Publish a notice in the Gazette

The Northern Territory (NT) Government Gazette provides official notification of government decisions, actions and information.

There must be a statutory requirement to have a notice published in the Gazette.

General Gazette

The General Gazette is published by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel fortnightly on a Thursday.

To publish a notice, you must submit your request by close of business on Tuesday of the week of publication.

Read the 2024 publishing schedule.

Special Gazettes

Special Gazettes can be requested for urgent matters that must be published:

• before the next General Gazette or
• when a notice is required at a specific time.

A minimum 2-day turnaround is required for large or complex notices.

If you're requesting a Special Gazette, you must include the reason for the urgency on the request form.

If you require same day or outside business hours publication, you must call 08 8928 6511 before submitting the request.

The cost per notice is:

• General Gazette - $150
• Special Gazette - $400.

Style and content rules

While the NT Government publishing styles are applied to the notice, the layout and content are the responsibility of the person who submits the notice.

The following styles must be applied:

• all references to a legislation title must be in italics and include the year
• Gazette title including the Act name, signature block and date must be left aligned
• Gazette notice title must be in bold and in title case
• justify main body of the notice.

You should avoid:

• automatic numbering, hidden formatting and fields
• headers or footers
• excessive use of extra paragraph marks or tabs for spacing purposes
• colour, except maps.

Before you submit

You must ensure the notice:

• is legally effective and consistent with the provision of the Act that requires it to be published in the Gazette
• has no typographical errors
• does not contain a future dated signature block
  • these will not be accepted as they are not legally effective.
• is published before a date of effect mentioned in the notice
  • for example, if an appointment starts on 1 July 2022, the notice must be published in the Gazette before that date.

Submit a notice

If you work for government, use the online publication request form on NTG Central.

For non-government requests, use the below form.

To submit a notice for the Government Gazette, follow these steps.

Step 1. Fill in the non-government Gazette request form DOCX (61.8 KB).

Step 2. Attach the following:

• PDF version of the signed notice
• Microsoft Word version of the unsigned notice.

Step 3. Email the completed form and attachments to gazettes@nt.gov.au.

After you submit

You will get an acknowledgement email to confirm the request. If you don't receive an email within 24 hours, call 08 8928 6511.

An invoice for the cost will be sent to you for payment.

Review a proof before publication

If you need a proof of the notice before publication, you should select this option in the request form.

If you request a proof, you must provide approval of the proof before the notice can be published.

You must provide changes or approval of the proof in email by:

• 2pm on the Wednesday of the week of publication for General Gazettes, or
• as soon as possible for Special Gazettes.

Contact

For more information, email gazettes@nt.gov.au or call 08 8928 6511.