Cabinet mulls creation of mega spy agency as FIANZ seeks 'serious rethink'

A super security and intelligence agency recommended four years ago and said to be “not too far away” last August, is under “active consideration” by Cabinet.

The number two recommendation of the 2020 Royal Commission of Inquiry into the 2019 mosque attacks was to set up a national intelligence and security agency, or NISA, as a way to cut through the confusion and inaction exhibited between the layers of government agencies prior to the terror attacks.

However, in a new report submitted to the government, FIANZ, far from being impatient, has called for caution.

“Given the complexity and the changing global politics and eco-climate context, there needs to be a serious rethink on the form and function of the proposed but absolutely necessary NISA,” it said in the 40-page report.