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  • The art and science of asking questions is the source of all knowledge. - Thomas Berger
  • Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are. - George Santayana
  • You have never really lived until you've done something for someone who can never repay you. - Unknown
  • There is never a better measure of what a person is than what he does when he's absolutely free to choose. - Bern Williams
  • What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other? - George Eliot
  • It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well. - Rene Descartes

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DIO is one of two intelligence agencies in the Australian Government Department of Defence Defence Intelligence Group.

Defence Intelligence Group is headed by the Chief of Defence Intelligence who reports to the Secretary of Defence and Chief of the Defence Force.

The other agency in the group is the Australian Geospatial-Intelligence Organisation.

The Defence intelligence agencies are a critical part of Australia's National Intelligence Community, which also includes:

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