Commonwealth of Australia Gazette
The Commonwealth of Australia Gazette is a publication of the Government of Australia, and consists of notices required by Commonwealth law to be published. Types of announcements in the Gazette include, appointments, promotions and transfers of persons to positions in the Australian Public Service (APS), previously "Commonwealth Public Service"; creation, dissolution and renaming of boards, departments and commissions within the APS; conferring of awards and honours to persons and organisations by the Government; calling of tenders and awarding of contracts by the Government.
Since 1 October 2012, the Gazette is no longer physically published or compiled and now only consists as a searchable individually notices online. Prior to this, the Gazette was published weekly with each Gazette numbered, with the numbering beginning again at No. 1 each year.