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Australia’s ccTLD Needs a CEO

October 10, 2019 by Michele Neylon

Australia's ccTLD is managed by auDA. They are currently trying to hire a new CEO. The role will involve a mixture of skills and they expect candidates to be able to cover both business and more technical aspects of a domain name registry: Demonstrable senior experience in leading and managing a complex, multidisciplinary organisation with a strong emphasis on building a … [Read more...] about Australia’s ccTLD Needs a CEO

AuDA Consultation on Direct Registrations and Other Anti-Domainer Policies

March 26, 2019 by Michele Neylon

At present the Australian ccTLD only allows registrations under extensions such as com.au, net.au, org.au etc., The registry's rules make it quite hard, though not impossible for non-Australians to register domain names. However if you hold a trademark that is valid in Australia you can get a domain. In common with other country codes they've been examining the possibility … [Read more...] about AuDA Consultation on Direct Registrations and Other Anti-Domainer Policies

Former Australian ccTLD Board Member Raising Funds for FOI Request

May 13, 2017 by Michele Neylon

Over the past year there have been a number of fairly significant and at times disturbing changes with the Australian ccTLD. While some focus has been on the current plans to drop AusRegistry / Neustar from providing the registry backend services, other people have been raising concerns around the organisation's governance. Australian domain investor Ned O'Meara has been … [Read more...] about Former Australian ccTLD Board Member Raising Funds for FOI Request

Australian ccTLD Registry Advertises CEO Job

June 5, 2016 by Michele Neylon

Back in March of this year auDA announced that they weren't renewing their then CEO's contract. So after over 15 years in the role Chris Disspain was leaving the organisation. Obviously his position could not be left vacant indefinitely, so it's little surprise that they recently published a job advertisement. There's no indication of salary or benefits that come with the … [Read more...] about Australian ccTLD Registry Advertises CEO Job

Chris Disspain To Leave auDA

March 24, 2016 by Michele Neylon

The .au (Australia) country code authority auDA announced today that they would not be renewing their contract with CEO Chris Disspain. Disspain has been with auDA since October 2000, being their first CEO and also being involved in the re-delegation of .au to auDA. Here's the full announcement: The Board of auDA (.au Domain Administration Ltd) announced today that it … [Read more...] about Chris Disspain To Leave auDA

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