TY - BOOK AU - STAPLETON Disney TI - DSTO and countering terrorism PY - 2006/// KW - AUSTRALIA KW - COUNTERTERRORISM N2 - In January 2006 Australia created the National Security Science & Technology (NSST) Unit. The unit draws staff from Defence, the Federal Police, the Commonwealth Science & Industrial Research Organisation, and the intelligence community. This article looks at the structure and operation of Australia's counterterror organisation noting that some ambiguities remain at the strategic guidance level ER -