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Australian Security Intelligence Organisation

Australian domestic intelligence agency
Organization Security Agency Q782740

Facts

14 properties

Identity

Instance of
security agency, intelligence agency, Government body of Australia[5][6]
Official website
www.asio.gov.au[11]
Short name
ASIO[13]

Status and dates

Inception
March 16, 1949[9]

Location

Headquarters location
Ben Chifley Building[8]
Country
Australia[4]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Australian Capital Territory[3]

Industry and activity

Field of work
counterintelligence[2]

People

Founder
Ben Chifley[7]

Relations

Parent organization or unit
Attorney-General's Department[10]
More facts +4
Applies to jurisdiction
Australia[12]
Different from
Australian Secret Intelligence Service[14]
Position held by head of the organization
Director-General of Security[15]
Social media followers
22k (16k–22k, n=3)[16][17][18]
🏷️ Also known as
en Australian Security Intelligence Organisation en ASIO en Australian Security Intelligence Organisation, Central Office ar منظمة الأمن والاستخبارات الأسترالية de Australian Secret Intelligence Organization es ASIO fa سازمان اطلاعات امنیتی استرالیا fr ASIO fr Australian Security Intelligence Organization ja オーストラリア保安情報機構 ru Австралийская организация разведывательного обеспечения tr Avustralya Güvenlik İstihbarat Örgütü zh 澳大利亚安全情报组织 zh 澳洲安全情報組織 zh 澳洲安全情报组织
🔖 Identifiers · 19
ISNI
0000000122192435
VIAF cluster ID
133694932
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n81000832
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Ben Chifley Building viewed from Mount Ainslie June 2014.jpg ↗
Alexander Turnbull Library ID
246054
Australian Business Number
37467566201
Australian Government Organisations Register ID
102016
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026)
1zLFFo
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) old ID (2021)
27270
Freebase ID
/m/09819
IdRef ID
103167226
J9U entity ID
987007604170605171
Show all 19 identifiers +7
NLA Trove people ID
512635
National Archives of Australia entity ID
CA 1297
Quora topic ID
Australian-Security-Intelligence-Organisation
Ringgold ID
197101
SEEK company ID
795382
X (Twitter) username
ASIOGovAu
Yale LUX ID
group/c9a9ce44-09fe-4e3d-b9a0-1540dc6623f9

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
intelligence agency, security agency
Applies to jurisdiction 1
Australia
Country 1
Australia
Different from 1
Australian Secret Intelligence Service
Field of work 1
counterintelligence
Founder 1
Ben Chifley
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Australian Capital Territory
Parent organization or unit 1
Attorney-General's Department
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Summary

Australian Security Intelligence Organisation is a security agency[1].

Related Entities

Australia Ben Chifley

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) → 1zLFFo
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #37385: Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026) (Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID (2026))"
  2. 26w ago · Salil Kumar Mukherjee · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Position held by head of the organization → Director-General of Security
    Parent organization or unit → Attorney-General's Department
    Applies to jurisdiction → Australia
    Located in the administrative territorial entity → Australian Capital Territory
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed claim: Headquarters location: Ben Chifley Building"
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