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- ↑ Forests Ministry of Western Australia – Parliamentary Library of Western Australia. Last updated 28 March 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2014.
- ↑ Addressing a Member of Parliament – Parliament of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 October 2013.
