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 author name and the publisher name are the same, omit the publisher name from the reference list entry.

(Government Department Name/Author Surname, 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). Publisher Name. DOI/URL

Examples:

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

RM Consulting Group (2019). Economic and social impacts of recreational hunting and shooting: Final report. Australian Government Department of Health. 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 … (Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2016).

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (Year). Title (Catalogue Number). URL

Example:

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2016). Research and experimental development, higher education organisations, Australia (Catalogue No. 8111.0). https://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/mf/8111.0