Australian Government Style Manual

The Victorian Government uses the Australian Government Style Manual for decisions about grammar, usage, structure and referencing. This article contains links and advice relating to Victorian Government content.

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A

abbreviations - see also Shortened words and phrases

Aboriginal peoples - see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and

accessibility - see Make content accessible and also the Online Accessibility Toolkit

ampersand - don't use ampersand in sentences; see Organisation names and Author-date referencing

apostrophes

articles (the, a, an) - see Determiners

B

bibliography - see Referencing and attribution

brackets

branding - see Brand Victoria guidelines and Apply Brand Victoria

brand names - see Commercial terms

C

capitalisation

clauses

climate - follow the rules of capitalisation for most natural phenomena

D

dashes - avoid using in a span (e.g. It will take 2 to 3 hours.)

dates

decimals

determiners

disability - see People with disability

E

e.g., i.e. and etc. - see Latin shortened forms

ellipses

en dash, em dash - see dashes

endnotes - see Referencing and attribution

exclamation marks

F

First Nations - see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

footnotes - see Referencing and attribution

forward slash

fractions

full stops

G

government terms

H

hyperlinks

hyphens

I

images

inclusive writing - see Accessible and inclusive content

indigenous - see Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

initialisms

I

italics

limit the use of italics
use italics for primary legislation and legal cases but not for delegated legislation or bills.

L

LGBTI+ - see Gender and sexual diversity and our LGBTIQ+ Inclusive Language Guide

links

M

measurements, units of measurement - see Numbers and measurements

N

names - see Titles, honours and forms of address

nationalities

nouns

numbers, numerals - see Numbers and measurements; Use numerals (NOT words) for numbers in text (most of the time) because it's easier to read on a screen. But always use words for one and zero as the numerals 0 and 1 may be confused for letters.