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a, an: Use the appropriate article for the way the term is spoken, not spelled.
ageing: Not aging.
award winning: Always two words, never hyphenated.
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budget: Use lowercase for generic use unless referring to a specific budget, for example the 2009 Budget Papers
businesspeople: Use ‘business owners and investors’ instead where possible.
business related: Two words, never hyphenated
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cafe: Do not use an acute ‘e’ when writing ‘cafe’.
car key: Two words, no hyphenation, never carkey.
cash flow: Present this as two words.
childcare: One word, no hyphens.
cooperate: No hyphen, single word.
coordination: No hyphen, single word.
currencies: Use the relevant letter before the currency symbol, for example: A$5,000 or NZ$5,000.
cycleway: One word, no hyphenation (as for freeway, highway, motorway).
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decision making;decision maker: No hyphen, always two words.
directional;south east, north west: Should always be lower case two words, except when a proper noun. For example; in the north eastern pocket of Melbourne, Melbourne’s South East. Never single word (northwest, southeast) or hyphenated.
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eg: Use ‘for example’ whenever possible.
email: Single word, no hyphenation, never capitalised except at the start of a sentence.
employment outcomes: Be mindful to use language that does not over promise employment outcomes.
englobo: Englobo means a large parcel of land offered as one sale. It should be used as one word, no hyphens and in lower case except at the beginning of a sentence.
enquire or inquire: Inquire is for an official inquiry into an event (there will be an official inquiry into the death of Jane Doe). Enquire is to seek information about something (I’d like to enquire about your development at Point Cook). Enquire, enquiry, and enquiries will be used widely across the FKP business.
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federal: Lowercase, except when part of an official title. For example, the federal capital, a federal initiative, the Federal Government of Australia.
financial year: 2005-06 financial year.
fitout: One word, never hyphenated.
full time: Always two words, never hyphenated.
freeway: One word, no hyphenation (as for cycleway, highway, motorway).
future proofing: We can never use this term in marketing materials.
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government: Capitalise the word 'government' only when using as part of a formal title or an abbreviated formal title, for example; government, Australian Government, the state governments, the Victorian Government, various local governments.
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headcount: One word.
high calibre: Two words, never hyphenated.
highly skilled: Two words, never hyphenated.
highway: One word, no hyphenation (as for freeway, cycleway, motorway).
home site: Two words, never homesite.
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Industries: Do not capitalise unless at the start of a sentence. For example: manufacturing industry, agriculture industry, hospitality industry.
inquire or enquire: See enquire.
Internet vs internet: Use minimal capitalisation, for example internet service provider, accessing the internet.
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jobseekers: One word, never hyphenated.
jargon: Avoid using jargon and language that is confusing and not meaningful to your readership.
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kilometre: One word, never abbreviated unless in a table.
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land bank: Two words, not landbank.
levels: Ten level building, never hyphenated (ten-level), numerals never used (level 10). For example; level ten of FKP House, FKP House is a ten level building.
'licence' versus 'license': 'Licence' is a noun, whereas 'license' is a verb.
lifecycle: One word, not hyphenated.
liveability: One word.
long term: Two words, never hyphenated.
ll/l: Current Australian practice is a preference for ‘ll’ in the past tense and active tense. For example; cancel, cancelled, cancelling, travel, travelled, travelling. Note the exception of paralleled, paralleled, paralleling, forestall, install.
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man made: Always two words, never hyphenated.
marketplace: One word, never hyphenated.
measures: Refer to Measurements. When using shortened forms, do not include a full stop, for example: km, kj, cm, sqm, ha.
Minister: Capitalise even in generic use.
mixed use: Two words, never hyphenated, only capitalised if in a title.
masterplan, masterplanned: Not master planned or master-planned.
motorway: One word, no hyphenation (as for freeway, highway, cycleway).
multi: Use as a prefix, always hyphenated, eg multi-disciplinary, multi-unit.
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nationwide: One word, no hyphenation.
non: Use as a prefix, always hyphenated, for example; non-renouncable, non-renewable.
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online: One word, no hyphenation.
onsite: One word, no hyphenation.
ou/o: Use ‘ou’ not ‘o’ in words like neighbour and flavour (not neighbor and flavor).
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p. Shortened form of the word ‘page’. Include a full stop.
part time: Always two words, never hyphenated.
parliament: Capitalise only when referring to a specific parliament, such as the Victorian Parliament.
per cent: Spell out in full, as two words.
per annum: Spelt out as one word the first time it is used in a document, then can be used as p.a. Can be used as p.a. in tables.
practice/practise: ‘s’ is the verb.
Pro Forma: Spelt with initial caps if it is being used as a defined term. If not, it should be spelt in lower case.
programme: Use programme unless indicated otherwise in a title. For example, Audit and Compliance Program.
punctuation: Minimal punctuation is preferred.
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Qualifications: BA, PhD, DipEd. Shortened forms of qualifications appear without a full stop.
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Residential Communities: Not Residential and Communities or Residential & Communities.
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Security holder: Two words, not securityholder.
shopfront: One word, no hyphenation.
staff: Avoid the term staff, use employees or team members.
stage one: Never use roman numerals or figures to identify stages. Stage two is always lower case unless it is the proper title of a stage, or the beginning of a sentence. Never use Stage 2 or Stage II.
stakeholders: One word, no hyphenation.
state: Do not capitalise in generic or plural references. State Government of Victoria/Victorian Government
statewide: One word, no hyphenation.
stormwater: One word, no hyphenation.
subdivision: One word, never sub division or sub-division.
suffix: Use the suffix ‘-ise’, not ‘-ize’, for example, organisation not organization.
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tradespeople or tradesperson: One word, no hyphenation.
team: Refer to teams rather than departments or divisions. Correct FKP team titles are:
Commercial and Industrial Team
Residential Communities Team
Construction Team
turn key: Lower case, two words, never hyphenated and never capitalised as Turn Key is not a proper noun.
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underpins: One word, no hyphenation.
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value add: Two words, no hyphenation.
Victorian Government or State Government of Victoria
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wellbeing: One word, no hyphenation.
web: Words with ‘web’ as suffix are presented as one word, never capitalised except at the start of a sentence, for example: website, webpage. Where ‘web’ is used as an adjective use the lowercase form, e.g. web content, web publishing.
Web form: Two words, only capitalised when in a title, for example, External Agents Web Form.
webpage: One word, never hyphenated.
website: One word, never hyphenated.
while: Not whilst.
world class: One word, never hyphenated.
World Wide Web: Always capitalised when used as a proper noun in reference to the World Wide Web (see also internet).
workplace: One word, never hyphenated.
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ze or se: Refer suffix.
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