auDA Snippets – Membership Changes and Direct Registrations
auDA Membership changes announced New member benefits include: More in-person and online member events. Early access to in-depth research about
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You can’t be serious auDA!
This is what I call a token gesture from auDA. An invite on a Saturday night to some selected “domain investors” to attend a zoom meeting with the CEO Rosemary Sinclair on Monday (today).
Quite frankly, I also think it is rude and disrespectful. It is the week leading up to Christmas, and many of us are away or otherwise engaged.
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auDA releases their Priority Status Tool
Good news for all registrants of Aussie domain names.
auDA have today released their Priority Status Tool for the general public. This enables registrants to see where they stand with regards to having priority on the .au.
Links on Domainer …
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Why did auDA’s Manager of Policy & Strategy leave?
Normally when a senior staff member leaves auDA, there is generally some sort of announcement.
But to my knowledge, not so for Caroline Fritsch.
When I made some enquiries at auDA (and I did try hard), I was met with a wall of silence. Read more …
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Is the Dept of Justice (Vic) in the funeral business?
Yet another domain name where the Department of Justice (Vic) is the supposed registrant.
There is something funny going on here – we look at two possible explanations.
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Tip – How to take advantage of Direct Registration
Direct Registration is coming in around 4 months. This is the ability to register a domain name in a shorter version e.g. Domainer.au.
In this article, I give you two tips how to possibly profit from this scenario.
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This seems to be daylight robbery auDA!
Over many years, Domainer has been at the forefront of highlighting “Unauthorised Business Use” (UBU) in relation to registering domain names.
This is when some “burglar” steals another entity’s business details – e.g. ABN – and uses this to register or purchase Aussie domain names.
Today we report another perpertrator who is using a Victorian goverment ABN!
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.au Direct Registrations – Snippet 1
Welcome to the first of many “snippets” about the impending introduction by auDA (the Australian domain name regulator) of .au direct registrations in March 2022.
Many people I have spoken to believe them to be no more than an income generating exercise for the supply side of our domain ecosystem e.g. auDA itself; then Afilias (the registry); then all of auDA’s registrars.
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Government Review of auDA’s Terms of Endorsement
The updated .au Domain Administration (auDA) Terms of Endorsement were today released by The Hon Paul Fletcher (Minister of Communications etc).
Cutting a long story short, nothing has really changed. Just pats on the backs for the tremendous job auDA has supposedly done. But for those desirous of the nitty gritty detail, Domainer has supplied relevant links.
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Some Registrars Allow Non-Compliant Registrations
To be eligible to register an .org.au in Australia, the simple premise is that you must be a not-for-profit organisation.
However, there are some registrars out there that simply don’t have the checks in place. Anyone can register an .org.au without evidence of being a non-profit. Generally these registrars are overseas based – and amongst the biggest! Read full article …
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auDA News
auDA sent their Quarterly Report out to members yesterday. This covers the period July / August / September.
The auDA Compliance Team won a “gong” last night at the annual ACOMMS Awards. It was in the category “Services to Industry – Professional Services”. (Clayton Utz was a co-winner). Well done to Steph Viljoen and her team.
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