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- ↑ Federal budget 2014 – Full speech; Joe Hockey; smh.com.au; 13 May 2014
- ↑ Medical Research Future Fund finally gets Senate approval; The Australian; 13 August 2015
- ↑ "Federal budget 2014 – Full speech". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 14 May 2016.