What changes to Centrepay mean for your payment arrangement

Published on 19 Jan 2026

Centrepay is a voluntary bill paying service which is free for Centrelink customers.

Services Australia made changes to how Centrepay works in November 2025.

Unpaid fines can affect your driver licence and vehicle registration

Published on 19 Jan 2026

Have you received a notice of suspension? Here’s what to do.

Have you received a Notice of Final Demand for a failure to vote fine?

Published on 19 Jan 2026

Fines Victoria has started issuing Notices of Final Demand for fines registered with us by the Victorian Electoral Commission (VEC) for failure to vote in the Local Council election held in October 2024.

Be aware of an increase in scam messages

Published on 19 Jan 2026

Scammers often pretend to be from an organisation you know like Fines Victoria. They might contact you by phone, SMS, email or post to try and get you to pay money or share your personal information.

Helping people and business with outstanding fines in postcodes impacted by the bushfires

Published on 12 Jan 2026

If you’ve been impacted by the bushfires, and have outstanding fines, we are here to help you.

Environment Protection Authority fines

Published on 19 Dec 2025

The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has announced that a system error resulted in a small number of EPA authorised officers operating without the right authority.

This means some fines issued by these EPA authorised officers since June 2022 are not valid.

Scheduled maintenance

Published on 20 Nov 2025

Offence photos will be unavailable on Sunday, 23 November 2025 between 7:00 AM and 6:00 PM (AEDT)

Parking and animal-related fines issued by Yarra Ranges Council

Published on 30 Oct 2025

Yarra Ranges Council has advised of a technical error impacting parking infringement fines issued between July 2005 and July 2025 and animal-related infringement fines issued between January 2014 and February 2023.

Network issue impacting our call centre

Published on 09 Sep 2025

A network issue is impacting our call centre … use our self-serve options  

Scheduled maintenance

Published on 25 Jul 2025

Our payment portal will be temporarily unavailable on Sunday, 27 July 2025, between 4 am and 7 am (AEST) due to scheduled maintenance.