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- ↑ "Example 1: The Webster v Deahm petition and the 1993 election for Macquarie" (PDF). Attachment 19 to Submission No 26 Inquiry into the Integrity of the Electoral Roll. Australian Electoral Commission. 17 October 2000. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2011.
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- ↑ "Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) entry for Mr Alasdair Paine Webster". It's an Honour, Australian Honours Database. Canberra, Australia: Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 26 January 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ↑ Verbal abuse, sexual assault and a botched circumcision: Victims of government-run home expose federal politician who ignored alleged child abuse, 60 Minutes, 11 March 2018
- ↑ Former federal Liberal MP Alasdair Webster facing historical sexual assault charges, Seven News, 11 March 2020
- ↑ McKinnell, Jamie (27 May 2020). "Alasdair Webster refused suppression order over charges of child sex abuse at Daruk Training School". ABC News. Retrieved 27 May 2020.