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New community geographic domain names - documents published for comment 01/12/2003
Melbourne, 1 December 2003 – auDA is seeking public feedback about the implementation of new second level domains (2LDs) for community use of Australian geographic domain names.
Outcomes of the auDA 2003 AGM 28/11/2003
The auDA 2003 Annual General Meeting was held in Sydney on 27 November 2003.
Domain Names Australia - Update 14/10/03 14/10/2003
auDA is aware that DNA has sent another mail out to businesses, schools, government agencies, non-profit organisations and individuals in Australia, with the heading "Internet Name Currently Unregistered".
com.au and net.au domain registrations exceed 350,000 30/09/2003
Melbourne, 30 September 2003 - auDA has announced that the combined number of com.au and net.au domain names has exceeded 350,000, triggering a 10% reduction in the price charged by...
Call for nominations for election to the Board of Directors of auDA 25/09/2003
The election will take place at auDA's Annual General Meeting, to be held in late November 2003 in Sydney, subject to confirmation. AGM details will be announced in mid-October.
Bottle Domains id.au offer breached Code of Practice 18/09/2003
Melbourne, 18 September 2003 - auDA has found that a "free gift" id.au offer by accredited registrar Bottle Domains was in breach of the .au Domain Name Suppliers' Code of Practice.
AusRegistry id.au "free trial" promotion 15/09/2003
AusRegistry has launched a special promotion for id.au, the domain space for Australian individuals, commencing 15 September 2003.
Mass mail out by Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd 28/08/2003
On the weekend of 23 and 24 August Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd (DNA) mailed over 400,000 letters headed "Domain Name Registration" to businesses, schools, government agencies, non-profit organisations and...
auDA launches Trade Practices claim against Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd and its Director, Chesley Rafferty 27/08/2003
Melbourne, 27 August 2003 – On 18 August 2003 auDA issued legal proceedings at the Federal Court of Australia against Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd (DNA) and its sole director,...
.au domain registrations grow by 24% 06/08/2003
Melbourne, 6 August 2003 – auDA today published a statistical analysis of the first 12 months of the new .au domain name regime. See the AusRegistry Yearly Report to auDA.
Web Access breaches transfer policy 30/07/2003
Melbourne, 30 July 2003 - auDA has found that Web Access, a reseller of Enetica, has breached the Transfers (Change of Registrar of Record) Policy (2003-03).
Latest 17/07/2003
auDA has become aware that Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd (DNA) is sending letters and/or faxes to some domain name registrants regarding the net.au version of their .au domain name...
Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd 19/06/2003
auDA has become aware that a company named Domain Names Australia Pty Ltd (DNA) is sending letters and/or faxes to some domain name registrants regarding the .com version of their...
Discount Domain Name Services breaches new transfer policy 18/06/2003
Melbourne, 18 June 2003 - auDA has found that actions by Discount Domain Name Services (DDNS) breached the new Transfers Policy (2003-03).
New transfers policy commences Monday 16 June 2003 05/06/2003
The new Transfers Policy (2003-03) will come into force at 10am AEST on Monday 16 June 2003.
Notification of change of operation for the edu.au domain name space 30/05/2003
In 2002, the Ministerial Council for Education, Employment, Training and Youth Affairs (MCEETYA), the Australian Vice Chancellor’s Committee (AVCC), and the .au Domain Administration Ltd (auDA) agreed that the policy...
Melbourne IT mailout breached Registrar Agreement 30/03/2003
Melbourne, 30 March 2003 – auDA has found that a mailout to registrants by Melbourne IT Ltd breached the Registrar Agreement and was not in the spirit of the .au...
Uregister.com.au - Mail out contains inaccurate information 04/03/2003
auDA has become aware that an organisation calling itself URegister.com.au (URegister) is sending to domain name registrants solicitations for business that contain incorrect and possibly misleading information.
auDA terminates A1 Registrar's accreditation 20/01/2003
Melbourne, 20 January 2003 – auDA has today terminated the accreditation of A1 Registrar Pty Ltd.
Generic Domain Names - Final Update 07/01/2003
The generic domain name auction process is now completed. Domain names that were not allocated as part of the auction process were released in October and December 2002.