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- ↑ "Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre (VEMTC), Craigieburn, Victoria". www.woodsbagot.com. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
- ↑ "Fiskville Shut Forever | Premier of Victoria". www.premier.vic.gov.au. Retrieved 2015-11-30.
- ↑ "Victorian Emergency Management Training Centre (VEMTC), Craigieburn, Victoria". www.woodsbagot.com. Retrieved 2015-11-30.