Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation

Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation
Agency overview
Formed	28 November 1982; 38 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	Peter Dutton, 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[]

The Defence Imagery and Geospatial Organisation (DIGO) was created on 28 November 1982, by amalgamating the Canberra-based Australian Imagery Organisation and Directorate of Strategic Military Geographic Information, and the Bendigo-based Defence Topographic Agency (now called the Geospatial Analysis Centre).^{[citation needed]}

DIGO was renamed Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation (AGO) on 3 May 2013. AGO is part of the Australian Department of Defence.^[2]

Operations[]

During 2014, the AGO assisted in the search for the remains of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.^[3]^[4]^[5]

The operations of the agency are subject to independent statutory oversight by the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security.^[6]

References[]

^ https://news.defence.gov.au/media/on-the-record/statement-greg-moriarty-secretary-department-defence. Retrieved 6 August 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "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. Annual Report: 2013-14. Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia. 24 October 2014. ISBN 978-0-9925662-2-7. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
^ "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] ttps://news.defence.gov.au/media/on-the-record/statement-greg-moriarty-secretary-department-defence. Retrieved 6 August 2021. Missing or empty |title= (help)

[2] "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.

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

[4] 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.

[5] Defence involved in search for MH370. Annual Report: 2013-14. Department of Defence, Commonwealth of Australia. 24 October 2014. ISBN 978-0-9925662-2-7. Retrieved 27 October 2017.

[6] "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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