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AGLC - Referencing Guide

Parliamentary Papers

Rule 7.1.2 Parliamentary Papers, Committee Reports, Bills Digests and Alert Digests

  Include the chamber of Parliament in the author/committee name if this is not apparent in the committee's name

  Include type of publication where appropriate  eg 'Report', 'Discussion Paper'

Format

Standard format for footnote

   Committee, Legislature ,  Title   ( Document Type/Series  No  Document Number ,  Full Date )  Pinpoint  < URL >.

 

Standard format for bibliography

   Committee, Legislature ,  Title   ( Document Type/Series  No  Document Number ,  Full Date )

Footnote Examples

1 Environment and Natural Resources Committee, Parliament of Victoria, Inquiry into the Environmental Effects Statement Process in Victoria (Parliamentary Paper No 59, September 2011).

2 Law Reform Committee, Parliament of Victoria, Inquiry into Alternative Dispute Resolution and Restorative Justice (Final Report, May 2009) 26. 

3 Senate Legal Constitutional References Committee, Parliament of Australia, Administration and Operation of the Migration Act 1958 (Report, March 2006) 280—1 [9.30]—[9.38].

4 Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Parliament of Australia, Alert Digest (Digest No 9 of 2007, 13 August 2007) 11.

5 Legislation Review Committee, Parliament of New South Wales, Legislation Review Digest  (Digest No 13 of 2008, 10 November 2008) 6. 

6 Department of Parliamentary Services (Cth), Bills Digest (Digest No 75 of 2008—09, 27 January 2009) 8.

7 Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Parliament of Australia, Scrutiny Digest (Digest No 1 of 2018, 7 February 2018).

8 Senate Standing Committee for the Scrutiny of Bills, Parliament of Australia, Tenth Report of 2016 (Report, 30 November 2016) 671.

9 Royal Commission into Trade Union Governance and Corruption (Final Report, December 2015) vol 2.

10 Australian Law Reform Commission, Elder Abuse (Discussion Paper No 83, December 2016).

11 Law Reform Commission, Evidence (Report No 26, 1985) vol 1.

  OR - acceptable alternative citation:

11 Law Reform Commission, Evidence (Interim Report, 1985) vol 1.


See the All Examples page for examples of in-text and reference list entries for specific resources such as articles, books, parliamentary papers, and web pages.