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The board of auDA, the body that administers the Australian domain namespace, will meet on Monday to consider policies proposed to govern the distribu...

It is likely that Australian businesses and users will soon be able to register domain names directly at the second level (eg yourname.au) as well as…

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Nominet, the Registry responsible for operating the .UK country code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for the United Kingdom, launched the registration of…

Australia's rugby union team has lost another clash, this time over its domain name, with a tribunal striking down the organisation's claim to wallabies.com.au.

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EURid, the Registry responsible for running the .EU namespace, has recently released its Quarter 3, 2018 Progress Report, covering the .EU and .

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The automatic right of .co.uk domain name holders to register the shorter .uk domains ends in June.

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Former auDA executive director Josh Rowe has been forced to apologise to staff and management of the Australian internet domain authority over allegations.

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Businesses based in the UK that own websites rooted at the '.eu' domain will have two months from the point of Brexit to transfer ownership to sister companies ...

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The Federal Court of Australia has ordered domain registrars Domain Name Corp and Domain Name Agency a combined amount of $1.95 million in penalties ...

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The .monster domain is now generally available, though gTLD registrations are falling overall.

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Pauline Hanson's One Nation has registered two web domain names relating to former party member Fraser Anning.

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UK-based businesses and people will be unable to hold onto their .eu domains after Brexit, even if there is a Withdrawl Agreement in place, according to new ...

Domain name owners say the owners of Australia's more than three million domain names are being ripped off by the organisation governing domain names.

UK businesses with websites that contain the top-level domain '.eu' will have two months to transfer ownership to sister companies in the EU after Brexit.

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Amazon Advertising is soft launching in Australia according to insider reports, with Tim Whitfield saying people are yet to grasp how big the move is.

MELBOURNE, Australia, June 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- auDA (.au Domain Administration Ltd) and Afilias Australia today announced the successful and ...

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As the opposition failed on all grounds, the trade mark 'APOTHECARY GIN' is to proceed to registration in Australia. Australia Intellectual Property Spruson ...

What links the Japanese monarchy and the property market in Western Australia? Until Monday's announcement of the forthcoming Reiwa era, not much.

The Australian Department of Communications and the Arts has released its discussion paper on the appropriate framework for the management of the .au ...

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By Derek Whitehead, Swinburne University of Technology. This year marks the 30th anniversary of Australian domain names – websites ending in .au.

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VeriSign's third quarter 2018 Domain Name Industry Brief once again reports continued growth of domain names.