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APA

ACU Library guide to referencing in APA7 style

Reports

Company and industry reports

Reference list

Author. (Year, Month day). Title of report  (Report No. if provided) [Description]. Publisher or Database Name. https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Examples:

National Australia Bank. (2022). Annual report 2022.  https://www.nab.com.au/content/dam/nab/documents/reports/corporate/2022-annual-report.pdf

Morningstar. (2025, June 30). Wesfarmers Limited [Company report]. DatAnalysis Premium. https://datanalysis.morningstar.com.au/

Wheeler, K. (2024, August). Fast fashion in Australia (Report No. OD4172) [Industry report]. IBISWorld. http://my.ibisworld.com

Euromonitor International. (2024, May 14). Motor vehicles and parts in Australia: ISIC 34 [Country report]. Passport. https://www.euromonitor.com

In-text

(National Australia Bank, 2022).

National Australia Bank (2022) reports that …

Notes

  • Author: For multiple authors, consult the guidance provided by APA for reference lists and in-text citations.
  • Title: Italicise the report title and use sentence case. Follow by the Report number in brackets where available. 
  • Description: Include a description of the report in square brackets if it will help to identify the contents e.g. (Company report, Industry Report)
  • Publisher: For reports from proprietary databases (such as IBISWorld, DatAnalysis, Passport) include the name of the database as the publisher, and use the home page of the database as the URL. 
  • Omit the publisher name when it is the same as the author.

Online reports and grey literature

Reference list

Government agency/Organisation/Individual author/s. (Year, Month day). Title of report  (Series Title Report No. if provided). Publisher Name. https://xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Examples:

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020, Dec 1). Insufficient physical activity (Cat. No. PHE 248) [Web report]. https://tinyurl.com/43w9ktc8

Whelan, C., Bright, D., Martin, J., Jones, C., & Dupont, B. (2025). Examining the activities and careers of ransomware criminal groups (Trends & issues in crime and criminal justice No. 719) Australian Institute of Criminology. https://doi.org/10.52922/ti77970

In-text

(Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2020).

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2020) show that …

Notes

  • Omit the publisher name when it is the same as the author.
  • Include a description of the report in square brackets after the title if it will help to identify the contents.
  • Include the report/issue/publication number if available, for example, (Report No. 45).
  • Copy and paste the complete URL to avoid transcription errors.
  • If the URL is very long, a functioning, shortened link can be used.
  • For multiple authors consult the guidance provided by APA for reference lists and in-text citations.