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Common questions
Is australia.gov.au legit or a scam?
AboutUs doesn't label sites "legit" or "a scam": this page lists the dated registration, DNS, HTTPS, mail-authentication and safety checks we could verify, each with its source, so you can decide for yourself.
Who owns australia.gov.au?
Nobody has completed AboutUs's owner verification for australia.gov.au. That's true of most sites here — it isn't itself a warning sign.
Correct a description, link or other detail. Submissions are reviewed before publication.
Its address redirects to my.gov.au, which answered over HTTPS
Australia.gov.au is the Government of Australia's website
Australia.gov.au is the Australian Government's central gateway to information and services across over 700 government websites and five million government web pages. It provides a searchable connection to federal, state, and territory resources for citizens, jobseekers, migrants, and others seeking government information and services.
On AboutUs since 2006 · one registrar since Jul 22, 2026 · last checked Oct 19, 2026.
Registration
No registration date on file yet. AboutUs reads it from RDAP when the site is checked.
AboutUs record
AboutUs wiki pageAboutUs wiki pageJun 19, 2006 – Apr 10, 2014An AboutUs wiki page described australia.gov.au from Jun 19, 2006 to Apr 10, 2014 (5 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023Said about itself in 2006Jul 1, 2006“Graphical web browsers will display link icons beside each hypertext link. Examine the link title to see the equivalent information in non-graphical browsers.”Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006Current AboutUs recordJun 23, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026 (latest)Authority and Safety last refreshed Aug 21, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
Registrar
Department of FinanceJul 22, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026 (latest)Registrar Department of Finance in the RDAP data AboutUs recorded, first on Jul 22, 2026 and most recently on Oct 25, 2026.Source: RDAP, fetched Aug 21, 2026
Zone file
No .au zone-file record for australia.gov.au is shown here yet.
Certificate
Certificate from GlobalSign nv-saSep 26, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026 (latest)GlobalSign nv-sa certificate valid Sep 26, 2026 to Dec 25, 2026, as seen on Oct 19, 2026.Source: TLS check, Oct 19, 2026
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Every dated fact on this lifeline (5)
Jun 19, 2006 – Apr 10, 2014AboutUs record: An AboutUs wiki page described australia.gov.au from Jun 19, 2006 to Apr 10, 2014 (5 edits).Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006–2023
Jul 1, 2006AboutUs record: “Graphical web browsers will display link icons beside each hypertext link. Examine the link title to see the equivalent information in non-graphical browsers.”Source: AboutUs wiki archive, 2006
Jun 23, 2026 – Aug 21, 2026AboutUs record: Authority and Safety last refreshed Aug 21, 2026.Source: AboutUs checks
Jul 22, 2026 – Oct 25, 2026Registrar: Registrar Department of Finance in the RDAP data AboutUs recorded, first on Jul 22, 2026 and most recently on Oct 25, 2026.Source: RDAP, fetched Aug 21, 2026
Sep 26, 2026 – Oct 19, 2026Certificate: GlobalSign nv-sa certificate valid Sep 26, 2026 to Dec 25, 2026, as seen on Oct 19, 2026.Source: TLS check, Oct 19, 2026
All 4 safety checks passed (Oct 25, 2026).
Automated safety checks
DNS (passed)
HTTPS (passed)
Page metadata (passed)
Security headers (passed)
Current facts
Latest available measurements; dated entries retain their dates. These are measurements, not an endorsement of the site.
latest result
Registrar on record: Department of Finance — unchanged since AboutUs began tracking (Jul 22, 2026).
latest result
HTTPS request succeeded for my.gov.au.
checked Sep 30, 2026
The live front page reads as a government or public-body site that is a public service, mainly for a general audience.
We withhold an authority number until independent evidence (global rank, link-graph presence) has accrued. The facts we do have about this site are shown below — we'd rather say “not enough signals yet” than invent a low score.
Safety evidence
No unexpired threat-feed result; name-similarity check available (recorded about 64 days ago); 3/3 transport and email checks available (oldest recorded about 64 days ago). This is evidence coverage, not a probability that a website is safe.
No caution flags in the available scoring observations; this is not a complete safety assessment
What australia.gov.au said about itself, 2006
Quoted from the site's AboutUs wiki page in each year it changed (1 version). These are the page's own words at the time, not AboutUs's assessment. New words · dropped words
2006
Graphical web browsers will display link icons beside each hypertext link. Examine the link title to see the equivalent information in non-graphical browsers.
Site history
Dated record — historical facts always carry their date; self-description below is the 2014 record.
2006
First tracked by AboutUs (Jun 19, 2006); profile edited 5 times through 2014.
2014
Self-description at the time:
“Australia.gov.au is the Government of Australia's website”