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Citing an official submission that's:

  • Recieved by a Royal Commission
  • On the Commission's site

Note: Use the same reference pattern as an ABS document.

  • Author: is who made the submission (e.g. Australian Physiotherapy Association).
  • Title:  "Submission to the Royal Commission into...", with the identifying record number.

How it would look in APA 7th:

Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Victoria and Tasmania. (2020, September). Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (No. ISS.001.00464_01_0001). https://disability.royalcommission.gov.au/system/files/submission/ISS.001.00464_1.PDF

In text:

Use the author's full name first, then the acronym for subsequent citations:

The Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Victoria and Tasmania (UCA, 2020)

Or (Uniting Church in Australia Synod of Victoria and Tasmania [UCA], 2020)

Note: Capitalise the entire name of the commission.

 

Found on the company’s website:

  • It may not have a number.
  • Use version on the Commission’s site (unless content differs).
  • When used, reference like a web document.

For example:

Centre for Innovative Justice. (2020, July). Submission to the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability. RMIT University. https://cij.org.au/cms/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/cij-and-vfc-submission-to-the-drc-text-only.pdf

In text: 

Center for Innovative Justice (CIJ, 2020)

Or (Center for Innovative Justice [CIJ], 2020)

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Comments (2)

  1. How would this appear in-text?
    by Lynne on 16 Nov, 2021
  2. Thanks, Lynne - the answer text has been updated to include this information.
    by Sharon Bryan on 16 Nov, 2021

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