Template:Cite Au Senate

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This citation template produces formatted references to the Parliament of Australia's "Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate" biographical database, which contains information on members of the senate, including former members.

Usage

Copy a blank version to use. Almost all parameter names are supported only in lower case (some initialisms, such as |isbn= have upper-case aliases like |ISBN=, which are acceptable for use). Use the "|" (pipe) character between each parameter. Unused parameters may be deleted to avoid clutter in the edit window. Some samples on this documentation page may include the current date. If the date is not current, then the page.

Most commonly used parameters in horizontal format

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext">The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate reported by Module String%5d%5d https://biography.senate.gov.au/[[Category:Errors reported by Module String]]. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help)</syntaxhighlight>

Most commonly used parameters in vertical format

<syntaxhighlight lang="wikitext"> The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate reported by Module String%5d%5d https://biography.senate.gov.au/[[Category:Errors reported by Module String]]. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Check |url= value (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); URL–wikilink conflict (help) </syntaxhighlight>

Required parameters:

• Sen id: "Senate id", corresponds to the last parameter found in the URL of the database entry. https://biography.senate.gov.au/#### For example, for the entry on Robert Guthrie, the "Sen id" is robert-storrie-guthrie.

To find the Senate ID, look up the member by surname at [1]

• name: The name of the member. Consider using the form given in the relevant database entry.

Optional parameters:

• access-date: The date when the entry was accessed.

Examples

Example	Produces
{{Cite Au Parliament | Sen id = richard-chaffey-baker | name = Sir Richard Chaffey Baker | access-date = 8 June 2025 }}	"Sir Richard Chaffey Baker". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
{{Cite Au Parliament | Sen id = tangney-dorothy-margaret | name = Dame Dorothy Margaret Tangney | access-date = 8 June 2025 }}	"Dame Dorothy Margaret Tangney". The Biographical Dictionary of the Australian Senate. Retrieved 8 June 2025.

TemplateData

This template provides a citation for the members and senators database of the Parliament of Australia.

Template parameters

This template prefers inline formatting of parameters.

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Sen id	Sen id	ID. Extracted from URL: https://biography.senate.gov.au/#### Example tangney-dorothy-margaret	String	required
name	name title	Name of member. Example Dame Dorothy Margaret Tangney	String	required
access-date	access-date accessdate	Date entry was accessed.	Date	suggested
first	first	First name of author. Example Margot	String	suggested
last	last	last name of author. Example Kerley	String	suggested
year	year	year	Number	suggested
ref	ref	Reference for short footnotes Example Kerley2010	String	optional

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