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- ↑ "One Nation founder's conviction quashed". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 7 November 2003. Archived from the original on 22 October 2012.
- ↑ de Jersey CJ, McMurdo P and Davies JA (6 November 2003). "R v Hanson; R v Ettridge [2003] QCA 488" (PDF). Supreme Court of Queensland. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2005. Retrieved 25 April 2007.
- ↑ Consider your verdict ( ISBN 174110232-4) published by New Holland Publishers Pty, Limited
- ↑ "One Nation co-founder accuses party of abandoning him". ABC News. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
