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- ↑ Denison recount result Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 26 May 2011.
- ↑ "Bartlett, Giddings new leaders". The Mercury. 26 May 2008. Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 10 June 2008.
- ↑ Calls for Sturges to resign over infrastructure failure, ABC News, 30 May 2009.
- ↑ 'Don't you know who I am': MP forced to apologise after tirade, The Sydney Morning Herald, 1 October 2009.
- ↑ Naidoo, Meryl: Sturges spun out to dry Archived 7 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine , The Mercury, 25 May 2011.
- ↑ MEDIA RELEASE: Ex Minister Appointed Chairman of TasBuild Archived 28 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine , TasBuild, September 2010.
- ↑ Denison recount result Archived 21 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine , Tasmanian Electoral Commission, 26 May 2011.