Government documents

In-text citations

Paraphrasing

According to the Department of Health (2014, p. 6) breastfed babies are thought to  ...

Direct quote

Place direct quotes between single quotation marks ' ' and provide the page number(s).

'Australian babies that are breastfed appear to …' (Department of Health 2014, p. 6).

Reference list

Template

Dependent on source

Examples

PDF document

Department of Defence 2016, 2016 Defence white paper, Department of Defence, Canberra, viewed 28 June 2016, http://www.defence.gov.au/whitepaper/Docs/2016-Defence-White-Paper.pdf

Printed fact sheet

Department of Education & Training 2015, Resources for inclusion, fact sheet, The State of Victoria, Melbourne.

Web page

Department of Health 2014, Breastfeeding, May 27, Department of Health, Canberra, http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/health-pubhlth-strateg-brfeed-index.htm

Print document

Department of Primary Industries 2014, Windmills in the outback, report prepared by A Smith & B Jones, DPI, Sydney.

Notes on style

** Check with your teacher or lecturer before using a fact sheet as a reference source. These are usually not acceptable as academic sources unless as objects of research.

• If using the abbreviated name of a government body in your text, e.g. the ADF for the Australian Defence Force, follow the same reference list guidelines as for a group author (see the in-text citation section).