Consultation on proposed administrative changes and retirement of published policies

Under our Terms of Endorsement from the Australian Government, auDA is required to administer a licensing regime for .au domain names based in multi-stakeholder processes that is transparent, responsive, accountable, accessible and efficient.

We do this by developing policies for the .au domain with a multi-stakeholder approach to provide the greatest benefit for the Australian community and by maintaining and ensuring compliance with these policies.

auDA is seeking the Australian community’s input on:

1. A proposed uniform administrative change to 12 published policies that will make it clear when those policies apply, or when the .au Domain Administration Rules: Licensing (.au Licensing Rules) apply
2. Immediate retirement of three published policies that are redundant.

The proposed administrative change is set out in full in draft copies of all 12 published policies which have been marked up to show the original wording and the proposed change.

We have prepared an explanatory statement that outlines the principles and process that apply to the review of auDA published policies, our multi-stakeholder approach to consultation and explanations of the proposed amendments.

Submissions for this consultation have now closed.

Please note that all submissions will be published on our website following a final decision on the proposed amendments unless you ask us to keep your submission private.

The public consultation on the proposed amendments will commence on 30 July 2024. Public consultation will close on 19 August 2024.

Submissions for this consultation have now closed.

The auDA Board has reviewed the proposed amendments to 12 published policies and the retirement of 3 redundant published policies.

The Board has approved the proposed amendments and policy retirement at their meeting on 27 August 2024 with effect from 2 September 2024.

The retired policies are as follows:

• Registrar Agreement - Meaning of Reseller 2002-16
• Registrar Agreement - Clarification of Clause 14.1.7 2002-15
• auDA Information Security Standards (ISS) for Accredited Registrars 2013-03.