The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security - Annual Report 1999

IGIS Annual Report 1999-00

IGIS Annual Report 1999-00

DEFENCE INTELLIGENCE ORGANISATION

WHAT DIO DOES

259. The role of the Defence Intelligence Organisation is to provide intelligence to inform defence and government policy and planning, to support the planning and conduct of ADF operations.

260. DIO also aims to develop and maintain a defence intelligence capability for use in time of crisis and conflict. DIO does not concern itself with domestic developments or situations within Australia.

261. DIO is an intelligence assessment agency, rather than a collector of intelligence. This means that its day to day activities are unlikely to impinge upon the privacy of Australians. This is recognised in the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Act 1986, which places DIO on the third tier of the agencies for which the IGIS has oversight responsibilities (alongside the other assessment agency, ONA).

262. I do not consider it necessary to inspect DIO's activities on a routine basis although I have periodic consultations with and briefings from the Director.

263. Further information about DIO can be found at http://www.dod.gov.au/dio/.

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