auDA ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY FOR ORG.AU

Melbourne, Australia, 29 January 2002 - auDA has today assumed technical and
administrative responsibility for the org.au and id.au second level domains,
from former .au delegate Mr Robert Elz.

"On behalf of the Australian Internet community, auDA would like to
acknowledge Mr Elz for providing service in these domains on a purely
voluntary basis for more than 15 years," said auDA CEO, Chris Disspain.

org.au services
From today, all domain name registration and re-delegation services in
org.au are being managed by auDA, using the existing AUNIC system, as an
interim measure until the new AusRegistry system becomes operational later
this year.

* Re-delegation requests that were submitted before 26 January 2002 and have
not been actioned, should be resubmitted using the form at
http://www.aunic.net/dd.html
* Registration applications, do not need to be resubmitted. auDA is
currently working through the backlog of pending applications and will be in
touch with all applicants as soon as possible.

-ENDS-

For media contact:

Chris Disspain
Chief Executive Officer
auDA
tel: 03 9349 4711
email: ceo§auda.org.au