Every answer now shows which source each sentence rests on

What it does

Advice is only as good as the authority under it, and a reader should be able to see that authority without taking anything on trust. Frank now marks each grounded sentence with a small numbered citation. The number is a link: it goes to the source chip under the answer, and the chip opens Frank’s stored copy of the document at the passage the sentence relies on.

Where the source is legislation, the reference names the provision:

Fair Work Act 2009 s 22 - Meanings of service and continuous service

For a question that turns on the National Employment Standards, Frank reads the governing sections first - service, accrual, payment, cashing out - and cites them by number, so the rule in the answer is the rule in the Act.

The sources an answer actually rests on lead the list. Material Frank read but did not rely on sits under also consulted, where it belongs.

What changes for you

You can check any sentence. The number beside it is the source. One click reaches the chip, one more opens the document at the passage.

You can quote the provision. A legislation reference carries its section and heading, so the citation in your own advice or file note is the one Frank used.

You can see what was relied on, and what was not. Cited sources are separated from material that was merely consulted, so a long reference list no longer reads as if every item carried the answer.

Where to find it

In every chat answer. The numbers sit at the end of the sentences they support; the sources are listed under the answer, cited first.