Asio
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1. Asio - Noun
2. Asio - Proper noun
Meaning
a genus of European owls
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Accountability Because of the nature of its work, ASIO does not make details of its activities public and law prevents the identities of ASIO officers from being disclosed.
Asio has also uncovered cases where foreign spies have sought to establish sophisticated hacking infrastructure in Australia targeting computers containing sensitive and classified information.
ASIO briefs the Attorney General on all major issues affecting security and he/she is also informed of operations when considering granting warrants enabling the special investigative powers of ASIO.
Asked why Australia had no current right-wing groups on its list of terrorist organisations, Mr Dutton said the government was "very open" to a new listing but it relied on advice from ASIO, other agencies and the Department of Home Affairs.
A few owls are active during the day also; examples are the burrowing owl (Speotyto cunicularia) and the short-eared owl (Asio flammeus).
After each small group has shared their responses with the class, write the two binomial names of the owl species depicted on the board: “Asio otus” and “Asio flammeus.”