2016/17 NEWS
August 16, 2017
The ACCC has taken action against two domain registration companies that sent out what it says were hundreds of thousands of deceptive notices to Australian businesses. Read more »
January 13, 2017
You may not have heard of Montenegro, but one of its best known exports is its domain name extension - .ME. Read more »
January 6, 2017
A new round of emails claiming to be from the Internet Corporation For Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) are trapping some domain registrants. Read more »
December 22, 2016
It's an old scam, but unfortunately it keeps working on the unwary - bogus domain name renewals. Read more »
November 24, 2016
Survey results indicate 68% of Australians would register a .au domain if creating a new web site. Read more »
November 8, 2016
A couple of tools have been developed recently that offer new weapons in the fight against phishing. Read more »
October 7, 2016
The au Domain Administration (auDA) recently initiated the biggest crackdown on cases of Unauthorised Business Use (UBU) names in the extension's history. Read more »
September 16, 2016
The latest Verisign Domain Name Industry Brief has the .AU namespace ranking 9th in world for country code Top Level Domains (ccTLDs). Read more »
August 8, 2016
This year marks 30 years since the .AU country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) was originally allocated by to a computer programmer at Melbourne University. Read more »
August 9, 2016
The unscrupulous have been busy preying on the unwary in relation to the Olympic Games, using fake Rio 2016 domains. Read more »
August 9, 2016
This year marks 30 years since the .AU country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) was originally allocated by to a computer programmer at Melbourne University. Read more »
August 2, 2016
The .au Domain Administration (auDA) has announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive Officer. Read more »
June 29, 2016
UK-based domain registrants holding .EU names may be feeling a little uneasy after the news of Brexit. Read more »
June 17, 2016
Domain name shenanigans that have plagued U.S. politics are being felt by Australian politicians as well. Read more »
May 9, 2016
The .AU namespace saw an increase of domains under management of 3% to the end of March this year. Read more »
April 5, 2016
Some good news for those who have been waiting - it may not be too long before Australians can register domains directly under .AU. Read more »
April 5, 2016
If you have a few (many) bucks kicking around, you might want to consider bidding on a bit of Internet history. Read more »
March 17, 2016
There's good reason to be careful when typing a website address directly into a browser. Read more »
March 9, 2016
The Spamhaus Project has named and shamed what it says are currently the world's worst Top Level Domains. Read more »
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