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- ↑ "Carr acts to oust Packard". The Canberra Times . 12 June 1993. p. 15. Retrieved 13 March 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Packard quits, 'a victim' of the balance of power". The Canberra Times . 28 July 1993. p. 3. Retrieved 13 March 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ "Writ of election: The Hills". Government Gazette of the State of New South Wales . No. 88. 9 August 1993. p. 5847. Retrieved 13 March 2021– via Trove.
- ↑ Green, Antony. "1993 Hills by-election". New South Wales Election Results 1856-2007. Parliament of New South Wales . Retrieved 13 March 2021.
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