A change in Australia’s web rules would open up the .au space

[1] Options may be about to change for those who want to register an Australian web address due to a review of domain name policy that is currently underway.

[2] .au Domain Administration (auDA) has been managing the Australian domain name system (DNS) has been managed since 2001, and it now oversees more than three million names registered.

[3] auDA is currently considering changes to the DNS system itself where anyone can directly register domain name under .au (such as abc.au, myname.au or westpac.au).

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[Source] Australian Information Technology News – A change in Australia’s web rules would open up the .au space