Organisations and individuals will be able to register domain names directly in the top-level .au, as per the recommendations of a policy panel appointed by auDA last year.
Although there’s no official date as to when resellers will have the opportunity to start doing this it’s another big shake-up for the domain industry.
Squatters will no doubt be clearing their credit cards in anticipation.
Source: AuDA to allow direct registrations in .au – Strategy – iTnews