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‘Out of control’: Australia has a new style manual, but not everyone is happy – The Guardian
‘You can pry em dashes out of my cold, dead hands,’ dismisses one critic of the digital update’s punctuation guidance
Australia has an updated governmental style manual for the first time since its sixth edition way back in 2002. You heard right: the Commonwealth Style Manual, that chimera of usage guide and whole-of-government communication ethos has been modernised and now lives online.
First published in 1966 by the Commonwealth Government Printing Office, the Style Manual has long provided guidance and recommendations for, in its words, anyone faced with the task of preparing material for publication.
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