6. Government publications

• Follow guidelines for Corporate (Group) Author and for Books, with the inclusion of a Report or Reference Number if available.
• For reports prepared for the government department, include individual author names only when they are included on the cover or title page. In this instance, include them as authors and the government department as the publisher (unless stated otherwise).
• If the report is retrieved online, provide the publisher name in the retrieval statement, unless the publisher is also the author.

(Government Department Name, Year)

Examples:

Higher education has … (Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training, 2002).

Recreational hunting… (RM Consulting Group, 2019).

Government Department Name. (Year). Title of report (Reference Number). Place of Publication: Author.

Government Department Name. (Year). Title of report (Report No.). DOI / Retrieved from Publisher Name: URL

Examples:

Commonwealth Department of Education, Science and Training. (2002). Striving for quality: Learning, teaching and scholarship (DEST no. 6891.HERC02A). Canberra, Australia: Author.

RM Consulting Group (2019). Economic and social impacts of recreational hunting and shooting: Final report. Retrieved from Australian Government Department of Health website: https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/economic-and-social-impacts-of-recreational-hunting-and-shooting

• Follow guidelines for Corporate (Group) Author

(Australian Bureau of Statistics, Year).

Example:

Of the total … (ABS, 2016).

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (Year). Title (Catalogue Number). Canberra, Australia: Author.

Example:

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2016). Research and experimental development, higher education organisations, Australia (Catalogue No. 8111.0). Canberra, Australia: Author.