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- ↑ "Members of the ACT Legislative Assembly" (PDF). ACT Legislative Assembly. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ↑ http://www.hansard.act.gov.au/hansard/2002/pdfs/20011211.pdf
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