The February 1984 report of the Royal Commission on the incident recommended that ‘no ASIS officer, trainee or agent be permitted to carry any type of firearms in any public place in Australia’. The ASIS team fled and several members were arrested. However, ASIS failed to inform hotel staff or local authorities of the exercise, and during its execution, the trainees used considerable force, brandished military-style weapons, caused distress to a number of staff and guests and physically assaulted the hotel manager. The exercise was to be a mock surveillance and hostage rescue of foreign intelligence officers from Melbourne’s Sheraton Hotel. The Sheraton Hotel incident refers to a botched training exercise in November 1983 involving junior ASIS officers who were given considerable leeway in planning and executing the exercise. Following what has come to be known as the ‘Sheraton Hotel incident’, that incident was added to the Royal Commission’s terms of reference. The Royal Commission was established in May 1983 to review Australia’s security and intelligence agencies, including their activities and some specific matters. Termination of the use of weapons following the Sheraton Hotel incidentĪSIS’s use of weapons was terminated in response to a recommendation of the Royal Commission on Australia’s Security and Intelligence Agencies (the ‘second Hope Royal Commission’). Previous and current restrictions on ASIS’s use of weapons and self-defence techniques ASIS staff members and agents, to use force (including the use of a weapon) outside Australia in certain circumstances, under approvals given by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.the Minister for Foreign Affairs to specify additional persons (or classes of persons) who may be protected by Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) staff members and agents outside Australia under Schedule 2 to the Intelligence Services Act 2001 (ISA) (which provides for limited provision of weapons, and use of and training in the use of weapons and self-defence techniques) and.The key amendments in the Bill include allowing: The Bill is being considered by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security and is listed for debate in both Houses of Parliament this week. The Government introduced the Intelligence Services Amendment Bill 2018 on 29 November 2018.
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