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When the IGIS uses these coercive powers, the IGIS Act provides protections to a person who gives the IGIS information. That is, the person will not be subject to any penalty for giving information to the IGIS where the IGIS has required them to do so. Inquiries are conducted in private, in accordance with the IGIS Act. They usually involve
examination of highly classified or sensitive information. Who is an 'Australian person' and why is it important? An Australian person is someone who is an Australian citizen, or a permanent resident of Australia. The distinction is important, because Australia's foreign intelligence collection agencies - ASD, AGO and ASIS - must not conduct an activity to produce intelligence on an Australian person, except in particular circumstances and only when authorised by the relevant Minister. Because of the limitation of intelligence activities on Australian persons the IGIS examines the records of intelligence agencies to ensure no agency illegally collects, or reports on, anyone who might be an Australian person.
