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- ↑ Department of Parliamentary Services, Department of Parliamentary Services, Australian Government
- 1 2 "Parliamentary Departments".
- ↑ Department of the House of Representatives, 2017-18 Annual Report, Management of people
- ↑ "Australia" (PDF). OECD Journal on Budgeting. 2015 (2): 31–48. 2016. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
- ↑ Parliamentary Service Act 1999 (Cth) s 64B