User:GraziePrego

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Australian politics.

I edit Wikipedia occasionally

Currently a foot soldier in the endless war against "passed away", "survived by" and "lion's share". (See MOS:EUPHEMISM and MOS:SURVIVEDBY) AutoWikiBrowser may help with this.

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Good Articles

• Anna Burke- Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives (Article passed GA review on 7 November, 2023)
• Ged Kearney- Assistant minister in the Australian government (Article passed GA review on 9 December, 2023)
• Monique Ryan- Independent member of the Parliament of Australia (Article passed GA review on 8 January, 2024)
• Lock's Quest- Tower Defence video game released on the Nintendo DS in 2008 (Article passed GA review on 2 May, 2024)
• Zali Steggall- Independent member of the Parliament of Australia (Article passed GA review on 1 July, 2024)
• Sophie Scamps- Independent member of the Parliament of Australia (Article passed GA review on 6 September, 2024)

Nominated:

• 2018 Batman by-election- By-election for the Parliament of Australia

Did you know...

• ... that Ged Kearney represented Batman in the Parliament of Australia from 2018 to 2019? (Appeared on the Main Page on 22 December, 2023)
• ...that Anna Burke was the second woman to give birth while a member of the Australian House of Representatives? (Appeared on the Main Page on 23 December, 2023)
• ...that Monique Ryan ran for election to the Parliament of Australia after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper calling for an independent candidate? (Appeared on the Main Page on 16 February, 2024)
• ...that Lock's Quest was said to feature "some of the best original music in a DS game"? (Appeared on the Main Page on 31 May, 2024)
• ... that Zali Steggall, an independent member of the Parliament of Australia, is the country's most successful skier? (Appeared on the Main Page on 22 July, 2024)
• ... that Sophie Scamps decided to enter politics after a survey from her local member of Parliament failed to mention climate change? (Appeared on the Main Page on 27 September, 2024)

Milestones

• 1st edit made on the 15th of June, 2020. (A minor copyedit to Rigby's Water World)
• 1000th edit made on the 22nd of August, 2023. (Adding bluelinks to Beer die)
• 2000th edit made on the 17th of September, 2023. (Replacing "passed away" with "died" on Military Prosecutor Doberman)
• 3000th edit made on the 28th of September, 2023. (Adding a short description to Corn silk)
• 4000th edit made on the 18th of October, 2023. (Copyediting Rom Houben as part of the October Guild of Copyeditors Blitz)
• 5000th edit made on the 24th of November, 2023. (Copyediting Chelaalapí Qom Choir as part of the November Guild of Copyeditors Drive)
• 6000th edit made on the 17th of January, 2024. (Working on Zali Steggall to get the article to Good Article standard)
• 7000th edit made on the 25th of March, 2024. (Working on 2024 Tasmanian government formation)
• 8000th edit made on the 1st of July, 2024. (Working on Fatima Payman)
• 9000th edit made on the 20th of September, 2024. (Working on the 2018 Batman by-election)

Pages created

AusPol:

• Alex Bhathal
• Allan government
• Australia's Voice
• Jewish Council of Australia
• People First Party (Australia)‎
• Stage three tax cuts

Australian Scientists/Science:

• Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre
• Sally Dunwoodie
• Willy Zwaenepoel ‎

Cellular processes:

• Fast Endophilin-Mediated Endocytosis

Genes/Proteins:

• AARD
• BABAM2
• CAMSAP1
• CAMSAP3
• CATSPERB
• CATSPERD
• CATSPERG
• CATSPERZ
• DZANK1
• EPB41L4A
• FOXRED2
• GABARAPL1
• HAO2
• IRAK1BP1
• KIF4B
• KIF7
• KIF9
• KIF12
• KIF18B
• KIF19
• KIF21B
• KIF25
• KIF26A
• KIF27
• TEX14
• ZYG11A
• ZZEF1

Species:

