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- ↑ Ministerial Travel Claims Archived 15 June 2009 at the Library of Congress Web Archives, Australian National Audit Office, 22 December 1997.
- ↑ Michael Evans: Rex pays off for ex-pollie, The Sydney Morning Herald , 6 March 2007.
- ↑ A Country Road: The Nationals Episode 3
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