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- ↑ "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1989 No 1" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1989–01. ACT Legislative Assembly. 16 May 1989. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ↑ "Assembly Debate - 5/12/1989" (PDF). ACT Hansard . ACT Legislative Assembly. 5 December 1989. pp. 2987–2993. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
