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- ↑ "Kosky leaves her station for family reasons". ABC News. 18 January 2010.
- ↑ "VEC: Altona District By-Election 2010 : Candidates for Altona District". Archived from the original on 1 February 2010. Retrieved 30 January 2010.
- ↑ 2010 Altona by-election: The Poll Bludger