Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation

Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation
Agency overview
Formed	2000; 24 years ago; (as Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation)
Preceding agencies	Australian Imagery Organisation; Directorate of Strategic Military Geographic Information; Defence Topographic Agency;
Jurisdiction	Australia
Headquarters	Russell Offices, Russell, Canberra, ACT
Minister responsible	Richard Marles, Minister for Defence;
Agency executives	Lieutenant General Gavan Reynolds AM, Chief of Defence Intelligence; Scott Dewar, Director;
Parent agency	Defence Intelligence Group
Website	defence.gov.au/AGO/

The Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) is an Australian government intelligence agency that is part of the Department of Defence responsible for the collection, analysis, and distribution of geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of Australia's defence and national interests. The AGO is one of six agencies that form the Australian Intelligence Community.

History

Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO) was originally formed in 2000 when the Australian Imagery Organisation, the Defence Topographic Agency and the Directorate of Strategic Military Geographic Information were brought together to form the DIGO.^[2]

DIGO was renamed Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) on 3 May 2013. AGO is part of the Australian Department of Defence.^[3]

Operations

During 2014, the AGO assisted in the search for the remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.^[4]^[5]^[6]

The operations of the agency are subject to independent statutory oversight by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.^[7]

References

^ "Statement from Greg Moriarty, Secretary of the Department of Defence". 17 February 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.
^ "AGO Website". AGO About. Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
^ "Prime Minister and Minister for Defence – 2013 Defence White Paper: Renaming the Defence Signals Directorate and the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation" (Press release). Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.
^ "Plane spots objects in new search area for Malaysia jet". The Irish Times. Reuters. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
^ Wroe, David; Allard, Tom; Murdoch, Lindsay (29 March 2014). "Push to take control: Australia to lead the probe into MH370". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
^ Defence involved in search for MH370. Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia. 24 October 2014. ISBN 978-0-9925662-2-7. Retrieved 27 October 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
^ "The Australian Intelligence Community". Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security. Commonwealth of Australia. February 2017. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

Attribution

This article incorporates text by Commonwealth of Australia, Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, 2017 Independent Intelligence Review available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
This article incorporates text by Commonwealth of Australia, Department of Defence, Defence Annual Report 2013-14 available under the CC BY 3.0 AU licence.

External links

AGO homepage
Open Australia Search: Parliamentary records mentioning 'geospatial'.

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[1] "Statement from Greg Moriarty, Secretary of the Department of Defence". 17 February 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2021.

[2] "AGO Website". AGO About. Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.

[3] "Prime Minister and Minister for Defence – 2013 Defence White Paper: Renaming the Defence Signals Directorate and the Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation" (Press release). Archived from the original on 28 August 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2013.

[4] "Plane spots objects in new search area for Malaysia jet". The Irish Times. Reuters. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

[5] Wroe, David; Allard, Tom; Murdoch, Lindsay (29 March 2014). "Push to take control: Australia to lead the probe into MH370". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

[6] Defence involved in search for MH370. Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia. 24 October 2014. ISBN 978-0-9925662-2-7. Retrieved 27 October 2017. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

[7] "The Australian Intelligence Community". Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security. Commonwealth of Australia. February 2017. Archived from the original on 23 February 2019. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

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