AGLC4 Rule 7.5.1: Other Parliamentary Materials: Parliamentary Debates

Debates are cited by jurisdiction, the italic words Parliamentary Debates, the chamber, the date, the page, and the speaker in brackets. The speaker is given by first and last name without membership or honorific designations, and a ministerial or shadow position may follow the name.

AGLC4 page 115

Format

Quoted from the Guide, page 115
Jurisdiction, Parliamentary Debates, Chamber, Full Date of Debate, Pinpoint (Name of Speaker).

A boxed element is filled in with the source's details; everything outside a box is written exactly as shown.

Formatting

  • The jurisdiction is written out in full and roman, for example Commonwealth or Victoria.
  • The words Parliamentary Debates are italic and fixed.
  • Each of jurisdiction, Parliamentary Debates, chamber, date and pinpoint is separated from the next by a comma and space, so the page pinpoint is preceded by a comma.
  • The chamber is roman, for example Senate, Legislative Council, House of Representatives.
  • The speaker follows the pinpoint after a space in round brackets, with first name and surname only.
  • Designations such as Senator, MP, MLC or MLA, and honorifics such as the Hon or QC, are removed.
  • Where relevant, a ministerial position follows the name after a comma, inside the same bracket.
  • The citation ends with a full stop after the bracket, or after the page when no speaker is named.

Examples

Quoted from the Guide, page 115
  1. 47
    Commonwealth, Parliamentary Debates, Senate, 7 February 2017, 39 (George Brandis, Attorney-General). [Not: … Senator the Hon George Brandis QC …]
  2. 48
    Victoria, Parliamentary Debates, Legislative Council, 14 December 2017, 6854.

Not

Quoted from the Guide, page 115
  • [Not: … Senator the Hon George Brandis QC …]
    membership designations, honorifics and post-nominals are removed from the speaker's name

See also

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Formats, examples, passages, tables and the forms marked Not are quoted from the Australian Guide to Legal Citation (4th ed, Melbourne University Law Review Association, 2018), with the page of the Guide they appear on. Titles, summaries and explanations are our own.