Reports, Research Papers and Theses
Law reform and royal commission reports, committee reports, working papers, conference papers and theses.
Reports
A report cites the body or author, the title in italics, then the report’s series or number and its date together in round brackets, then a page or paragraph pinpoint. Rules 7.1.1 to 7.1.5 cover the family. Where no author is prominent on the report, common for royal commissions, the author is left out.
The same skeleton stretches across the whole family. Parliamentary committee reports fall under rule 7.1.2, royal commission reports under rule 7.1.3, law reform commission publications under rule 7.1.4 and Australian Bureau of Statistics materials under rule 7.1.5.
Research papers and conference papers
Written work that is not formally published as a book or article follows rule 7.2. Research and working papers fall under rule 7.2.2, parliamentary library research papers under rule 7.2.3 and papers presented at conferences under rule 7.2.4. The description in round brackets tells the reader what kind of document it is.
Theses
A thesis cites the author, the title in single quotation marks, then the degree, institution and year in round brackets. Rule 7.2.5 applies.
Last reviewed: 2026-07-16· This guide is formatting assistance, not the rules themselves — confirm anything load-bearing in the official AGLC4.