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- ↑ Green, Antony. "Nicklin". Queensland Votes 2020. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
- ↑ "Mr Robert (Rob) Skelton". Parliament of Queensland.
- ↑ "Robert Skelton". Queensland Labor. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020.
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