The .au Blog

Shorter, simpler Australian domain names are coming in March 2022. The launch of .au direct provides Australian businesses with a new Australian digital address to call home.  

It’s common practice for businesses to register the same name across different namespaces, i.e. getyour.com.au and getyour.net.au. After its launch on 24 March 2022, you may want to register a matching name in the new .au direct namespace. But first, you will need to take part in the Priority Allocation Process. 

Shorter, simpler Australian domain names are available with the launch of .au direct. Read the top ten things you should know about the new .au namespace.

In the latest Leaders of Tech Q&A, we speak to Johanna Weaver, Director of the Tech Policy Design Centre at the Australian National University. Johanna discusses the importance of technology that makes our lives easier and better, and how the Tech Design Policy Centre is disrupting the way tech policy is designed to keep pace with innovation.