APA Examples - Government and corporate documents - Corporate/government report

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Use this format for reports only. Otherwise use Web Page or Document from a web page.

In-text

Standard in-text citation examples are in Getting started - In-text citation.

Reference List

Template

Author, A. A. (Year). Title (Series information). Publisher. https://xxxxxx.xxx

Examples

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, Office of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner. (1996). Indigenous deaths in custody 1989-1996. https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-social-justice/publications/indigenous-deaths-custody

Brisbane City Council. (2021). Brisbane City plan 2014 (v23.00/2021) [Electronic town plan]. http://eplan.brisbane.qld.gov.au/

Hockings, M., Leverington, A.,Trinder, C., & Polglaze, J. (2014). Independent assessment of management effectiveness for the Great Barrier Reef outlook report 2014. Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. http://elibrary.gbrmpa.gov.au/jspui/handle/11017/2857

National Australia Bank Limited. (2021). Annual financial report 2021. https://www.nab.com.au/content/dam/nab/documents/reports/corporate/2021-annual-financial-report.pdf

National Indigenous Research and Knowledges Network. (2020). Annual report for the year ending 31 December 2019. Australian Research Council. https://www.nirakn.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/24660-NIRAKN-Report-2019_F2_Hres.pdf

Productivity Commission. (2020). Mental Health (Report no. 95). https://www.pc.gov.au/inquiries/completed/mental-health/report/mental-health.pdf

Notes

If no author, use the name of the issuing or publishing department or organisation.

If the author is the same as the publisher (which it often is with group authors), omit the publisher.

When numerous layers of government are listed as the author, e.g. Administrative Review Council, Attorney-General's Department, use the most specific agency as the author. The names of parent agencies that are not present in the author element are included in the source element as the publisher with the parent body first. However, if this would cause confusion (e.g. you have two different departments with the same name) then include sufficient information to distinguish them.

For more information about group authors, see the button below.

When words that would normally be italicised are included in text which is already italicised, then use ordinary type (reverse italicisation). If a title includes a title then use standard type for the contained title.

If you retrieved the item in print, omit the URL.

If the report has a series identifier, include it in parentheses immediately after the title.

If it would be helpful to the reader, include information about the nature of the report in square brackets after the title.

Government reports are easy to identify as they will have .gov in their URL string, see also Government and corporate documents - Industry report.