Intelligence is now at the forefront of our national security effort.

Recent reforms have delivered more money and more people to the intelligence community but limited structural changes.

This paper offers an assessment of the intelligence reform agenda and proposes some further steps towards restructuring the intelligence community and its activities to meet the national security challenges of the next decade. It argues that reforms to the coordination mechanisms, community engagement, education, training and accountability regimes are necessary to ensure that intelligence continues to play a central role in Australia’s national security.