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"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> The Raven wrote:
> > > Take, for example, the Mitchell Shire in Victoria. They already have
> > > mitchellshire.vic.gov.au, but they might also want domains for
> > > locatilies within the shire, e.g. broadford.vic.au, kilmore.vic.au and
> > > seymour.vic.au
> >
> > Then why not get them as .gov.au, it's not like any joe off the street
is
> > going to beat them to it?
>
> Because there is no local government with, for example, the name
> Broadford in it.

You (supposedly) can't register a domain using a geographic name under the
com.au space. Presumably, the same goes for .gov.au and .edu.au. So, no-one
could register that geographic name under those domain spaces.

As .gov.au isn't run by AUDA and MelbourneIT their rules don't apply.
Presumably, the .gov.au domain is run by some government department with
their own rules, and they could theoretically allocate that name to whoever
they choose. Logically, I'd assume that such a domain name would be
allocated to some body with:

a. legitimate access to the .gov.au domain space
b. Some association with the name "broadford"

>
> In the UK, localities are entitled to use the .org.uk domain, but county
> councils get .gov.uk.

Who is defined as being the entity representing a "locality"? It must have a
definition as you could end up with two groups claiming to be
representatives of a locality.

Introducing state based domain spaces for local, state, federal government
(and whatever sub-groups) would make sense if they came under .gov.au. (eg.
broadford.nsw.gov.au). This is controllable as the amount of names used more
manageable than allowing state identifiers in, say, .com.au

I don't claim to have the answers but I don't think the government
understands the problem and the  domain administrators really have no
interest beyond making money.

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