No. I suspect that it was issued to them before the generic ban was
introduced in 1996 in the same way the news was also issued.

No names that were on the generic list have yet been released and they
won't be until the new names policy comes into force.

Regards,

Chris Disspain
CEO - auDA
ceo§auda.org.au
www.auda.org.au
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Dax [mailto:shayemaree§bigpond.com] 
Sent: Thursday, 21 March 2002 13:09
To: dns§lists.auda.org.au
Subject: Re: [DNS] Internet Registrations Australia

I would have thought "national.com.au" would have been reserved as a
generic
domain !? I'd say it was and they bid for it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nathanael Boehm" <cybsnoop&#167;tpg.com.au>
To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 12:59 PM
Subject: Re: [DNS] Internet Registrations Australia


> I was just thinking - why did the NAB get national.com.au ? I mean -
I've
> never heard of the issue you just mentioned - and it's possible that
NAB
may
> have had to take the ppl who "stole" it to court or something to get
it ..
> no idea.
>
> But - why, how can NAB register something generic like "national" as a
> business? The name of the company is .... *goes looking for it*
>
> ... damn, I can't even find it on the ASIC db...
>
> Ok, here it is - from the NAB site: National Australia Bank Limited
>
> Doesn't make sense. Anyway - getting off the topic...
>
>  - SnooP
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dax <shayemaree&#167;bigpond.com>
> To: <dns&#167;lists.auda.org.au>
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2002 11:25 AM
> Subject: Re: [DNS] Internet Registrations Australia
>
>
> > One of the faxes refers to www.national.com.au being lost by the
nationa
> > bank 'don't let what happened to the National Australia bank happen
to
> you'
> > [paraphrasing]
> > Did this happen a while ago?? because the web site still belongs to
the
> > National bank ?!?
> >
> >
>
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