Back منظمة الأمن والاستخبارات الأسترالية Arabic Australian Security Intelligence Organisation German Australian Security Intelligence Organisation French ארגון הביון והביטחון האוסטרלי HE Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Croatian Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ID Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Italian オーストラリア保安情報機構 Japanese ASIO JV A.S.I.O. Lithuanian
 | It has been suggested that Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since April 2025. |
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| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 16 March 1949 |
| Jurisdiction | Australian Government |
| Headquarters | Ben Chifley Building, Parkes, Australian Capital Territory |
| Employees | Classified[note 1] |
| Annual budget | A$594.3 million (2024–25)[3] |
| Minister responsible | |
| Agency executive | |
| Parent department | Attorney-General's Department |
| Website | asio |
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO /ˈeɪzioʊ/) is the domestic intelligence and national security agency of the Australian Government, responsible for protection from espionage, sabotage, acts of foreign interference, politically motivated violence, terrorism and attacks on the national defence system.[5][6] ASIO is a primary entity of the Australian Intelligence Community.
ASIO has a wide range of surveillance powers to collect human and signals intelligence. Generally, ASIO operations requiring police powers of arrest and detention under warrant are co-ordinated with the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and/or with state and territory police forces.[7] The organisation is comparable to that of the United States' FBI or the British MI5.[7]
ASIO Central Office is in Canberra, with a local office being located in each mainland state and territory capital.[8] A new $630 million Central Office named after Ben Chifley, the prime minister who created the organisation, was officially opened by then-prime minister Kevin Rudd on 23 July 2013.[9]
- ^ "ASIO Annual Report 2017–18" (PDF). Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. 25 September 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
- ^ "Annual Report 2023-24" (PDF). Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "ASIO-Entity resources and planned performance" (PDF). Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. 14 May 2024.
- ^ Livingston, Angus (8 August 2019). "New ASIO boss had decades in tech security". Bega District News. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979". Office of Legislative Drafting and Publishing. 2 April 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ^ "About ASIO". Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Archived from the original on 27 February 2016.
- ^ a b "ASIO Frequently Asked Questions". Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Archived from the original on 28 October 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ^ "ASIO Contact Information Page". Australian Security Intelligence Organisation. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 30 October 2007.
- ^ "Rudd opens new ASIO headquarters in Canberra". ABC News. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
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