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- ↑ "IFES Election Guide | Elections: Cocos Islands Parliament 2019". www.electionguide.org. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
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- ↑ "ParlInfo - Joint Standing Committee on the National Capital and External Territories : 05/04/2017 : Strategic importance of the Indian Ocean Territories". Parlinfo.aph.gov.au. 5 April 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2017.