Why not? (Score 2)

Any corporation would be stupid not to implement some kind of proprietry regime in which to protect their investment, why should a government be any different? Gambling is a multi-billion dollar tax generator for the Government, and it's in their interests (and mine) to deter the bulk of Australian gamblers from getting online. Gamblers will go to where the best odds are, and my betting dollar says that won't be in .au. I don't gamble, but the money gamblers generate in tax needs to stay here in Australia, not to the hundreds of .au tax free casinos in America. Of course it's a pointless exercise. We know that - Alston knows it - but it delays the erosion of revenue until hopefully somebody figures out an even more difficult obstacle to place in the path of Aussie wannabe Internet gamblers.