• Rhodoglossum gigartinoides
• Solanum arundo
• Solanum aturense

Barnstars and awards

The Order of the Superior Scribe of Wikipedia This barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copy edits totaling over 40,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE October 2023 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 13:08, 24 October 2023 (UTC) The Copy Editor's 10K Star This barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copy-editing at least one individual article of more than 10,000 words during the most recent Guild of Copy Editors' Drive or Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 13:08, 24 October 2023 (UTC) Good Article- Anna Burke The article Anna Burke you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Anna Burke for comments about the article, and Talk:Anna Burke/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of The Blue Rider -- The Blue Rider (talk) 21:03, 7 November 2023 (UTC) The (modern) Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copy edits totaling over 40,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE November 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 09:35, 7 December 2023 (UTC) Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Total Articles, 2nd Place This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copyediting 21 articles during the GOCE November 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 09:35, 7 December 2023 (UTC) Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 3rd Place This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copyediting 1 long article during the GOCE November 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 09:35, 7 December 2023 (UTC) Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 1st Place This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copyediting 21 old articles during the GOCE November 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 09:35, 7 December 2023 (UTC) Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Longest Article, 5th Place This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copyediting one of the five longest articles – 9,365 words – during the GOCE November 2023 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 09:35, 7 December 2023 (UTC) Good Article- Ged Kearney The article Ged Kearney you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Ged Kearney for comments about the article, and Talk:Ged Kearney/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of GMH Melbourne -- GMH Melbourne (talk) 00:23, 9 December 2023 (UTC) Women in Green Editathon October '23 At last – here is your barnstar! Thank you for your excellent contributions to GA nomination Anna Burke during the WiG "Around the World in 31 Days" Good Article editathon. I hope we'll continue to see more of you and your work at WP Women in Green going forward. Best, Alanna the Brave (talk) 17:59, 10 December 2023 (UTC) Did You Know December 2023 On 22 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Ged Kearney, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Ged Kearney represented Batman in the Parliament of Australia from 2018 to 2019? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Ged Kearney. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Ged Kearney), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Did You Know December 2023 On 23 December 2023, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Anna Burke, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Anna Burke was the second woman to give birth while a member of the Australian House of Representatives? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Anna Burke. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Anna Burke), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. The Articles for Creation Barnstar Thank you for your participation in the Articles for Creation's November 2023 Backlog Drive! You made a total of 123 reviews, for a total of 204.5 points. – robertsky (talk) 06:46, 25 December 2023 (UTC) Good Article- Monique Ryan The article Monique Ryan you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Monique Ryan for comments about the article, and Talk:Monique Ryan/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article has never appeared on the Main Page as a "Did you know" item, and has not appeared within the last year either as "Today's featured article", or as a bold link under "In the news" or in the "On this day" prose section, you can nominate it within the next seven days to appear at DYK. Bolded names with dates listed at the bottom of the "On this day" column do not affect DYK eligibility. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of JML1148 -- JML1148 (talk) 07:04, 8 January 2024 (UTC) Short Description Barnstar Congrats on completing the work adding short descriptions to all 50,000 level-5 vital articles. {{u|Sdkb}} talk 02:06, 19 January 2024 (UTC) The (modern) Guild of Copy Editors Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copy edits totaling over 40,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE January 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 02:58, 4 February 2024 (UTC) Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Long Articles, 5th Place This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copyediting 4 long articles during the GOCE January 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 02:58, 4 February 2024 (UTC) Guild of Copy Editors Leaderboard Award: Old Articles, 5th Place This Leaderboard Barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copyediting 10 old articles during the GOCE January 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 02:58, 4 February 2024 (UTC) The Reviewer Barnstar This award is given in recognition to GraziePrego for collecting more than 50 points during the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 22:37, 8 February 2024 (UTC) Worm Gear Award This award is given in recognition to GraziePrego for collecting at least 7 points during each week of the January 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 16,070 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 23:03, 8 February 2024 (UTC) On 16 February 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Monique Ryan, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Monique Ryan ran for election to the Parliament of Australia after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper calling for an independent candidate? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Monique Ryan. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Monique Ryan), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. The Modest Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copy edits totaling over 2,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE February 2024 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Miniapolis 21:01, 19 February 2024 (UTC) The Original Barnstar I hereby award this barnstar to GraziePrego for work on Selected Anniversaries and for waiting very patiently for this barnstar. I can do stuff! (talk) Thanks for your contributions, I can do stuff! (talk) 00:48, 8 March 2024 (UTC) Citation Barnstar This award is given in recognition to GraziePrego for collecting more than 1 point during the WikiProject Unreferenced articles's FEB24 backlog drive. Your contributions played a crucial role in sourcing 14,300 unsourced articles during the drive. Thank you so much for participating and helping to reduce the backlog! – – DreamRimmer (talk) 17:37, 8 March 2024 (UTC) The Working Wikipedian's Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copy edits totaling over 8,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE March 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 07:33, 4 April 2024 (UTC) The Cleanup Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copy edits totaling over 6,000 words (including rollover words) during the GOCE April 2024 Copy Editing Blitz. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 03:24, 23 April 2024 (UTC) Good Article- Lock's Quest The article Lock's Quest you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Lock's Quest for comments about the article, and Talk:Lock's Quest/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of Vrxces -- Vrxces (talk) 02:03, 2 May 2024 (UTC) On 31 May 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Lock's Quest, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Lock's Quest was said to feature "some of the best original music in a DS game"? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Lock's Quest. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Lock's Quest), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Z1720 (talk) 00:04, 31 May 2024 (UTC) The Modest Barnstar This barnstar is awarded to GraziePrego for copy edits totaling over 4,000 words (including bonus and rollover words) during the GOCE May 2024 Backlog Elimination Drive. Congratulations, and thank you for your contributions! Dhtwiki (talk) 07:56, 3 June 2024 (UTC) The Tireless Contributor Barnstar This award is given in recognition to GraziePrego for accumulating at least 25 points during the May 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 14,452 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 18:52, 6 June 2024 (UTC) Worm Gear Award This award is given in recognition to GraziePrego for accumulating at least 7 points during each week of the May 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 14,452 reviews completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 19:19, 6 June 2024 (UTC) The Barnstar of Diligence You solved a tricky language problem on a contested page today. To you I say, danke schon GraziePrego MatthewDalhousie (talk) 07:52, 14 June 2024 (UTC) Good Article- Zali Steggall The article Zali Steggall you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Zali Steggall for comments about the article, and Talk:Zali Steggall/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of SusunW -- SusunW (talk) 05:02, 1 July 2024 (UTC) Thanks for participating in the June 2024 backlog drive! You scored 179 points while adding citations to articles during WikiProject Reliability's first {{citation needed}} backlog drive, earning you this Cleanup Barnstar. Thanks for helping out! Pichpich (talk) 21:53, 8 July 2024 (UTC) On 22 July 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Zali Steggall, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Zali Steggall, an independent member of the Parliament of Australia, is the country's most successful skier? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zali Steggall. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Zali Steggall), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. Complex/Rational 00:03, 22 July 2024 (UTC) The Special Barnstar Thank you so much for your improvement of Alison Hargreaves! Heart (talk) 14:03, 26 July 2024 (UTC) Good Article- Sophie Scamps The article Sophie Scamps you nominated as a good article has passed ; see Talk:Sophie Scamps for comments about the article, and Talk:Sophie Scamps/GA1 for the nomination. Well done! If the article is eligible to appear in the "Did you know" section of the Main Page, you can nominate it within the next seven days. Message delivered by ChristieBot, on behalf of BennyOnTheLoose -- BennyOnTheLoose (talk) 09:22, 6 September 2024 (UTC) On 27 September 2024, Did you know was updated with a fact from the article Sophie Scamps, which you recently created, substantially expanded, or brought to good article status. The fact was ... that Sophie Scamps decided to enter politics after a survey from her local member of Parliament failed to mention climate change? The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Sophie Scamps. You are welcome to check how many pageviews the nominated article or articles got while on the front page (here's how, Sophie Scamps), and the hook may be added to the statistics page after its run on the Main Page has completed. Finally, if you know of an interesting fact from another recently created article, then please feel free to suggest it on the Did you know talk page. The Reviewer Barnstar This award is given in recognition to GraziePrego for accumulating at least 50 points during the September 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions helped play a part in the 19,000+ articles and 35,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 26,884.6 points) completed during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:24, 7 October 2024 (UTC) Rack and pinion Award This award is given in recognition to GraziePrego for accumulating at least 15 points during each week of the September 2024 NPP backlog drive. Your contributions played a part in the 19,000+ articles and 35,000+ redirects reviewed (for a total of 26,884.6 points) during the drive. Thank you so much for taking part and contributing to help reduce the backlog! Hey man im josh (talk) 15:41, 7 October 2024 (UTC)

