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- ↑ Green, Antony (2018). "MacKillop - SA Election 2018". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ↑ "MacKillop MP Nick McBride quits SA Liberal Party". The Advertiser. 5 July 2023.
- ↑ "The factional feud prompting claims the SA Liberals are 'at war with themselves'". ABC News. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
- ↑ https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/07/06/dark-forces-liberal-factional-tensions-erupt-as-mp-turns-independent/
