Who We Are

The auDA Foundation is a charitable trust established to promote and encourage educational and research activities that will enhance the utility of the Internet for the benefit of the Australian community.

The trust was established by .au Domain Administration (auDA) in 2005 and the Board of Directors of the auDA Foundation are:

Chris Disspain, CEO auDA
Greg Watson, Chair
Craig Ng, Partner, Maddocks
John Higgins, Partner, Hayes Knight

Trustee for the auDA Foundation
ABN 57 462 140 688

114 Cardigan Street
Carlton Vic 30533053
T 03 8341 4111
T 1300 732 929
F 03 8341 4112
E info@audafoundation.org.au

If an internet address has .au at the end of it, it's registered in Australia and a part of the .au domain space which is regulated by auDA. auDA is the government endorsed policy authority and industry self-regulatory body that manages the .au domain space by performing the following functions:

develop and implement domain name policy,

license 2LD registry operators,

accredit and license registrars,

implement consumer safeguards,

facilitate .au Dispute Resolution Policy, and

represent .au at ICANN and other international fora.