Australian Secret Intelligence Service

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The Australian Secret Intelligence Service is Australia's foreign intelligence agency responsible for collecting overseas intelligence and conducting covert operations to support national security and foreign policy objectives.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intelligence agency
abbreviation ASIS NERFINISHED
cannotOperate as a law enforcement agency
country Australia
dateFounded 1952-05-13
emblem coat of arms of Australia (stylised use) NERFINISHED
employs analysts
intelligence officers
operations officers
technical specialists
foundedBy Government of Australia NERFINISHED
hasConfidentialBudget true
headquartersLocation Australian Capital Territory NERFINISHED
Canberra NERFINISHED
jurisdiction Government of Australia NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
legalBasis Intelligence Services Act 2001 NERFINISHED
memberOf Australian Intelligence Community NERFINISHED
motto Intelligence in the national interest
notableEvent public acknowledgement of existence in 1977
operationalArea outside Australia
oversightBy Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security NERFINISHED
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security NERFINISHED
parentAgency Australian Government NERFINISHED
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade NERFINISHED
primaryRole covert operations overseas
foreign intelligence collection
support to Australian foreign policy
support to Australian national security
prohibitedActivity paramilitary operations in Australia
reportsTo Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia NERFINISHED
responsibleTo Minister for Foreign Affairs of Australia NERFINISHED
sector foreign affairs
national security
task counter-proliferation intelligence
counter-terrorism intelligence overseas
covert human intelligence collection overseas
liaison with foreign intelligence services
protection of Australian interests abroad
support to Australian Defence Force operations
typeOfIntelligence human intelligence
signals intelligence (support role)
website https://www.asis.gov.au/
worksWith Australian Security Intelligence Organisation NERFINISHED
Australian Signals Directorate NERFINISHED
Defence Intelligence Organisation NERFINISHED
Office of National Intelligence NERFINISHED

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Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (Australia) oversees Australian Secret Intelligence Service
ASD cooperatesWith Australian Secret Intelligence Service
subject surface form: Australian Signals Directorate
Australian Intelligence Community hasMember Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Intelligence Services Act 2001 regulates Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security monitors Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation cooperatesWith Australian Secret Intelligence Service