gov.au Domain name standard

Direct link: www.domainname.gov.au/policies/policy-and-governance-framework
Responsible agency: Department of Finance

This standard applies to all uses of the gov.au domain for web resources, including third level domains at the Australian Government level (e.g. example.gov.au) and fourth level domains at the state/territory/local government levels (e.g. example.act.gov.au).

Access the standard

The domainname.gov.au website hosts the standard Policy and governance framework.

Apply the standard

Entities must:

Comply with each of the policies detailed in the framework. This includes:

Capabilities

This standard supports digital solutions in the following capability.

CAP28

Hosting

Policies

This standard assists in meeting the requirements of the following policies.

POL25

Hosting policy

Designs

The following designs show how to achieve the intent of this standard.

gov.au domain administration system

DES162

The gov.au domain administration system provides a framework, policies, and guidance on eligibility and allocation of gov.au domain names, how applications for domain names are assessed, the use of non-gov.au domain names and exemptions.