The Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) was an Australian government intelligence agency that existed between 1969 and 1990 and which was responsible for the analysis of defence and foreign intelligence.
14-415: Joint Intelligence Organisation may refer to: Joint Intelligence Organisation (Australia) Joint Intelligence Organisation (United Kingdom) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Joint Intelligence Organisation . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
28-748: A review of intelligence structures, the JIO became the Defence Intelligence Organisation in 1990 as the Department of Defence's strategic, technical, and all-source intelligence assessment agency. Defence Intelligence Organisation The Defence Intelligence Organisation ( DIO ) is an Australian government military intelligence agency responsible for strategic intelligence and technical intelligence assessments, advising defence and government decision-making on national security and international security issues, and
42-887: Is defined by its position within the Defence portfolio. DIO is an integrated civilian–military organisation, with the majority of staff being public servants recruited through either the defence graduate program or direct entry. DIO's assessments focus on the Asia-Pacific region and cover strategic, political, defence, military, economic, scientific and technical areas. DIO's intelligence products help inform decisions about Australia's military activities at home and abroad, defence acquisition processes, force readiness decisions, strategic policy, international relations and defence scientific developments. DIO also maintains close links with intelligence agencies of other allied countries. In addition, it maintains links with intelligence agencies of
56-884: Is the Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation, currently Major General Matthew Hall. In the post-World War II period, the military intelligence and strategic assessments functions were shared between the Navy, Army and Air Force intelligence directorates and the Joint Intelligence Bureau (JIB) from 1947 to 1969. JIB was responsible for geographic, infrastructure and economic intelligence – mainly in Australia's region. In 1957, JIB's responsibilities were expanded to include scientific and technical intelligence. In 1969, most of
70-726: The Royal Australian Navy , the Australian Army and the Royal Australian Air Force . There also existed a Joint Intelligence Bureau (JIB) within the Department of Defence responsible for geographic, infrastructure, economic, scientific and technical intelligence in the Asia-Pacific region. In 1969, the foreign intelligence functions of the individual armed services were merged into the JIB and
84-516: The Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO) as the sole strategic level, all-source intelligence assessment agency for the Department of Defence. Baker became the first Director of DIO in 1990 until 1992. DIO is the strategic-level, all-source intelligence assessment agency for the Department of Defence. It is not an autonomous body; unlike ONA, DIO is a subordinate organisation within the Department of Defence with no separate statutory mandate or direct budget line. The organisation's character and purpose
98-666: The Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO) was formed. The existence of JIO was initially a secret, but was revealed by Prime Minister William McMahon when he blurted out something about "J-ten". The 1977 tabled recommendations of the Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security , established on 21 August 1974 by Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and led by Justice Robert Hope , called for an independent authority to provide intelligence assessments on political, strategic and economic issues directly to
112-478: The Prime Minister and to assume the foreign intelligence assessment role of JIO. JIO was then reoriented to focus more closely on defence intelligence and strategic interests. The second Hope Commission endorsed these arrangements in 1984. In 1989, counterterrorism was added to JIO's responsibilities. A review of Defence intelligence in 1989 by Major General John Baker led to the establishment in 1990 of
126-690: The Prime Minister. As such, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser established the Office of National Assessments (ONA) through the Office of National Assessments Act 1977 . ONA assumed the National Assessments Staff and foreign intelligence assessments capabilities of JIO. Following the formation of the ONA in 1977 to handle assessment of foreign intelligence, the JIO was changed to focus on intelligence relating solely to defence matters. Following
140-435: The foreign assessment elements of the three armed services were merged to form the Joint Intelligence Organisation (JIO). The Royal Commission on Intelligence and Security (also called the first Hope Commission) in 1977 recommended the establishment of the Office of National Assessments (ONA) as an independent statutory agency to provide all-source assessments on international political, strategic and economic developments to
154-423: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joint_Intelligence_Organisation&oldid=932917953 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Joint Intelligence Organisation (Australia) The JIO
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#1732773083440168-674: The planning and conduct of Australian Defence Force operations. The DIO does not collect intelligence or conduct covert action, but works on defence economics, transnational terrorism, and WMD . The DIO is an agency of the Australian Intelligence Community and is part of the Defence Intelligence Group (DIG) with the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO). The head of DIO
182-450: Was assumed by the Office of National Assessments . The NAS was responsible for preparing long–range analytical assessments of international issues. The foreign intelligence assessment functions of JIO were assumed by the Office of National Assessments (ONA) in 1977 and the JIO was fully replaced by the Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO) in 1990. Following World War II, defence and foreign intelligence functions were shared between
196-732: Was staffed by civilian officers of the Department of Defence , foreign service officers of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade , and service personnel from the Australian Army , the Royal Australian Navy , and the Royal Australian Air Force . The JIO also maintained the National Assessments Staff (NAS) which supported the National Intelligence Committee (the predecessor to the National Intelligence Coordination Committee ) until 1977 when it
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