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- ↑ Anti-Israel lobby defiant on uni rally by Christian Kerr, The Australian , 28 August 2013.
- ↑ Stuart Rees attacks Julia Gillard on 'populist' gesture by Christian Kerr, The Australian, 14 May 2013.
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