Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
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The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 is the primary Australian federal law that establishes, empowers, and regulates the operations, powers, and oversight of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) within the national security framework.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8365257 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 Context triple: [Australian Intelligence Community, legalFramework, Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979]
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A.
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act
The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act is Canadian federal legislation that establishes and governs the independent body responsible for reviewing all national security and intelligence activities of the Government of Canada.
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B.
Intelligence Services Act 1994
The Intelligence Services Act 1994 is a UK law that formally put the country’s intelligence agencies, including MI6 and GCHQ, on a statutory footing and defined their powers, functions, and oversight mechanisms.
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C.
Intelligence and Security Act 2017
The Intelligence and Security Act 2017 is New Zealand legislation that modernised and unified the legal framework governing the country’s intelligence agencies, their powers, oversight, and accountability.
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D.
Intelligence Services Act 2001
The Intelligence Services Act 2001 is an Australian federal law that establishes and regulates the powers, functions, and oversight of the country’s key intelligence agencies.
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E.
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 is an Australian federal law that establishes and governs the independent oversight body responsible for reviewing the activities of the nation’s intelligence agencies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 Target entity description: The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 is the primary Australian federal law that establishes, empowers, and regulates the operations, powers, and oversight of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) within the national security framework.
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A.
National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act
The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency Act is Canadian federal legislation that establishes and governs the independent body responsible for reviewing all national security and intelligence activities of the Government of Canada.
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B.
Intelligence Services Act 1994
The Intelligence Services Act 1994 is a UK law that formally put the country’s intelligence agencies, including MI6 and GCHQ, on a statutory footing and defined their powers, functions, and oversight mechanisms.
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C.
Intelligence and Security Act 2017
The Intelligence and Security Act 2017 is New Zealand legislation that modernised and unified the legal framework governing the country’s intelligence agencies, their powers, oversight, and accountability.
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D.
Intelligence Services Act 2001
The Intelligence Services Act 2001 is an Australian federal law that establishes and regulates the powers, functions, and oversight of the country’s key intelligence agencies.
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E.
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986
The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986 is an Australian federal law that establishes and governs the independent oversight body responsible for reviewing the activities of the nation’s intelligence agencies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Australian federal statute
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intelligence legislation ⓘ |
| administeredBy |
Attorney-General of Australia
NERFINISHED
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Attorney-General's Department (Australia) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Commonwealth agencies
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persons in Australia in relation to security intelligence activities ⓘ |
| citation | Cth ⓘ |
| commencementDate | 1979-10-13 ⓘ |
| containsProvisionsOn |
cooperation with other agencies
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offences relating to disclosure of information ⓘ oversight and accountability mechanisms ⓘ protection of sources and methods ⓘ security assessments ⓘ warrant procedures ⓘ |
| country | Australia ⓘ |
| definesFunctionsOf |
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
NERFINISHED
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Director-General of Security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Parliament of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishes | Australian Security Intelligence Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| establishesRoleOf | Director-General of Security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
ASIO detention powers (historically, with later amendments and sunset provisions)
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ASIO information collection and sharing ⓘ ASIO questioning powers ⓘ ASIO surveillance powers ⓘ ASIO warrants and special powers ⓘ |
| hasAmendments |
ASIO Legislation Amendment Act 2003
NERFINISHED
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ASIO Legislation Amendment Act 2006 NERFINISHED ⓘ Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Amendment Act 2020 NERFINISHED ⓘ National Security Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 2014 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Commonwealth of Australia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalArea |
intelligence and security
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national security law ⓘ |
| longTitle | An Act relating to the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ⓘ |
| oversightBodyReferenced |
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security
NERFINISHED
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Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primarySubject | Australian Security Intelligence Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to define the functions and powers of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
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to provide for the security of the Commonwealth ⓘ to regulate the collection of security intelligence in Australia ⓘ |
| regulates | Australian Security Intelligence Organisation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Intelligence Services Act 2001
NERFINISHED
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National Security Information (Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 NERFINISHED ⓘ Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| royalAssentDate | 1979-10-09 ⓘ |
| shortTitle | Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| status | in force ⓘ |
| yearOfEnactment | 1979 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 Description of subject: The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 is the primary Australian federal law that establishes, empowers, and regulates the operations, powers, and oversight of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) within the national security framework.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Australian Intelligence Community
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legalFramework
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Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
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Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
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legalBasis
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Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979
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