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Government publications

On this page:

  • Document produced by a government agency, with no obvious personal author
  • Document produced by a government agency, with personal author/s acknowledged on the title page.
  • Document produced by a branch or division
  • Document produced by a state or territory agency
  • Government agency document known by a short title
    • i) a report commonly known by the name of the chairman or person responsible for the inquiry, eg the Burdekin Report
    • ii) a report commonly known by its title rather than its author/s, eg Bringing Them Home.

The following elements should be included, where applicable:

  • Country, state or territory as author
  • Legislative body, department, commission or committee as author
  • Subsidiary division or regional office
  • Individual author, editor or compiler if also included on title page
  • Title of publication
  • Report number or identifier
  • Publisher, if different from the issuing body
  • Date of publication
  • Page number (in Note citation)

Document produced by a government agency, with no obvious personal author

Example: First reference
1. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Young Homeless People in Australia 2001-02, Canberra, 2003, 20.

Note: The name of the publisher is not included if it is the same as the issuing agency.

Subsequent reference
4. AIHW, Young Homeless People, 33.

Note: Abbreviations or acronyms may be used if the full form of the name is given at the first reference. A cross reference may be made in the bibliography.

Bibliography, Cross references in bibliography
AIHW. See Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Young Homeless People in Australia 2001-02.Canberra, 2003.

Document produced by a government agency, with personal author/s acknowledged on the title page

Example: First reference
6. Denis Goodrum, Mark Hackling and Leonie Rennie, The Status and Quality of Teaching and Learning of Science in Australian Schools, research report prepared for the Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs, Canberra, c2001, 5.

Subsequent reference
9. Goodrum, Hackling and Rennie, Status and Quality of Teaching, 10.

Note: When authors of a government document are identified, they should be cited. In your bibliography, a cross-reference may be useful.

Bibliography, Cross references in bibliography
Goodrum, Denis, Mark Hackling and Leonie Rennie. See Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs.

Department of Education, Training and Youth Affairs. The Status and Quality of Teaching and Learning of Science in Australian Schools, research report prepared by D Goodrum, M Hackling and L Rennie. Canberra. c2001.

Note: The name of the Commonwealth department responsible for education has changed since, 2001, but the citation details should be those on the title page of the document.

Document produced by a branch or division

Example: First reference
5. Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, Statistics Division, Business Branch, Immigration: Federation to Century's End 1901-2000, Canberra, 2001, 3.

Subsequent reference
7. DIMA, Immigration, 11.

Bibliography, Cross references in your bibliography
DIMA. See Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs.

Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs. Statistics Division. Business Branch. Immigration: Federation to Century's End 1901-2000. Canberra, 2001.

Document produced by a state or territory agency

Example: First reference
9. Victorian Government Department of Human Services, Policy and Strategic Projects Division, Cultural Diversity Guide: Planning and Delivering Culturally Appropriate Human Services, Melbourne, 2004, 13.

Subsequent reference
11. DHS, Cultural Diversity Guide, 21.

Bibliography, Cross references in bibliography
DHS. See Victorian Government Department of Human Services.


Victorian Government Department of Human Services. Policy and Strategic Projects Division. Cultural Diversity Guide: Planning and Delivering Culturally Appropriate Human Services. Melbourne, 2004.

Government agency document known by a short title

i) a report commonly known by the name of the chairman or person responsible for the inquiry, eg the Burdekin Report

The short title may be used if the full form is given at the first reference, and cross references are included in the bibliography.

Example: First reference
14. Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, Our Homeless Children: Report of the National Inquiry into Homeless Children, chairman Brian Burdekin (Canberra: AGPS, 1989), 17.

Subsequent reference
19. Burdekin Report, 21.

Bibliography, Cross references in bibliography
Burdekin report. See Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission


Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission. Our Homeless Children: Report of the National Inquiry into Homeless Children. Chairman Brian Burdekin. Canberra: AGPS, 1989.

ii) a report commonly known by its title rather than its author/s, eg Bringing Them Home.

Example: First reference
22. National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families, Bringing Them Home, president Sir Ronald Wilson (Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1997), 23.

Subsequent reference
27. Bringing Them Home, 41.

Bibliography, Cross references in bibliography
Bringing Them Home. See National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families.


National Inquiry into the Separation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children from their Families. Bringing Them Home. President Sir Ronald Wilson. Sydney: Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission, 1997.

 

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