Fascinating articles I have randomly come across

• John Murray Spear
• Fiona (sheep)
• Kaomoji
• Perchtenlaufen
• Els Enfarinats
• Mana (Japanese musician)
• List of fellows of the Australian Academy of Science (Nice project to work on)

Commons images

These are mostly images I have scraped from various places and added to commons, NOT images I have created myself.

iNaturalist uploads

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  Vipera monticola
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  Todiramphus albonotatus
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  Melignomon eisentrauti
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  Philotheca angustifoli
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  Lasiopetalum behrii
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  Hibbertia devitata
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  Calytrix tetragona
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  Synaphea gracillima
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  Solanum arundo
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  Solanum arundo
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  Solanum arundo

2018 Batman by-election images

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  Anti-Adani doorknockers meeting in Batman in February 2018
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  A reusable coffee cup created to promote Kearney's campaign
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  The rear of the cup
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  A Labor party volunteer shirt from the campaign
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  Another Labor party volunteer shirt, depicting Kearney as Batman
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  The back of the shirt
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  An anti-Adani event held 18 May 2018. The lower-right image depicts Bill Shorten interacting with anti-Adani protesters on polling day at the by-election.
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  Alluvial diagram of preference flows (I did make this image!)
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  Kearney during the campaign
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  Another anti-Adani group in Batman, February 2018
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  A victorious Kearney

General AusPol images

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  Lily D'Ambrosio
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  Alex Bhathal
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  Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre
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  Samantha Ratnam and Peter Khalil
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  Samantha Ratnam
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  Samantha Ratnam
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  Samantha Ratnam
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  Samantha Ratnam et al
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  Samantha Ratnam
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  Adam Bandt, Samantha Ratnam, Alex Bhathal
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  Peter Khalil
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  Peter Khalil
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  Peter Khalil
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  Monash University pro-Palestine encampment
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  Monash University pro-Palestine encampment
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  Monash University pro-Palestine encampment
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  Fiona Richardson MP and Daniel Andrews MP
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  Mark Butler
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  Tony Zappia MP, The Hon Kelvin Thomson MP and Andrew Giles MP
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  Fiona Richardson
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  Fiona Richardson
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  Polling booth in Kooyong with Josh Frydenberg visible
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  Zali Steggall
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  John Hewson, Zali Steggall, Peter Garrett
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  Ged Kearney
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  Ged Kearney
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  Geraldine Quinn
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  Casey Bennetto

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