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- ↑ Report on Parliamentary Election 2003–2006 Archived 23 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine , Tasmanian Electoral Commission.
- ↑ "Australia Day 2021 Honours List" (PDF). Governor General of Australia. Retrieved 25 January 2021.