October
October 1 - Commencement of Gillette AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency period.
October 5, 2pm - Nomination of Father-Son Eligible Players and Academy Bidding Players.
October 8, 10am - Father-Son Eligible Players and Academy Players Bid Meeting.
October 8 - Commencement of Gillette AFL Trade Period.
October 19, 2pm - Deadline for GWS Giants to pre-list balance of any uncontracted players under List Establishment rules.
October 19, 5pm - Close to Gillette AFL Restricted Free Agency Offer and Unrestricted Free Agency Period.
October 22 - Restricted Free Agency Matching Offer Response Closed
October 23, 5pm - Trade Incentive Rule (17 year-olds) Deadline for Trading.
October 26, 2pm - End of Gillette AFL Trade Period.
October 26, 2.10pm -Trade Incentive (17 year-olds) Selection.
October 31, 2pm - List Lodgement One.
November
November 1 - Commencement to Gillette AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period.
November 13, 2pm - End to Gillette AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period.
November 13, 2pm - Out of Contract Listed Player Draft Nomination Deadline, New Player Draft Nomination Deadline.
November 13, 2pm - Deadline for Nomination of any use of 2012 GWS Giants Compensation Selections.
November 15, 2pm - List Lodgement Two.
November 16, 2pm - Delisted Player Draft Nomination Deadline, Non-Retained Rookies Draft Nomination Deadline, Nominated of Queensland Zone Priority Selections and Nomination of NSW/ACT Zone Priority Selections.
November 16 - North Melbourne travels to Utah
November 22 - NAB AFL Draft, Gold Coast Convention Centre.
November 23 - Second Gillette AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period commences.
November 28, 2pm - Out of Contract Listed Players Nomination Deadline, International Players Nomination Deadline, Players Not Registered / Played Three Years Deadline, NSW Scholarship and International Scholarship Players Deadline.
November 28, 5pm - Second Gillette AFL Delisted Player Free Agency Period ends.
November 29, 2pm - List Lodgement Three.
December
December 4, 2pm - Delisted Player Nomination Deadline.
December 4 - Deadline for GWS Giants to pre-list balance of any previously listed or previously nominated for draft players under List Establishment rules.
December 6 - North Melbourne returns from Utah
December 11, 11am - NAB AFL Pre-Season Draft.
December 11, 11.05am - Brisbane Lions, Gold Coast Suns, GWS Giants and Sydney Swans Eligible Pre-Selected Rookies.
December 11, 11.10am - NAB AFL Rookie Draft.
