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auDA today announced the .au geographic names which were not requested in the recent ballot will become available on November 20. The announcement included linkage to the full list of available domain names.
The names are subject to the usual restrictions of registration and will presumably have the same price as other .com.au and .net.au domain names, unlike the domain names won in the ballot.
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Commercial Geographic Names, auDA announcement

auDA announced yesterday that Ausregistry is the successful tenderer for the .au domain range and will hold the contract until 2010, when the next review is due.
Tenders closed on September 30 and a decision was swiftly made.
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auDA announces preferred tenderer for registry - auDA announcement
AusRegistry keeps domain services contract, ZDNet Australia

Chesley Rafferty, the man responsible for Domain Names Australia, which sent out thousands of misleading domain name renewal notices, has been declared bankrupt. Rafferty is thought to have made millions from his scams, but will be unable to be a director of a company or, by special injunction, be involved in the industry, until 2008.
More reading:
- Web names boss on bankruptcy list, Helen Westerman and Rebecca Urban, Full Disclosure, The Age Newspaper
- DNS Mailing List Archives, post by Chesley Rafferty (adult content warning)
- Chesley Rafferty bankrupt DomainWatch