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- ↑ "In Brief Issue #943 | Victorian Bar". www.vicbar.com.au. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
- ↑ "New judicial appointments for Justices Kaye and Zammit". 3 February 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2017.
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