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AGLC4 referencing guide: Newspapers

This guide provides basic information on formatting references according to the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed.)

Newspapers

Newspapers

Material Type

(AGLC Rule)

Footnote Example

Bibliography Example

Newspaper Article: signed, with pinpoint

(Rule 7.11.1)

1 Stephanie Peatling, 'Female Chief Justice Rewrites the Script', The Age (Melbourne, 31 January 2017) 6.

Peatling, Stephanie, 'Female Chief Justice Rewrites the Script', The Age (Melbourne, 31 January 2017) 6

Newspaper Article: from a named section of the newspaper,  unsigned (author not known)

(Rules 7.11.1 and 7.11.4)

1 'Little Corporate Appeal in Green Bottom Line', Business, The Age (Melbourne, 6 June 2005). 

'Little Corporate Appeal in Green Bottom Line', Business, The Age (Melbourne, 6 June 2005)

Newspaper Article: only available online, no page numbers

(Rule 7.11.2)

1 Farrah Tomazin, 'Kinder Wages Breakthrough', The Age (online at 19 May 2009) <http://www.theage.com/au/national/education/kinder-wages-breakthrough-20090519.bcwh.html>.

Tomazin, Farrah,  'Kinder Wages Breakthrough', The Age (online at 19 May 2009) <http://www.theage.com/au/national/education/kinder-wages-breakthrough-20090519.bcwh.html>