Defence Intelligence Organisation
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| Formed | 1990 |
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| Headquarters | Russell Offices, Canberra |
| Parent agency | Department of Defence |
| Website | www |
The Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO) is an Australian government military intelligence intelligence agency responsible for strategic intelligence and technical intelligence assessments, advising Defence and Government decision-making on national security and international security issues, and the planning and conduct of Australian Defence Force operations. The DIO does not collect intelligence or conduct covert action. The DIO also works on defence economics, transnational terrorism, and WMD.
The DIO is an agency of the Australian Intelligence Community and is part of the Defence Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group alongside the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) and the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD).
In the post-World War II period, the military intelligence and strategic assessments functions were shared between the Navy, Army and Air Force intelligence directorates and the Joint Intelligence Bureau (JIB) from 1947 to 1969. The Bureau was responsible for geographic, infrastructure and economic intelligence – mainly in Australia's region. In 1957, the JIB's responsibilities were expanded to include scientific and technical intelligence.
In 1969, the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) was formed from a merger of JIB with most of the foreign assessment elements of the three armed services. Following the first Hope Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security, the Office of National Assessments was established in 1977 as a statutory independent agency assuming the foreign intelligence assessment of the JIO. JIO was then reoriented to focus more closely on defence intelligence and strategic interests. The second Hope Commission endorsed these arrangements in 1984. In 1989, counterterrorism was added to JIO's responsibilities.
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