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Reports, Grey Literature and Legal - APA7 Style: Introduction

Reports and Grey Literature

Format

Author, A. A. or Name of Group. (Year). Title of report (Report No. xxx). Publisher. https://xxxxx
  • Include issue/report/statement/publication number if given. Omit publisher if publisher is the same as author or group.

References - examples

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Diabetes (Cat. No: CVD 82). 

Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. (2020). Closing the gap report 2019. 
In-text First citation:
Parenthetical Citation: ... (Australian Institute of Health and Welfare [AIHW], 2020).
Narrative Citation: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW, 2020) ...
In-text Subsequent citation:
Parenthetical Citation: ... (AIHW, 2020).
Narrative Citation: AIHW (2020) ...

More information

APA Style: Report by a Government Agency 
Section 10.4 of the "Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, Seventh Edition" (American Psychological Association, 2020, pp. 329-332). 

 

Format

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of policy. https:// xxxxxx

References - example

Hasluck, P. (1961). The policy of assimilation: Decisions of Commonwealth and state ministers at the Native Welfare Conference, Canberra,

January 26th and 27th, 1961. https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/catalogue_resources/18801.pdf

 

In-text example  
Parenthetical citations: ...Hasluck, 1961).
Narrative citations: Hasluck (1961) ...

 

Format

Name of Court. (Year). Title of report (File No. xxx). https://xxxxx

References - example

Queensland Courts. (2012). Inquest into the death of Judith McNaught (File No. 2010/1894). 

https://www.courts.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/170101/cif-mcnaught-j-20121206.pdf

 

In-text - example

 
Parenthetical citations: ... (Queensland Courts, 2020).
Narrative citations: Queensland Courts (2020) ...

 

Legal

Format

Organisation. (Year, Month Day). Title of award. http.// xxxxx

References - example

Fair Work Ombudsman. (2021, March 26). Aged care award 2010. http://award viewer.fwo.gov.au/award/show/MA000018#TOPOFBODYPAGE

In-text - examples

Section 7 of the award gives some flexibility to employees (Fair Work Ombudsman, 2021).
The current award gives some flexibility to employees (Fair Work Ombudsman, 2021, sec. 7).

 

Cases - reported, organised by volume

Format

Case name italicised (Year). Volume Law Report Abbreviation Starting Page Number. http://xxxxx

References - examples

New South Wales v Lepore (2003). 212 CLR 511. http://www7.austlii.edu.au/cgi-bin/viewdoc/au/cases/cth/HCA/2003/4.html

In-text - examples

Parenthetical citations: ... (New South Wales v Lepore, 2003).
Narrative citations: As found in New South Wales v Lepore (2003) ...

Cases - reported, organised by year

Format

Case name italicised [Year] Volume Law Report Abbreviation Starting Page Number. http://xxxxx

References - examples

Victorian Lawyers RPA Ltd v X [2001] 3 VR 601. https://jade.io/article/74246

In-text - examples

Parenthetical citations: ... (Victorian Lawyers RPA Ltd v X, 2001).
Narrative citations: As found in Victorian Lawyers RPA Ltd v X (2001) ...

 

Format

Title of the Act Year (Jurisdiction abbreviation) s XX. Subdivision if applicable. https://xxxxx

References - examples

Work Health and Safety Act 2011 (Qld). https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/pdf/inforce/current/act-2011-018

Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth) s 15. https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2017C00241

In-text - examples

Section 15 of the Aged Care Act (1997) describes ...
... (Aged Care Act, 1997).

 

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