National Intelligence Coordination Committee
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| Formed | 2008 |
| Headquarters | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
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| Parent department | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |
The National Intelligence Coordination Committee (NICC) is a peak intergovernmental officials-level body of the Government of Australia responsible for the development and coordination of the Australian Intelligence Community in accordance with the National Security Committee of Cabinet. The NICC is chaired by the Deputy Secretary of National Security and International Policy of the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet and its subcommittees are chaired by the Director General of the Office of National Assessments.
The United Kingdom Joint Intelligence Committee and the United States Office of the Director of National Intelligence have similar but not analogous functions as the NICC.
The National Intelligence Coordination Committee can trace its origins back to the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) established during the Second World War in 1944 within the Department of Defence. The JIC was chaired by the Controller of Joint Intelligence and responsible for controlling and coordinating Defence intelligence policy, the preparation of intelligence reports, and liaison with the Joint Planning Committee of the Department of Defence. The JIC operated concurrently with the Joint Intelligence Bureau (JIB), which was the predecessor to the Joint Intelligence Organisation, following the JIB's establishment in 1947.
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