ASIS ( Australian Secret Intelligence Service), Australia

The Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) is the foreign intelligence agency of the Australian Government. ASIS was formed in 1952, but its existence remained secret even within government until 1972. ASIS is part of the Australian Intelligence Community responsible for the collection of foreign intelligence, including both counter-intelligence and liaising with the intelligence agencies of other countries. In these roles, ASIS is comparable to the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
ASIS is part of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade portfolio and its head, the director-general, is directly responsible to the minister for foreign affairs. The headquarters of ASIS is within DFAT’s headquarters in Canberra. Its current head is Director-General Paul Symon.