Digital Public Notices

• a local or regional newspaper
• the Government Gazette
• other specific publications.

Digital publication of public notices is not mandatory, but it is encouraged. You can also choose to publish online and in other formats if that's best for you target audience.

The Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 (the Act) was amended in 2022.

Section 38M of the Act deems electronic publication on the centralised Victorian Government website www.publicnotices.vic.gov.au to have met any requirements to publish public notices in statewide newspapers across any Victorian legislation and/or subordinate instruments. 

The changes do not affect requirements to publish notices in print newspapers in a particular locality. This means requirements to publish in regional and local newspapers remains unchanged. Section 65 provides for regulations to make exemptions to section 38M. 

Currently, the platform only supports publishing of public sector public notices.

Read the notice guides for more information about publishing and using the platform. You can also use the 'contact us' button to get support.