Tag: Australia

Australian Govt. may Float EOI to identify new administrator for .AU should auDA fail to demonstrate substantive reforms

By James Barnley   Posted in Domainnews Governance
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The Turnbull Government has released the findings of the review into Australia’s .au domain. The not-for-profit .au Domain Administration (auDA) oversees the operation of Australia’s .au domain, has been embroilled in leadership crisis for over two years resulting in a moderate leadership turnover. In 2017, the government opened a public cconsultation that would give a …

Australia doubts ICANN is ready to run the internet

By James Barnley   Posted in Uncategorized
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Comms Minister Malcolm Turnbull follows US lead on governance, with caveats Australia’s communications minister Malcolm Turnbull has endorsed USA’s decision to hand over core internet supervisory chores to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Calling the USA’s decision “A momentous day in the history of the Internet” in a blog post, Turnbull …