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- ↑ "Lurid cartoon adds to Australia-Indonesia strains". One India. Reuters. 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016.
- ↑ "Satirists put the bite on Howard". The Sydney Morning Herald. 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on 14 April 2006.
- ↑ "Dingo cartoon fails to faze Howard". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on 13 June 2007.
- ↑ "Rudd slams 'disgusting' cartoon". The Age. 30 March 2006. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016.
- ↑ Hyland, Tom; Debelle, Penelope (2 April 2006). "Cartoon anger fears". The Age. Archived from the original on 2 October 2016.
- ↑ "Australian cartoon irks Indonesia". BBC. 1 April 2006. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
- ↑ Forbes, Mark; Grattan, Michelle (5 April 2006). "Papuan boat arrival fuels crisis". The Age. Archived from the original on 18 January 2016.
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