Report to Parliament 2002-03

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Australian Security
Intelligence Organisation
Report to Parliament
2002-2003
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Commonwealth of Australia
ISSN 0815-4562
ISBN 0-9751485-0-8
This document is the property of the Commonwealth of Australia.
Its contents must not be copied or disseminated.
This is an exempt document under subsection 7(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 1982.
Produced and printed by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation.
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2003
annual report
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Contents
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PART 1: OVERVIEW 1
The Year in Review 3
Agency Overview 6
PART 2: OUTPUT PERFORMANCE 9
Output 1: Security Intelligence Analysis and Advice 12
Output 2: Protective Security Advice 28
Output 3: Security Intelligence Investigation and Capability 35
Output 4: Foreign Intelligence 43
PART 3: MANAGEMENT AND ACCOUNTABILITY 45
Governance 47
Accountability 48
Our People 52
Information Management 57
Security of ASIO 58
Building Management 60
Purchasing 61
Consultants and Contractors 62
PART 4: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 63
PART 5: APPENDIXES 101
A. Membership of the Parliamentary
Joint Committee on ASIO 103
B. Contact information 104
C. Staffing statistics 105
D. Workplace diversity statistics 106
E. ASIO salary classification structure 107
F. Assumed identities 108
Glossary 109
Compliance Index 110
General Index 111
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Our Vision
The intelligence edge for a secure Australia
Our Mission
To provide advice to protect Australia and its
people from threats to national security
Our Values
Accountability
Integrity
Innovation and Learning
Quality
Respect
Responsiveness
Security
Working Together
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The Hon. Philip Ruddock, MP
Attorney-General
Mr Dennis Richardson, AO
Director-General of Security
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ASIO and its Annual Report
What ASIO does
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is Australia's
national security service. ASIO was established in 1949 and operates under
the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979.
The ASIO Actdefines security as protection of Australia and its people from
politically motivated violence — including terrorism — promotion of
communal violence, espionage, attacks on Australia's defence system or acts
of foreign interference. These are the 'heads of security' which provide the
direction for ASIO's work.
ASIO provides Government with security intelligence advice and protective
security advice and contributes to Australia's national counter-terrorism
response capability. ASIO also collects foreign intelligence within Australia
at the request of the Minister for Foreign Affairs or the Minister for Defence.
ASIO's corporate vision, mission and values are contained in the Corporate
Planwhich is available on our website at www.asio.gov.au
ASIO reports to the Attorney-General. Oversight arrangements include the
Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security, the Parliamentary Joint
Committee on ASIO, ASIS and DSD, and the Auditor-General.
This Report
ASIO produces two versions of its Annual Report.
The first version is classified and contains an account of ASIO's performance
over the previous year, including sensitive reporting on security risks and
details of investigations that cannot be released publicly. That report is
provided to the Attorney-General, the Prime Minister, members of the
National Security Committee of Cabinet, the Leader of the Opposition and
members of the Secretaries' Committee on National Security.
An abridged Report to Parliament is then prepared for tabling in the
Parliament, excluding classified information in accordance with section
94 of the ASIO Act.
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