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- 1 2 "Mr Richard Charles Mochalski (1948-2002)". Former members of the Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ↑ "MP not allowed pension". The Canberra Times . 21 August 1987. p. 7. Retrieved 21 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writ of election: Bankstown". New South Wales Government Gazette . No. 5. 2 January 1987. p. 63. Retrieved 21 October 2019– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1987 Bankstown by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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