New .au domain namespace rules to launch in 2021

guest · Nov 23, 2020

New rules for .au domain to launch in 2021
November 19, 2020
https://www.crn.com.au/news/new-rules-for-au-domain-to-launch-in-2021-558012

The .au Domain Administration (auDA) has announced its board has approved new rules for the .au domain and its associated namespaces, set to launch in April 2021.

The rules, first proposed in 2018, were designed to better meet the evolving needs of registrants, boost trust and security in the .au domain and keep it Australian-owned. The new rules also streamlined and simplified more than 30 policies and guidelines currently govern the .au domain.

“I’m pleased to share that the new .au domain licensing rules will launch on 12 April 2021,” auDA chief executive Rosemary Sinclair said.
“This signifies an important step forward in .au governance – modernising the policy framework, ensuring the .au domain can respond to the changing needs of Internet users, and continuing to build trust and confidence in .au namespaces.”
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The rules still do not include the id.au namespace, second level names and internationalised domain names, which are expected to come into effect in the next phases.
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auDA:
New rules for .au domain names to launch on 12 April 2021

New rules for com.au, net.au, org.au, and asn.au namespaces in the .au domain will come into effect on 12 April 2021, following approval by the auDA Board at its 10 November 2020 meeting.

The new rules are designed to better meet the evolving needs of registrants, enhance trust in the .au domain, and help ensure .au remains Australian and secure. They streamline and simplify more than 30 policies and guidelines that currently govern the .au domain.
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.au Domain Administration Rules: Licensing

guest · Nov 23, 2020

New Australian domain rules see Webcentral flog off drop catching business
Incoming rules for Australian domains see less of one of the worst aspects of owning and managing domains
November 23, 2020
https://www.zdnet.com/article/new-a...e-webcentral-flog-off-drop-catching-business/

The fallout from the new rules surrounding Australian domain names has already started, even though the rules do not begin until April.

Webcentral announced on Friday it was exiting its Netalliance "drop catching" business, which it described as "the purchasing of domains if they are not renewed by the domain owner and then on selling it to someone else or back to the original owner". Naturally, they have left out the inconvenience and inflated prices when a customer forgets to manually renew a domain, versus the automated squatters swooping in, as being a factor in their decision.

"It is expected that this practice will be redundant in the near future once (auDA), the domain governing body makes much needed changes to the industry," the company said.
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