News, Speeches and Broadcast Media

Newspapers, magazines, press releases, speeches, film, television, radio and podcasts.

Newspapers and magazines

A print newspaper article cites the journalist, the headline in single quotation marks, the newspaper in italics, then the city and date in round brackets, then the page. Online articles swap the city and page for an online marker and a URL. Rule 7.11 governs news, and magazines follow rule 7.11.3.

Print newspaper

Fiona Drummond, ‘Federal Court Ruling Upholds Privacy Standards’, The Canberra Clarion (Canberra, 7 August 2021) 3.

Press releases

A press release cites the body, the title in single quotation marks, then the release type, any release number and the date in round brackets. Rule 7.4 applies.

Media release

Fictional Law Reform Body, ‘New Funding for Regional Clinics’ (Media Release DH 42/2020, 5 August 2020).

Speeches

A speech cites the speaker, the title in single quotation marks, then a description with the occasion and date in round brackets. Rule 7.3 applies. Where the speech is published online, add the URL.

Speech

Justice Eleanor Whitmore, ‘The Future of Judicial Review’ (Speech, Australian Legal Convention, 22 October 2020).

Film and television

An episode or film cites the episode title in single quotation marks, the series title in italics, then the version, studio and year in round brackets, then a timestamp pinpoint. Rules 7.14.1 to 7.14.3 apply.

Episode with a time span

‘The Adversarial Hour’, Collected Engine Stress Tests (Director’s Cut, Hypothetical Studios, 2019) 0:12:40–0:13:05.

Radio and podcasts

Radio broadcasts and podcasts follow rule 7.14.4 with the same shape. Episode in single quotation marks, program in italics, broadcaster and date in round brackets, and a timestamp.

Podcast

‘Episode 3: Ghost Payloads’, Corpus Confidential (Testland Broadcasting, 4 May 2022) 0:12:45.

Last reviewed: 2026-07-16· This guide is formatting assistance, not the rules themselves — confirm anything load-bearing in the official AGLC4.