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  • AusRegistry keeps domain services contract

    The provider of domain name registry services for second-level .au domains will continue to operate the service until mid-2010 under a contract awarded Friday.

  • auDA may open up .au

    Australia's domain name regulator is considering opening up the nation's top level .au domain, in a dramatic proposal that could see second-level domains such as "example.au" made available.

  • .au domain reaches one millionth registration

    The number of .au domain names will pass one million this month, after five years of strong growth.

  • June start for .au geographic domain ballots

    The Australian domain names regulator has announced it will kick off the ballots for new geographic domain names in .net.au and .com.au from next month.

  • auDA wants input on domain rules

    Australia's domain name administrator today called for public comment on the practice of registering large numbers of domain names for the purpose of selling click-through advertising.

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  • Read the blog post - Renai LeMay

    auDA trying to raise profile?

    "If you own an .australian Web site you need to know who we are," screamed an orange and grey advertisement the nation's domain regulator placed in several newspapers.

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