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Australian Guide to Legal Citation 4th Edition

Guidance on using the Australian Guide to Legal Citation referencing style

Electronic newspapers

Electronic newspaper articles

See AGLC Part III — Secondary Sources > rule 7.11.2

 

Elements

Author, 'Article Title', Name of Newspaper (online, Full date) Pinpoint <URL>
Paul Karp, 'Drones Used to Track Immigration Detainees Released after High Court Decision, Andrew Giles Reveals', The Guardian (online, 30 May 2024) <https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/30/drones-tracking-released-immigration-detention-detainees-andrew-giles>.
  • Date of publication — full date preceded by online, enclosed by parentheses 
  • Generally no pinpoint reference unless the article has numbered pages or paragraphs
  • URL — enclosed by point brackets in line with 4.4–4.5.
     

Examples

1 Michael Kirby, 'History Shows Australian Laws Have Left Minorities Marginalised. A Human Rights Act Would Help Fix That', The Guardian (online, 30 June 2024) <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/30/australia-human-rights-act>.

2 Elloise Farrow-Smith, 'Law Associations Call for Student Debt Relief as Regional, Rural Lawyer Shortage Worsens', ABC News (online, 18 June 2024) <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-18/calls-for-debt-relief-amid-regional-and-rural-lawyer-shortage/103975176b>.

Printed newspapers

Printed newspaper articles

See AGLC Part III — Secondary Sources > rule 7.11.1

 

Elements

Author, 'Article Title', Name of Newspaper (Place of publication, Full date) Pinpoint
Stephanie Peatling, 'Female Chief Justice Rewrites the Script', The Age (Melbourne, 31 January 2017) 6.
  • Newspaper title — full title including 'The' where it appears in the masthead
  • Include the section name before the newspaper title if the article is published in a named section and the newspaper is not consecutively paginated, eg Legal Affairs
  • Place of publication is generally the city where the newspaper's headquarters is located.
     

Example

3 Mark Fowler, 'Religious Freedom the Best Test of Democracy', The Australian (Sydney, 16 September 2016) 28.