The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ( ASIO ) is Australia's national security service, which is responsible for the protection of the country and its citizens from espionage, sabotage, acts of foreign interference, politically motivated violence, attacks on the Australian defence system, and terrorism.

The building is named for Justice Hope, who led two Royal Commissions into Australia's intelligence and security agencies and operations, the first of which led to the creation of ONA.

Australian governments saw good relations and stability in Indonesia ( Australia's largest neighbour ) as providing an important security buffer to Australia's north.

During 2003 and 2004 the Australian Government was reported to have refused requests from the United States and United Nations to increase Australia's contribution to the Multinational force in Iraq through taking over the responsibility for providing security to a sector of Iraq.

The grave crisis posed to Australia's security during the Second World War also halted further work.

In 1922, the Washington Naval Treaty was signed and theoretically alleviated Australia's security concerns about Japanese expansion in the Pacific.

Roy and HG were not selected by Channel Seven to cover the Beijing Olympics because of security concerns and the belief by Channel Seven management that the style of their coverage-going to air live following a day's events-would not have suited Australian audiences given Australia's time zones.

The government carried out many reforms in defence, constitutional matters, finance, transport and communications, and social security, such as establishing old-age and disability pensions, a maternity allowance and workers compensation, issuing Australia's first paper currency, forming the Royal Australian Navy, the commencement of construction for the Trans-Australian Railway, expanding the bench of the High Court of Australia, founding Canberra and establishing the government-owned Commonwealth Bank.

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation ( DSTO ) is a branch of the Australian Department of Defence dedicated to providing science and technology support for Australia's defence and national security needs.

In February 2012 DSTO was given the whole-of-government responsibility to coordinate research and development for Australia's national security.

Among other things, it runs Australia's social security system ( Centrelink ).

As part of Australia's continuing military commitment to the security of Malaysia, army, naval and airforce units were based there as part of the Far East Strategic Reserve.

The 1996 election of the Howard Liberal government resulted in significant reforms to the ADF's force structure and role, with the new government's defence strategy placed less singular emphasis on defending Australia from direct attack and greater emphasis on working in cooperation with regional states and Australia's allies to manage potential security threats in recognition of Australia's global security interests.

SECDET was finally withdrawn in August 2011, and was replaced by a private military company which took over responsibility for providing security for Australia's diplomatic presence in Iraq.

The prison holds high, medium and low security prisoners, and is South Australia's main induction and reception prison for male prisoners.

Polymer banknotes were developed to increase the security of Australia's paper currency against counterfeiting.

However, later that decade, Australia's constitutional convention produced a proposed model of Australian president that continued to lack security of tenure.

Facilities were significantly updated during 2012, including the completion of Australia's first purpose-built maximum security sex offenders unit ; built at a cost of 97 million.

While the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I was Australia's first military test as a new nation, the fighting during the Kokoda campaign represents the first time in the nation's history that its security was directly threatened.

* enhance Australia's security

AUSTRAC ( Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre ) is Australia's anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing regulator and specialist financial intelligence unit.

Protect and promote Australia's vital interests through the provision of unique foreign intelligence services as directed by Government.

The Hollway Report in December examined shortfalls in Australia's foreign intelligence collection.

* Australian Intelligence Community, the government agencies that make up Australia's intelligence operations

Notably ASIO is Australia's national intelligence agency.

Officers of foreign intelligence agencies ( e. g. the United States ' Central Intelligence Agency, the United Kingdom's Secret Intelligence Service ( MI6 ) and Australia's Secret Intelligence Service ( ASIS ) may spend much of their careers abroad.

Officers of domestic intelligence agencies ( such as the United States ' Federal Bureau of Investigation, the UK's Security Service ( MI5 ) and Australia's Security Intelligence Organisation ( ASIO ) are responsible for counter-terrorism, counter-espionage, counter-proliferation and the detection and prevention of serious organized crime within their own countries ( although, in Britain, the Serious Organised Crime Agency has been set up to take care of serious organized crime ).

