According to the proprietor, the business name condom.com.au was registered in June 1999 with what was then the Ministry of Fair Trading in Western Australia. He is now complaining to Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) because his application to bid in the auction for condom.com.au was refused on a technicality.
Correspondence from auDA identified the problem as a failure to fill out the -State or Territory of Registration" part of the application form.
-I applied in March, prior to the closing date, but the system accepted my application with out giving me a chance to print it out," the businessman told ZDNet Australia. -I wasn't given a reference number to keep track of it either."
Despite lodging an application before the January 31 closing date, notification of the ineligibility was not sent until April 15. According to the businessman, an appeal resulted only in a message from the auDA CEO confirming the ineligibility of the application and stating that no further correspondence would be entered into.
The complaint to ASIC cited the practices enforced by auDA in the administration of the domain name application as -unfair and unlawful". It goes on to say that -due to a technicality, auDA have refused our application on a matter that clearly does not have any bearing whatsoever on our eligibility to apply and have the opportunity to bid in fair market auction for this domain."
When contacted by ZDNet Australia Chris Disspain, CEO at auDA, said he was unable to comment on individual cases. More generally, Disspain added that people needed to follow the instructions in filling out the form, and provide the details required.
AUDA.ORG.AU IS THE MOST BACKWARDS ADMINISTRATOR OF DOMAIN NAMES IN THE WORLD
WE NEED THE USA / UK, NZ / ETC MODELS
OPEN MARKET
NO NEED FOR ABN OR AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS NAMES ETC
CHEAPER NAMES
LESSPAPERWORK
LESS ADMIN FEES
NO AUDA FEES
AUDA REALLY DOES SUCK AND THEY ALWAYS HAVE WITH THE SAME BAD MANAGEMENT MILKING THE SYSTEM FOR YEARS ON FAT WAGES AND NO IDEA ABOUT THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF THEIR MONOPOLY CONTROL OF AUSTRALIA
THEY HAVE STIFFLED BUSINESS AND THE INTERNET IN AUSTRALIA.
THEY ACT LIKE A NAZI REGIME!