As an auDA member (and someone who's familiar with both the domain 
registrar industry and regulation of other ccTLDs) I'm happy with 
Chris' comments today.

I suspect he's  got strong support from many people who read this 
List but don't post and from people who avoid the List after 
experiencing some of its sillyness over recent years.

Registrars are important but they are just one part of the equation. 
The Australian ccTLD is administered by auDA on behalf of  *all* 
Australians, not just those seeking to make a buck flogging domain 
names or seeking commercial advantage by weakening/strengthening 
particular rules.

The rules have been the subject of community input, on several 
occasions (and in a rigorous, transparent way). Some of the claims 
made in this list over the past month simply don't stand up and 
shouldn't be accepted merely on the basis that they are shouted or 
recurrently offered as a truth.