Provision of high quality, timely and
relevant professional advice to Government.

Milestone G1

Ministers and other key stakeholders
satisfied with policy advice, analysis and briefings.

Activities

ASNO provided advice to the Minister for
Foreign Affairs, and on occasions the Minister for Trade, on a range of issues,
as well as contributing extensively to the development of advice provided by
other Divisions in DFAT, other Government agencies and departments. The prime agency was DFAT; other agencies
included the Department of Industry, Science and Resources, the Department of
Defence and the Office of National Assessments.

Significant issues affecting international
safeguards, the CWC, the BWC and the CTBT were kept under review, and close
liaison was maintained with DFAT on these and other matters of common interest.

ASNO attended as an expert witness several
Parliamentary hearings, notably the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties on two
occasions.

Performance Assessment

ASNO submitted 39 Ministerial briefs,
Parliamentary Question briefs and other briefs, and contributed to all other
DFAT items on nuclear, CWC and BWC related issues. ASNO was involved in preparation of seven pieces of Ministerial
correspondence. ASNO made a significant
contribution to assessments by the Australian intelligence community. Ministers, Departments and Agencies have indicated
appreciation of the high quality, timely and relevant advice provided by ASNO.

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