Australian national security intelligence collection since 9/11: Policy and legislative challenges

Patrick Walsh

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-43243-4

Australian national security intelligence collection since 9/11: Policy and legislative challenges

Patrick Walsh

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A key lesson from 9/11 was that intelligence agencies could no longer simply wait for information to arrive. The enhanced threat from Al Qaeda and their global franchises required an extensive and ‘real-time’ collection of intelligence. This new operating environment has refashioned Australian and other Five Eyes countries, therefore, to be more active ‘hunters’ of information. This chapter examines both policy and counter-terrorism legislative landmarks underpinning intelligence collection since 9/11, and the many challenges Australian agencies have faced managing policy and legislative reform. The Australian counter-terrorism response is then compared briefly to the Canadian policy and legislative context to identify common and unique challenges by policymakers.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	National security, surveillance, and terror
Subtitle of host publication	Canada and Australia in comparative perspective
Editors	Darren Palmer, Randy K. Lippert, Kevin Walby, Ian Warren
Place of Publication	Cham, Switzerland
Publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
Chapter	3
Pages	51-74
Number of pages	1
Edition	1st
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319432434
ISBN (Print)	9783319432427
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43243-4
Publication status	Published - 2016

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Name	Crime Prevention and Security Management

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Walsh, P. (2016). Australian national security intelligence collection since 9/11: Policy and legislative challenges. In D. Palmer, R. K. Lippert, K. Walby, & I. Warren (Eds.), National security, surveillance, and terror: Canada and Australia in comparative perspective (1st ed., pp. 51-74). (Crime Prevention and Security Management). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43243-4

Walsh, Patrick. / Australian national security intelligence collection since 9/11 : Policy and legislative challenges. National security, surveillance, and terror: Canada and Australia in comparative perspective. editor / Darren Palmer ; Randy K. Lippert ; Kevin Walby ; Ian Warren. 1st. ed. Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2016. pp. 51-74 (Crime Prevention and Security Management).

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Walsh P. Australian national security intelligence collection since 9/11: Policy and legislative challenges. In Palmer D, Lippert RK, Walby K, Warren I, editors, National security, surveillance, and terror: Canada and Australia in comparative perspective. 1st ed. Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. 2016. p. 51-74. (Crime Prevention and Security Management). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-43243-4

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