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	| style="color:#000"|South Australia mandates all new houses to have a '''[[Building energy efficiency standards|six-star energy efficiency rating]]''', announced 19 April 2010. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/19/2876113.htm link].		| style="color:#000"|South Australia mandates all new houses to have a '''[[Building energy efficiency standards|six-star energy efficiency rating]]''', announced 19 April 2010. [http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/04/19/2876113.htm link].

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