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auDA CEO Tries To Stifle The Truth

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 Neddy 437 Views

This story is about some nefarious goings on at auDA concerning a domain name that had been effectively stripped from a domain investor. auDA’s new CEO has in my opinion stifled truth, transparency and accountability.

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auDA Elected Director Ballot

October 14, 2020October 14, 2020 Robert 448 Views

This morning, auDA sent an email to all Associate Members, inviting them to vote in a ballot for one Elected Director to join the auDA Board.

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Domainer Show – Episode 23 – .au Domain Rules (Part 1)

September 25, 2020September 29, 2020 Robert 868 Views

In this special, 23rd Episode of the Domainer Show, hosts Ed Keay-Smith and Robert Kaay speak with Scott Long and Anthony Peake from Drop.com.au about auDA’s upcoming major changes to .au Domain Licensing Rules.

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New AU Domain Policy Rules Approaching.

September 15, 2020September 15, 2020 Robert 585 Views

It looks like the new long awaited AU Domain Administration Licensing Rules are about to be implemented.

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Vexatious Complaints to auDA

August 21, 2020August 21, 2020 Neddy 560 Views

As growth in domain name registrations and aftermarket purchases surge due to the effects of Covid-19, unfortunately the number of complaints to auDA seem to be rising as well. Some of these could be described as vexatious (denoting an action that is brought without sufficient grounds for winning, purely to cause annoyance to the defendant).

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Beware Of Unauthorised Business Use – “UBU”

July 9, 2020July 9, 2020 Neddy 896 Views

The scammers are really going for it again. They are illegally using the business details of others to register .au domains. This can obviously cause reputational damage to innocent parties e.g. scammers can put up a fake eCommerce sites and rip off the public. Check out the story here…

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auDA Needs To Audit ORG.au Again

July 7, 2020July 7, 2020 Neddy 393 Views

Some years ago, auDA audited .org.au domain names to make sure these were being used for a proper purpose i.e. as per auDA policy the org.au 2LD is for non-commercial organisations.

It appears that with no follow up audits, the growth in org.au domains has outstripped all other extensions.

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Update from auDA’s Chair

June 5, 2020June 5, 2020 Robert 484 Views

auDA’s new Licensing Rules have been published – with an implementation date yet to be set – and the Board has been working through the many considerations involved in introducing direct registration at the second level of .au(.)