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- ↑ "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1998 No 1" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1998–1. ACT Legislative Assembly. 31 March 1998. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ↑ "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1998 No 2" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1998–2. ACT Legislative Assembly. 27 April 1998. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
- ↑ "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1999 No 3" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1999–3. ACT Legislative Assembly. 7 August 1999. Retrieved 16 August 2010.
