Australian Secret Intelligence Service

ASIS is Australia's foreign intelligence agency.

ASIS is part of the Australian Intelligence Community responsible for the collection of foreign intelligence, including both counter-intelligence and liaising with the intelligence agencies of other countries. In these roles, ASIS is comparable to the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), Canada's Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

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Leadership & Staff

Paul Symons Former Australian Army Officer | Deputy Chief of Army | Former Director, Defence Intelligence Organisation

• 12th Director-General (Dec 17 '17→Feb 23 '23)

Nick Warner Former Australian diplomat, intelligence official, public servant | Former Director-General of the Australian Office of National Intelligence

• 11th Director-General (Aug 17 '09→Dec 18 '17)

Tudor Harvey Barnett AKA Harvey Barnett | ASIO Director-General 1981-1985 | Code name 'Scorpion' | Joined ASIS in 1957

• Deputy Director ('73→'76) [+1]

• Intelligence Officer ('57→?)