auDA decision could impact millions of .com.au domain registrations

The board approved changes that make generic, dictionary-word .com.au registrations effectively impossible to obtain.

Millions of existing registrations now sit under a policy shadow, because the eligibility logic has shifted from simple availability to a stricter purpose test.

For registrants, the question is no longer what a name is worth; it is whether the registry will let it exist in new hands.

Buyers and sellers of generic .au assets should read this as a structural change, not a routine rule tweak.