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- ↑ For the Forests - Chronology Archived 22 June 2005 at the Wayback Machine , The Wilderness Society
- ↑ Chronology of Events relating to the Membership of the 37th Parliament Archived 7 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine , Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Library, Last reviewed 10 October 1997
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