Forwarding a message from Antony:
> With this in mind, I'm now thinking along the lines that perhaps generic
> (including dictionary word) domains should be opened up. But, they should
> only be opened up to DNA's.
> 
> For example, and I stress _example_, that if a computer shop decided to come
> online, they could go under the domain of .computers.com.au  or  any service
> company could go under .services.com.au

I think it's a good idea. Actually I mentioned something akin to this earlier
in the debate:

me> Using a 3LD (e.g. company.nsw.com.au) is one possibility; the current
me> com.au rules might be modified to permit Melbourne IT to register 4LDs
me> such as the above as part of their current operations.

Nick.
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