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- ↑ Baines, Richard (16 April 2015). "Australian Recreational Fishers Party planned in Tasmania to oppose to super trawlers". ABC News . Retrieved 15 June 2016.
- ↑ "Australian Recreational Fishers Party". Australian Electoral Commission. 16 May 2016. Retrieved 2 June 2016.
- ↑ "Candidates for the 2016 federal election". Australian Electoral Commission. 12 June 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
- ↑ "Notice of intention to deregister Australian Recreational Fishers Party" (PDF). Australian Electoral Commission. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ↑ Australian Recreational Fishers Party won’t run candidates at the state election, Hobart Mercury , 31 August 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ↑ Notice of deregistration: Australian Recreational Fishers Party, Australian Electoral Commission.
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