From auDA:

auDA, the .au Domain Administrator, today announced the 1 millionth .au domain name had been registered.

"We are pleased to announce that the 1 millionth .au domain registration is elite-finance.com.au" said Chris Disspain, auDA’s CEO. "We congratulate the Registrant of elite-finance.com.au for being part of this momentous occasion."

Adrian Kinderis, Managing Director of AusRegistry, the Registry Operator and wholesale provider for all commercial and non-commercial .au domain names concurs, "We too offer our congratulations, 1 million .au domains is a huge achievement for the .au namespace and for Australian internet users. It was only 5 years ago the tally was close to 250,000."

You really don’t see the growth in domain names that you see in other countries, especially the US, due to auDA’s very strict registration policies.  This is either a good thing or  a bad thing depending on your perspective.  Doubling in size in 5 years isn’t exactly amazing growth, but given the regulation of the market, it is a positive sign.

I’d like to see some data on the breakdown of those domains, what type of domains (com.au, net.au, org.au, etc.), what’s the actual growth rate & is it increasing or decreasing. That would give us a better picture of how the market is going.