Defence Intelligence Organisation

Defence Intelligence Organisation
Agency overview
Formed	1990
Preceding agencies	Joint Intelligence Organisation; Joint Intelligence Bureau;
Headquarters	Russell Offices, Canberra;
Agency executives	Lieutenant General Gavan Reynolds, Chief of Defence Intelligence; Major General Matthew Hall, Director of the Defence Intelligence Organisation;
Parent agency	Defence Intelligence Group
Website	defence.gov.au/dio/

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 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 the DIO is the Chief of Defense Intelligence, currently Tom Hamilton.