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- ↑ Registered political parties: AEC
- ↑ Bitter dispute erupts over Senate preferences in Queensland: ABC 5 September 2013
- ↑ Alliance of micro parties boosts odds for likes of One Nation or Shooters and Fishers gaining Senate spot through preferences: Daily Telegraph 5 September 2013
- ↑ "Stop CSG Party". aec.gov.au. Australian Electoral Commission. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
