There may be a point that is being missed here.

People buying domain names don't WANT id.au, pr.au, or even really .net.au
in any large numbers.

They want .com.au

Larry

At 08:29 6/05/98 +1000, you wrote:
>    Date:        Tue, 5 May 1998 13:19:39 +1000 (EST)
>    From:        Antony <antony&#167;sydney.healey.com.au>
>    Message-ID:  <199805050319.NAA03439&#167;sydney.healey.com.au>
>
>  | believe some of the "more exclusive" ones (eg, gw.au) should be closed
down,
>
>gw.au is already closed down (it no longer exists).   Aside from csiro.au,
>which was a historical mistake, and oz.au which is very definitely 
>grandfathered with its peculiar set of rules, I don't think there are any
>"exclusive" 2ld's inside .au which are in any kind of active use at all.
>
>mgm&#167;tardis.net said:
>  | This is definitely needed. Currently unless you are in business or are
>  | a recognised organization you can't get a domain name. 
>
>Have you not heard of id.au, which has the purpose of handling exactly
>all that which is left over (basically individuals and families).
>It is split into 3lds to allow it to scale rationally (there was a lot of
>discussion of id.au before it was created - but that was some time ago now).
>
>kre
> 
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