Contents

Contents


Membership of the Committee
List of abbreviations
List of recommendation

 

Membership of the Committee

Chair

The Hon David Jull MP

 

Members

Mr Stewart McArthur MP

Senator Alan Ferguson

 

The Hon Duncan Kerr SC, MP

Senator Robert Ray

 

Mr Anthony Byrne MP

Senator Sandy Macdonald

(until 6 July 2005)

Committee Secretariat

Secretary

Ms Margaret Swieringa

Research Officers

Ms Jill Greenwell (to 11 July 2005)
Ms Jane Hearn (from 11 July 2005)

Executive Assistant

Mrs Donna Quintus-Bosz

List of abbreviations

ASIO

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

ASIS

Australian Secret Intelligence Service

DIGO

Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation

DIO

Defence Intelligence Organisation

DSD

Defence Signal Directorate

IGIS

Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security

ISA

Intelligence Services Act

ONA

Office of National Assessments

List of recommendations

2 Reviews of the intelligence services

Recommendation 1

The Committee recommends that Item 64 of Schedule I be amended to remove the requirement that the Deputy Chair must be a Government member; and that section 17(5) be amended to read as follows:

If the Chair is not present at a deliberative meeting of the Committee or is absent for a prolonged period, the members present are to appoint a Government member to preside and the member so appointed may exercise, in relation to the meeting, any of the powers of the Chair.

Recommendation 2

The Committee recommends that, as the regime moves from Ministerial direction to legislated Ministerial authority as proposed in Item 22, it should generally replicate the provisions of and have identical authorisation provisions to those that apply to ASIO.

Recommendation 3

The Committee recommends that the heading of Clause 3, Schedule I of the Intelligence Services Act be amended to include DIO, DIGO and ONA.

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