Titles

Give the University's full title as Charles Darwin University. You may susequestly use CDU, or you may use the term University if it is clear you are referring to Charles Darwin University.

In the case of other organisations: the Northern Territory Government, then the government; the Good Food Company, then the company; the Faculty of Law, Business and Arts, then the faculty.

Acronyms are fine after the organisation has been written in full.

Some words are upper-cased in all circumstances, such as the Bar, the Bench, the Cabinet, the Chair, the Constitution, the Crown and the Treasury.

Budget: Give this word an initial capital when writing of the Northern Territory Budget or the Federal Budget but in later references, use the budget, budget papers, budget allocations. Charles Darwin University budget takes the lower case.

Use the Commonwealth Government, not the Federal Government.

Write state parliaments, legislation or responsibilities.

The House of Representatives (of Australia) remains the House. The (Australian) Senate, the Senate.

When mentioning political leaders in everyday publications, write Chief Minister Clare Martin or Prime Minister John Howard. Note: No article 'the' or commas. Do not write Martin or Howard without the honorifics. In the first instance, write Clare Martin, then Ms Martin.

The same applies for everyone ― Rotarians, sportspeople, artists and performers, even criminals: John Smith, then Mr Smith.

For doctors, give the name without the honorific, then use it later. For example: Eleanor Heartbeat, then Dr Heartbeat.

For Professor, the same rule applies: Professor of Entomology at Hardluck University, Eddie Smith, then Professor Smith. Professor is always given in full.

Check whether women prefer to be called Mrs, Ms, Miss (or Dr, of course).

Titles such as Chief Minister, Speaker and Administrator retain their caps whenever mentioned in a report: the Chief Minister had arrived earlier, the Speaker was a guest. Formal parliamentary title: Chief Minister Hon Clare Martin MLA. MLA stands for Member of the Legislative Assembly.

When writing about backbenchers, use the Member for Moorong Bill Sunnyday, then Mr Sunnyday. Write members of parliament or parliamentarians. For Mayor, use the Mayor of Heatville Frank Steamy, then Ald Steamy or the mayor.

Lady: A knight's wife is plain Lady Snortwhistle. The wives and widows of knights are not entitled to use their first names between the Lady and the surname unless they are the daughters of dukes, marquises or earls.

Senator and professor should be spelt out but capped only when followed by the name. For example, Professor Bloggs said... but the professor said.