On 29 Aug 2002 at 10:22, Keith Inman wrote:

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> David's news posting included an SMH article about the Sydney opera house
> fraud (see below).  It is worth pointing out that they didn't try it within
> the .au domain space.   Our registry has a degree of integrity that
> safeguards many Australian consumers, even if they don't know it.
> 
> My personal experience is that I have yet to come across a single example
> of a domain name registration within the .com.au and .net.au spaces that
> contained false details.  They may be outdated, but never false.
> 

The Greeks had a word for this: hubris 

Dear boy if you really think that by allowing companies based in Bridgetown Barbados 
and two bit $2 proprietory companies with no real tech background, money or resouces 
to be registrars this integrity will be maintained - think again.

We already have one accredited .au registrar who engages in very dubious practices 
with TLD domains (haven't we Ed?). How soon before these cowboys start playing 
ducks and drakes with the .au name space?


cb