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- ↑ "Currently registered parties". Victorian Electoral Commission . Retrieved 29 October 2018.
- ↑ Benalla Ensign (7 July 2018). "Aiming to offer an alternative" . Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ "South Eastern Metropolitan Region". Victoria Votes. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ↑ "Western Metropolitan Region". Victoria Votes. Australian Broadcasting Corporation . Retrieved 2 November 2018.
- ↑ Green, Antony [@AntonyGreenABC] (8 November 2018). "You have to love how a party called "Hudson for Northern Victoria" runs in every region. Micro-party alliance preference harvesting anyone? Though voters may not understand what the party name "Hudson for NV" on the ballot paper means. Not NV-us" (Tweet). Retrieved 17 November 2018– via Twitter.
- ↑ Tatura man Josh Hudson off to form own party
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