Each week Radio National adds over 130,000 words to its website. Producers of Radio National's 60-odd programs publish their own copy online.

This style guide tries to pull many different writing styles together and provide rulings on spelling, punctuation and usage—niceties once hidden behind spoken delivery but now exposed in print. If you find typos or other bad things on our site, please email the RN online copy editor

Rulings are based on Australian usage as defined in the Style manual for authors, editors and printers, sixth edition, and The Macquarie Dictionary. Entries are added in response to errors and inconsistencies found on the RN website.

To find your way around the style guide use the navigation links in the left-hand margin and the alphabetical index at the top and bottom of each page, together with the see, see also and further information links. Use the 'back' button in your browser to return to a previous page, and the footer navigation links to find your way to other Radio National and ABC sites. There is a search function but it doesn't work very well.