.org.au

.org.au is the Australian namespace for non-commercial organisations: charities, incorporated associations, sporting clubs, political parties and trade unions.

It signals to donors and members that an organisation is Australian and not trading for profit, which is why most established Australian charities use it rather than a generic .org.

• You must be an Australian non-commercial organisation — an incorporated association, a registered charity, a political party, a trade union, or a similar body.
• Commercial entities are not eligible, even with an ABN.
• The domain name must connect to your organisation's name, an acronym of it, or something it provides.
• You must remain eligible for the whole licence term.

• You can renew from 90 days before the expiry date, for a new term of one to five years.
• Renewing does not cost you time. The new term starts from the old expiry date, so nothing is lost by renewing late.
• If the licence expires, you have 30 calendar days to renew it. The domain usually stops resolving during this window, so the website and email go down.
• There is no redemption period. Once the 30 days pass the name is purged and becomes available to anyone on a first come, first served basis.
• You must still meet the eligibility rules to renew.

• Transferring between registrars is free. auDA does not permit a fee to be charged for it.
• You need the authorisation code for the licence. It is unique to each domain and is not your account password.
• If your current provider will not supply the code, you can request it yourself from auDA at pw.auda.org.au.
• The request must come from the registrant in writing, and you must still be eligible to hold the licence.
• The registrar must complete the transfer within two calendar days.
• Transferring does not change the expiry date and does not add time to the licence.

• Changing the registrant is a transfer of the licence to a different person or entity, not an edit to a contact record.
• The incoming registrant must meet the Australian presence, eligibility and allocation rules in their own right.
• They enter a new licence agreement, choose a new licence period, and pay the licence fee for that term.
• If you are selling a business, request the transfer within 28 calendar days of entering the contract.
• Updating contact details for the same registrant is not a transfer and has no effect on the term.

• .au Domain Administration Limited (auDA) administers the .au namespace: auda.org.au
• The registry is operated by Identity Digital Australia under contract to auDA.