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oadcast). Give the person’s full name at first mention, and thereafter their title and surname:‘Fred Smith . . . Mr Smith’. Similarly, ‘Professor Fred Smith … Professor Smith’, and ‘Dr FredSmith … Dr Smith’ Note that in the case of knights, the first name and not the surname is used:‘Sir Fred Smith . . . Sir Fred’.Only Mr, Ms, Dr, Br, Sr and the Rev should be used as contractions. Note that ‘the Rev’ requiresa given name as in, for instance, ‘the Rev Fred Smith’. Thereafter, the reference is ‘Mr Smith’,not ‘Rev Smith’. Roman Catholic priests are normally referred to as Fr, although some have thetitle Monsignor. Some Anglican priests prefer to be referred to as Fr and Anglican priests shouldbe consulted about this, as should female priests about their preferred title. Bishops should bereferred to formally at first reference and thereafter as ‘Bishop . . .’: ‘The Bishop of Boolaroola,the Rt Rev Fred Smith’ or ‘the Most Rev Fred Smith’ at first mention, then ‘Bishop Smith’.Titles in sport often look strange: ‘Mr Thaiday’, ‘Mr Horwill’, ‘Mr Tomic’. To avoid thisawkwardness, avoid honorifics for all names involved in sport, whether they are the names ofsports competitors or officials. Imperial titles and police or military ranks may occasionallyintrude on sports pages and are the exceptions to this rule. If a sporting figure is subject to orinvolved in legal proceedings, use ‘Mr’ or ‘Ms’ as with usual court reporting style.Court reporting presents a dilemma that must be resolved fairly. Although it may appear oddthat a criminal should be referred to as ‘Mr’ or ‘Ms’, many people who face charges in court arenot criminals, even if found guilty. It is appropriate, then, to refer to all people involved in courtproceedings in the normal way.Police should be given their full title at first reference, and thereafter an abbreviated title: ‘SeniorConstable Brown . . . Sen Const Brown’, ‘Sergeant Hobbs . . . Sgt Hobbs’. Note that police ranksrefer to rank, not division of activity. So Detective Sergeant Mary O’Leary is ‘Sgt O’Leary’ atsecond mention, not ‘Det O’Leary’. Similarly, Detective Inspector Jones becomes Insp Jones.Titles should normally be as brief as possible. Such honorifics as ‘the Hon’, ‘the Right Hon’,‘His Highness’, ‘His Excellency’, ‘the Worshipful’, ‘His Grace’ are not used.PAGE 7 – 2012UQ SJC STYLEBOOK