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- ↑ "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1992 No 1" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1992–1. ACT Legislative Assembly. 6 April 1992. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
- ↑ "Notification of Appointment of Ministers NI 1994 No 1" (PDF). ACT Gazette. 1994–1. ACT Legislative Assembly. 13 April 1994. Retrieved 19 August 2010.
