Editing Office of National Assessments (section)

==Directors-General==
The Director-General of ONA is an independent statutory officer who is not subject to external direction on the content of ONA assessments. ONA has about 150 staff, including 100 analysts. The previous Director-General of ONA was [[Richard Maude]], who was appointed to a five-year term at the agency in April&nbsp;2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/richard-maude-is-appointed-new-head-of-spy-agency-the-office-of-national-assessments/story-fn59niix-1226628831122|title=Richard Maude is appointed new head of spy agency the Office of National Assessments |date=24 April 2013|newspaper=The Australian|agency=AAP|publisher=News Corp Australia}}</ref> Maude took leave from ONA in 2017 to prepare the White Paper on Foreign Policy, with Bruce Miller acting in the role. In December 2017, former ASIS director-general [[Nick Warner]] was appointed.

* [[Robert Furlonger]] (1977–1981)
* Michael Cook (1981–1989)
* [[Geoff Miller (diplomat)|Geoff Miller]] (1989–1995)
* [[Philip Flood]] (1995–1996)
* [[Richard Smith (diplomat)|Richard Smith]] (1996–1998)
* Kim Jones (1998–2003)
* [[Peter Varghese]] (2004–2009)
* [[Allan Gyngell]] (2009–2013)
* Richard Maude (2013–2017)
* [[Bruce Miller (diplomat)|Bruce Miller]] (acting 2017)
* [[Nick Warner]] (2017–present)