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- 1 2 "Gary Baildon: Former Gold Coast mayor's decades of services to the community". Gold Coast Bulletin.
- ↑ "Campaign shock as former mayor Gary Baildon launches bid to return to council in Surfers". Gold Coast Bulletin. 6 February 2016.
- ↑ "Gold Coast history: 25 years since Gold Coast and Albert Shire councils amalgamated in 1995". Gold Coast Bulletin. 8 March 2020.
- ↑ Gold Coast City Council. "Mayor Cr Ron Clarke MBE". Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
- ↑ "Cr Gary Baildon's amazing career". Gold Coast Bulletin.