
 
Function:  Analysis of ASIS, DSD and AIO spying
Director-General:  Kim Jones
Minister:  John Howard, PM
Legislation:  Office of National Assessments Act 1977
Web:  www.ona.gov.au
DIO
Defence Intelligence Organisation
 
Function:  Defence analysis of ASIS, DSD and AIO spying
Director:  Frank Lewincamp
Minister:  John Moore, Defence
Web:  http://www.dod.gov.au/dio
DIB
Defence Intelligence Board
 
Function:  Oversee DIO, DSD and DIO and link them with foreign Defence agencies
Chairman:  Martin Brady
Minister:  John Moore, Defence
Created: October 1999
ASIS
Australian Secret Intelligence Service
 
Function:  Spying overseas with secret agents
Minister:  Alexander Downer, Foreign Affairs
Too close to:  CIA (USA) , MI6 (UK)
Web:  www.asis.gov.au
DSD
Defence Signals Directorate
 
Function:  Spying overseas by listening to the world's phone calls, FAX and emails. (Echelon Network)
Director:  Ron Bonighton
Previous Dir: Martin Brady
Minister:  John Moore, Defence
Web: www.dsd.gov.au
Partners: 
Through UKUSA agreement:
 
NSA: National Security Agency (USA)
GCHQ: Government Communications Headquarters (UK)
GCSB: Government Communications Security Bureau (NZ)
CSE: Communications Security Establishment (Canada)
AIO
Australian Imagery Organisation
 
Function:  Spying overseas by photographing
Director:  Chris Stephens
Minister:  John Moore, Defence
Created:  1997
ASIO
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
 
Function:  Spying in Australia
Minister:  Daryl Williams, Attorney-General
Legislation:  Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act (1979)
Parliament:  Parliamentary Joint Committee on the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Web:  www.asio.gov.au

Bob Brown's Echelon Questions in the Senate.

Pine Gap: The Joint Parliamentary Committee on Treaties attemps to get some answers.
 

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