title: How to generate an Australian ABN number?
body: <p>I need, for testing purposes, to generate some valid, random ABNs (Australian Business Numbers).</p>
  
  <p>The following are some links I was able to find that discuss how to validate an ABN, but it's not really clear to me how to <em>generate</em> values.</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://skorks.com/2011/08/even-boring-form-data-can-be-interesting-for-a-developer" rel="nofollow">skorks.com/2011/08/even-boring-form-data-can-be-interesting-for-a-developer</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://ato.gov.au/businesses/content.aspx?doc=/content/13187.htm" rel="nofollow">ato.gov.au/businesses/content.aspx?doc=/content/13187.htm</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://abr.business.gov.au" rel="nofollow">abr.business.gov.au</a></p>
  
  <p><a href="http://search.cpan.org/~adamk/Business-AU-ABN-1.09/lib/Business/AU/ABN.pm" rel="nofollow">search.cpan.org/~adamk/Business-AU-ABN-1.09/lib/Business/AU/ABN.pm</a></p>