It's not a government site.  It's a party site.  The obvious solution would
be to register it to the party itself:

ABN status: Active from 28 Apr 2000 
Entity name: AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY STATE OF QUEENSLAND 
Entity type: Other Unincorporated Entity 

Which is exactly what they've done for the .com:

Domain Name.......... teambeattie.com
  Creation Date........ 2002-12-23
  Registration Date.... 2002-12-23
  Expiry Date.......... 2006-12-23
  Organisation Name.... Australian Labor Party Queensland Branch
  Organisation Address. PO Box 3015
  Organisation Address. 
  Organisation Address. South Brisbane BC
  Organisation Address. 4101
  Organisation Address. Queensland
  Organisation Address. AUSTRALIA

Which takes us back to the original question of why is the QLD ALP not using
the .au domain space?

jon

>-- Original Message --
>From: "Vic Cinc" <vicc&#167;cia.com.au>
>To: ".au DNS Discussion List" <dns&#167;dotau.org>
>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:59:38 +1000
>Subject: [DNS] team beatie told to bugger off
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Charlie McCormack" <charlie&#167;mccormack.net.au>
>To: "'.au DNS Discussion List'" <dns&#167;dotau.org>
>Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2006 7:42 PM
>Subject: Re: [DNS] dumpstersluts.com.au
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>> That would be the obvious reason, but why not use the gov.au namespace.
>
>  1.. The Registrant must be an organisation established by an Act of 
>Parliament or government regulation as a government department or agency;
>a 
>local government entity; a statutory authority; or other defined government
>
>body.
>
>LOL there is in fact nowhere in .au team beatie can hang its hat!!!
>
>Vic
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