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Auctioneers
Victoria's auction rulebook: vendor bids, co-owners and dummy bidding
How a public property auction must run in Victoria: what the auctioneer has to display and announce, who may lawfully bid, and what follows the fall of the hammer.
Contracts & disclosure
Victoria makes agents publish reserve prices a week before auction
Victoria's first price-transparency changes began on 1 October 2026. Reserve prices go public seven days before an auction, and sold prices seven days after a sale is final.