> auDA is NOT a Government sanctioned organisation, it is a
> Non-Profit Limited company made up of members

Possibly more accurate to say:

 auDA is not a Government organisation.  It is a non-Profit
 Limited company made up of members.  The Australian Government
 has endorsed auDA to the be the regulatory authority / manager
 for .au domain names.

For those not familiar with the long history of .au domain name regulation,
the fact that auDA is independent of the Government is not an accident.
Over a period long predating auDA's formation, the Federal Government made
clear, publicly, that its preferred option for .au regulation was that it
not be done by the government, but by an industry/community organisation.

Some governments around the world have chosen to do the regulation of their
ccTLD internally, others have encouraged an independent organisation to do
so.

Which is optimum tends to be a matter of philosopy rather than fact.



Regards, Mark

Mark Hughes
Effective Business Applications Pty Ltd
effectivebusiness§pplications.com.au
www.pplications.com.au
+61 4 1374 3959