auDA compliance, applications and appeals

The .au namespace is run by auDA. Australian presence and a real connection to the name are mandatory. These are the official pages — no intermediaries.

Official auDA WHOIS lookup

The authoritative live .au registry record — registrant, registrar, eligibility, status and dates — is published by auDA on the official WHOIS. Open it to look up any .au domain directly.

.auwhois.auda.org.au

Open auDA WHOIS ↗

We link you straight to auDA's official lookup rather than running a parallel query, so the record you read is the registry's own, in real time.

Paste a WHOIS record — extract & compare

Copy the full text from auDA WHOIS and paste it here. We extract the registrant, ABN and registrar in your browser (nothing is sent or stored), then compare against your ABN.

Eligibility rules in short

com.au / net.au — you must hold an ABN, ACN or Australian trade mark, and be commercially trading.
org.au / asn.au — for incorporated associations, charities and non-profits.
id.au — for Australian individuals only.
Direct .au (yourname.au) — open to any registrant with an Australian presence.
Every licence needs a 'close and substantial connection' between the domain and your business, product or activity. Licences are leases, not ownership.

How to register

1. Confirm eligibility and have your ABN/ACN ready — it is recorded against the licence.
2. Search availability on the official auDA WHOIS.
3. Register through an auDA-accredited registrar (the list below is the only authoritative one).
4. Supply the exact ABN/ACN entity name — a mismatch with the ABR can void the licence.
5. Keep registrant contact details current; auDA policy requires accurate data.

Complaints and disputes

auDRP — the formal dispute process to recover a .au domain registered in bad faith that is confusingly similar to your name or trade mark.
auDA complaints — for policy breaches, false eligibility data and misleading registrations.
Registrar complaint — escalate to your registrar first for billing, transfer and renewal disputes.