[LINK] The GST Start-Up website, and another one

[Rick Welykochy]

"Robertson-Dunn, Carolynne" wrote:

> And this one:
> http://www.smh.com.au/news/0006/29/update/news7.html
> 
> The Australian Business Register (<http://www.abr.business.gov.au)> is
> another GST site that allows you to search for business details based on
> either the company name or ABN number. If you type a business name into the
> field, it will come back with the relevant details for that company.
> 
> The important thing to look at is the URL. It will look something like this:
> 
> http://www.abr.business.gov.au/asp/abndetail.asp?ABN=XXXXXXXXXXX
> 
> with the Xs being the digits of the ABN number.
> 
> The problem exists when you simply type another ABN number in that same
> field in the URL, and are given a page with the new company information.

What problem? The information is publicly available, whether you
type in the ABN into the search box, submit the query via a URL
in the location box, or generate the query from a script.

BTW: The information for Praxis Services was so minimal as to useless,
except to verify that the company does indeed exist, i.e. only state and
postcode were shown with the name.

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Rick Welykochy || Praxis Services Pty Limited