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Announcing the 2026 recipients of the auDA Churchill Fellowship
The Winston Churchill Trust, in partnership with .au Domain Administration Limited (auDA), is pleased to announce Catherine Brown and Anthony Wylde as the recipients of the 2026 auDA Churchill Fellowship.
Submission: Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence: A National Trust Anchor for AI Agents
The Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence sought submissions from the public as part of its inquiry into a range of matters relating to artificial intelligence (AI) as per its Terms of Reference. auDA's submission includes a whitepaper titled A national trust anchor for AI agents: Why the country-code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) regsitry should operate the national agent namespace. You can read our summary below, or download the full whitepaper.
.au Licensing Rules Review completed by external Policy Advisory Panel
The Policy Advisory Panel has concluded its Review and provided its Final Report to the auDA Board. At its August 2026 meeting the auDA Board resolved to approve the Panel’s Recommendations in the Final Report in-principle and directed auDA Management to prepare an Implementation Plan that takes into account the impact of the Recommendations.