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  • Confusing .au.com domain threatens Aussie users

    A US-based anti-spyware company has registered the ".com.au.com" domain name, which experts fear could be used by cybercriminals to create more convincing phishing attacks.

  • 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.

  • auDA confiscates dodgy Ansearch domains

    Australia's domain name regulator has seized more than 1,000 domains from Ansearch, saying the search engine company's intended use did not comply with its policies.

  • Domain regulator restrains SiteGeneral

    Web hosting services company SiteGeneral.com has been slapped over the wrist by the nation's domain regulator for unauthorised transfer of domain names between registrars.

  • auDA clampdown deemed unfair

    The .au domain regulator has denied it indiscriminately deleted a large number of domain names without verifying their ownership.

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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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