While at university he reportedly toyed with the idea of joining Australia's domestic intelligence agency, the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation ( ASIO ).

One present-day example of such cooperation is the UKUSA Community, comprising the USA's National Security Agency, the United Kingdom's Government Communications Headquarters, Australia's Defence Signals Directorate and Canada's Communications Security Establishment collaborating on ECHELON, a global intelligence gathering system.

In 2003 Wilkie resigned from his position in the Office of National Assessments, an Australian intelligence agency, over concerns that intelligence was being misrepresented for political purposes in making the case for Australia's contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq under the Howard government.

In 2003 Wilkie resigned from his position in the Office of National Assessments ( ONA ), an Australian intelligence agency, over concerns that intelligence was being misrepresented for political purposes in making the case for Australia's contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq under the Howard government.

The DIO's intelligence products help inform decisions about Australia's military activities at home and abroad, Defence acquisition processes, force readiness decisions, strategic policy, international relations and defence scientific developments.

The National Trust of Australia is a non-governmental organisation charged with protecting Australia's built heritage.

* Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australia's official statistical organisation

He continues to support various charities including GOAL ( 3rd world development and relief organisation ) The Orchid Appeal ( men's cancer ) and founded Australia's best known environmental charity Planet Ark with mate Jon Dee.

Taking place immediately after Ark Angel, the novel sees Alex recruited by ASIS, Australia's secret service, to infiltrate a Snakehead organisation by posing as an Afghan refugee.

In the early 1990s Gibbs was intimately involved with the foundation of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy ( ACM ), an organisation whose aim is to defend Australia's constitutional monarchy.

Sir ( William ) Ian Clunies Ross, CMG ( 1899 – 1959 ) is described as the ' architect ' of Australia's scientific boom, for his stewardship of Australia's scientific organisation the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation-CSIRO.

* National Council of Churches in Australia, an ecumenical organisation bringing together a number of Australia's Christian churches in dialogue and practical cooperation

Greening Australia is an Australian environmental organisation, founded in 1982, the International Year of the Tree, to protect, restore and conserve Australia's native vegetation.

The organisation uses its 26 years of experience in managing Australia's native vegetation to offset carbon through biodiversity focused tree plantings that both offset carbon and support major Greening Australia projects such as Gondwana Link.

It is Australia's second largest government-funded science organisation after the CSIRO.

Planet Ark is best known for its high profile recycling campaigns including ' Cartridges 4 Planet Ark ' and Australia's ' National Recycling Week ' and the country's biggest annual community tree-planting event, ' National Tree Day ', founded by Olivia Newton-John with the organisation.

This initiative of the Government of Western Australia's Department for Planning and Infrastructure ( DPI ), was the responsibility of the public transport organisation Transperth, though it was run by Transperth's contracted bus operator Path Transit.

He was Chief of the Division of Land and Water, CSIRO ( Australia's premier government research organisation ), in Canberra in the Australian Capital Territory, when he retired in 2004.

It is also Australia's largest non-government, non-profit, bird conservation organisation.

As of 2012, the WEA in South Australia which claims to be ‘ Australia's largest non-government adult community education organisation ’ and the WEAs in New South Wales are still operating.

Established in March 1998, the National Prescribing Service ( NPS ) is a non-profit organisation, funded by the Government of Australia's Department of Health and Ageing.

The National Council of Churches in Australia ( NCCA ) is an ecumenical organisation bringing together a number of Australia's Christian churches in dialogue and practical cooperation.

The AACTA Award for Best Film is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ( AACTA ), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to " to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television.

The Australian Nuclear Science & Technology Organisation ( ANSTO ) is Australia's national nuclear organisation and the centre of Australian nuclear expertise.

The AACTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role is an award presented by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts ( AACTA ), a non-profit organisation whose aim is to " to identify, award, promote and celebrate Australia's greatest achievements in film and television.

Field and Game Australia ( FGA ), based in Seymour, Victoria is Australia's leading hunting and shotgun target shooting organisation.

Australia's dominant news organisation News Limited offered to promote the package for $ 447, 406.