At 05:31 PM 16/05/2003 +1000, you wrote:
> > As a side issue - shouldn't the business name stored at AusRegistry be
>100%
> > identical with the name returned from the government registries?
>
>As you no longer need to have a company name or business name to register
>.au domain names, there seems little point in worrying about whether the
>contents of the "Registrant" field exactly match a company or business name
>issued by ASIC or State governments.  Over time, more registrations will be
>based on other criteria, such as "close and substantial connection", etc.
>
>
>
>Regards, Mark

Close and substantial connections still have a principal entity name/number 
attached to it. The entity name is the one in question - being business, or 
personal trading name, etc.



Kind regards,

Lucian Kafka
www.conexim.com.au