Australian small businesses that use .com.au or .net.au domains based on their products, services or activities could face new costs under proposed changes to Australia’s domain rules.
Businesses can currently register domains connected to what they do, even when the web address does not closely resemble their registered business name.
That can include a tradesperson using a domain based on their location and services, a retailer using a product-specific domain, or a business operating through a company or trust with a different name.
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Simon Thompson has worked across print, television and radio in Australia, the UK and the United States. His reporting has covered business and financial markets, immigration, politics and water policy. He previously covered UK and European private equity in London and has reported for NPR and PBS-affiliated outlets in the US. Simon studied journalism and politics at Monash University.
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