"Graham Miller":
> I'd better study the rules again... Looks like I am too conservative when
> advising my customers when they ask me to find them a suitable domain 
> name.
>
> So are you saying that if a customer has a product called "purple haze
> generator" they could register purple.com.au? Is this where we are these
> days? This would mean that someone with a product called "Light banana
> paint" could register banana.com.au, yes?

Correct... In fact, assuming "light banana" referred to the colour of the 
paint in question, they could register "colours.com.au" - as it's clearly 
related to a product or service they provide.

Check the following for more info:

http://www.auda.org.au/policies/policy-index/

In particular:

http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2005-01/
http://www.auda.org.au/policies/auda-2005-02/

Regards,
Kirk Fletcher