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  2. "Ninth Queensland Labor MP quits politics". Herald Sun. Herald and Weekly Times. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2012.
Julie Attwood
Member of the Queensland Legislative Assembly
for Mount Ommaney
In office
13 June 1998 23 March 2012
Parliament of Queensland
Preceded by Member for Mount Ommaney
19982012
Succeeded by