See the full details and examples in rule 1.1.6 of the AGLC4, page 4.
A pinpoint is a reference to a specific page, paragraph or other section of a source. Use a pinpoint to help guide your reader to the section of the case or legislation you are looking at, or the page you got a quote from, or guide them to any specific section that is relevant to your argument.
Note: See each of the reference types, such as cases and legislation for specific examples of pinpointing.
| Types of source | Example |
| Case with a page pinpoint | R v Tang (2008) 235 CLR 1, 7 |
| Case with a paragraph pinpoint | Quarmby v Keating [2009] TASCC 80, [11] |
| Case with identifying a judicial officer | Agis v South Australia [No 6] [2018] FCA 358, [90-97] (Mortimer J) |
| Legislation with a section pinpoint | Criminal Code 1983 (NT) s 7 |
| Book with a page pinpoint | George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four (Penguin Books, 2011) 34 |
| Journal Article with a page pinpoint | Alex Steel, 'Contract Cheating: Will Students Pay for Serious Criminal Consequences?' (2017) 42(2) Alternative Law Journal 123, 134. |
Note: Pinpoints are used in footnotes but are removed in the bibliography.
| Types of Pinpoint | Rule | Example |
| Pages | Page-Page | 431-2 |
| Paragraphs | [Para]-[Para] | [57]-[63] |
| Pages and Paragraphs | Page-Page [Para]-[Para] | 14-15 [18] |
| Footnotes/EndNotes | Page/ [Para] nn Fn-Fn | 466 nn 7-8 |
Example:
Note: See rule 1.1.7, page 6 of the AGLC4, for a full list of examples.