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"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
news:3B4550B0.4B630431@fang.omni.com.au...
> The Raven wrote:
> > "David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:3B451439.C2C2E22B@fang.omni.com.au...
> > > Does anybody know if the full regional domain names proposal is
> > > available to the public?
> > Look for a court case regarding the domain brisbane.com.au. The city of
> > Brisbane were unable to get it from a company that had previously
registered
> > it, which shows how the naming policy can be over-ridden by the courts
(much
> > to MelbourneITs disgust).
> >
> > > For example, newcastle.nsw.au could not be registered by anybody other
> > > than the City of Newcastle.
> >
> > Theoretically but see above. What if I had a company name of Newcastle
Pty
> > Ltd?
>
> Then you could get newcastle.com.au, but you couldn't get
> newcastle.nsw.au.
>
> Anybody could get boston.com if it was free, but you couldn't get
> boston.ma.us

Now that would make sense but councils should really be using the .gov.au
domain as they are  government departments.

The Raven