What is a public notice?
Understand what public notices, who publishes them and why.
Stay informed about your community
Businesses and government departments will publish a public notice when they need to let people know about an activity which might impact the community.
There are requirements under the law for businesses and government departments to publish public notices when they undertake certain actions. There can be a huge variety of different types of public notices, some common examples include:
- liquor and gaming license applications
- Regulatory Impact Statements (RIS)
- notices to creditors
- state election notices
To learn more about finding public notices which are relevant to you, read our guide on how to find a public notice.
About Victorian Public Notices
The Victorian Public Notices website was created to make it easier for people to find and share public notices which are relevant to them and their community. The website also makes it faster and easier for the Victorian Government to publish public notices.
Businesses are not able to publish public notices on the Victorian Public Notices website. You can still find business notices in print newspapers and other forms of local advertising.
Other locations where you can find public notices
This website is not a comprehensive resource for all public notices published in Victoria. Depending on the type of notice and the organisation publishing it, there may be requirements to publish a notice in regional newspapers or other specific places which can be easily found by the affected community.
Some other locations where you can find public notices include:
- regional newspapers
- state-wide newspapers
- Victoria Police
- Parks Victoria
- WorkSafe
- Department of Health
Updated 2 April 2025
About the VIC Government
- The Premier and ministers
- Find a Vic Gov department, agency or service
- Strategies and policies
- Inquiries and royal commissions
Grants and programs
Jobs and careers
Arts, culture and heritage
Business and the workplace
- Mentally Healthy Workplaces Framework
- Portable Long Service Authority
- Victoria’s racing industry
- Workforce Inspectorate Victoria
- Liquor licensing, sale and supply
Communities
- Children
- First Peoples - State Relations
- Finding records
- Gender equality & women’s leadership
- LGBTIQA+ equality
- Multicultural communities
- Seniors Online
- Veterans support and commemoration
- Volunteering in Victoria
- Youth Central
Education and training
- Victorian Early Childhood Regulatory Authority
- Early childhood education – information for professionals
- Kinder: Best Start, Best Life
- Education – information for parents
- Schools.Vic - information for schools
- Education grants, programs, awards and events
- PROTECT
- TAFE, training and universities sector
- TAFE Victoria
- Victorian Skills Authority
- Apprenticeships Victoria
- Learn Local
Environment, water and energy
Finance and economy
Health and social support
- Family violence reform
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- NDIS and disability services and support in Victoria
- Patient Review Panel
- Transforming Trauma Victoria
Housing and property
Law and justice
- Adoption
- Births, deaths and marriages
- Honorary justices
- Machete ban
- Safeguarding Victorians against terrorism
- Stolen Generations Reparations Package
- Victims of Crime
- Victorian Racing Tribunal
Safety and emergencies
- Emergency Recovery Victoria
- Victorian Emergency Relief and Recovery Foundation
- Emergency Recovery Resource Portal
- How well do you know fire
- Fire Services Reform
- Water safety
- Marine Search and Rescue
Science and technology
- Data sharing and open data
- Data.vic - discover and access Vic Gov open data
- Developer.Vic - portal for API developers
- Go.vic URL shortener
- Vic Gov IT project dashboard
- Victoria’s free public wi-fi network
- Cyber security in the Victorian Government
Sport and recreation
Traffic and transport
- Cameras Save Lives
- Transport Fines
- Getting Around
- Transport Planning
- Transport Future
- Climate Change and transport
- Future Directions For Transport
- Transport projects
- Ports and Freight
Working in the Victorian Government
- Single Digital Presence home
- Accommodation and Library Services
- Executive employment in the Victorian public sector
- Budget, procurement and funding
- Careers in the Victorian Government
- Council and Regulator Toolkit
- Guidelines for working in government
- Join a government network
- Standards and guidelines
- VicFleet CarPool
- Victorian Government style guide