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- ↑ "Mr Robert (Rob) Skelton". Parliament of Queensland.
- ↑ "Meet Rob". Robert Skelton MP. Retrieved 30 May 2024.
- ↑ "Robert Skelton". Queensland Labor. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020.
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