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- ↑ "The Austral Pacific Collapse", Australian Bus Panorama, April 1999, issue 14/5, page 17.
- ↑ Australian Securities & Investments Commission (9 September 2005). "05-270 Former director of Clifford Corporation jailed for insider trading". Archived from the original on 13 February 2014.
- ↑ Australian Securities & Investments Commission (13 September 2005). "05-275 Former director of Clifford Corporation jailed". Archived from the original on 13 February 2014.