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- ↑ Maylands – 2008 Western Australian Election, Antony Green's Election Guide. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ↑ Maylands, WA Votes 2013, ABC News. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ↑ Andrew O'Connor, "WA Labor MP Lisa Baker makes same-sex marriage plea as Liberal opponent Peter Abetz cites Stolen Generation to reject change", ABC News, 23 September 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ↑ Steve Holland, "Hunters disturbed by WA MP Lisa Baker's gun-targeted joey Facebook post", WAtoday, 8 May 2016. Retrieved 12 July 2016.
- ↑ "Hansard WA Parliament" (PDF). Parliament of Western Australia. 11 May 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 May 2017.
