auDA Public Impact Report

auDA is pleased to present our inaugural Public Impact Report, highlighting the ways we have delivered a positive impact for Australians.

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A picture showing the number of .au membership engagements in 2024-25 depicted on a map of Australia. .au membership engagements in 2024-25 depicted on a map of Australia. There were a total of 48 events in 2024-25. Ten were national, six were for people in Australian Capital Territory, two were for people in New South Wales, one was for people in Northern Territory, six were for people in Queensland, three were for people in South Australia, three were for people in Tasmania, 14 were for people in Victoria, and four were for people in Western Australia.

Community impact

auDA is a member organisation with more than 6,000 members as at September 2025. We regularly engage with .au members and the broader Australian community to share our knowledge and learn more about the evolving online needs of Australians.

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an infographic with text and numbers stating that in 2024-25 auDA awarded a total of $2.5 million for two R&D Grant Program projects over three years, invested $1.9 million in auDA Public Benefit Program initiatives, supported 15 Projects as part of auDA’s Community Grant Program, and announced the auDA Churchill Fellowships with The Winston Churchill Trust.

Delivering Public Benefit through the internet

Through the Public Benefit Program we provide funding for research, innovation and community initiatives that enhance the benefits of the internet for Australians and support underserved Australians to establish an online presence. The Public Benefit Program includes the auDA Research and Development Grant Program auDA Community Grant Program and the auDA Churchill Fellowship.

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A picture of the Impact North team with participants of their Stepping into Business program. The infographic includes their picture, alongside the title of their 2023 auDA Community Grant project, “Empowering remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs to deliver business literacy training”.

Case study: Impact North

"auDA supported us to deliver a range of entrepreneurial and digital skills development workshops across the Northern Territory in 2024. Improved digital skills enabled remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs to grow their businesses, develop as local role models and reinvest in their communities. This provided people in remote communities with access to new job opportunities, local skills and mentorship." - Impact North

An infographic showing a map of the world with accompanying numbers to demonstrate auDA’s engagement across local, regional and global communities and forums. In 2024-25 auDA was involved in 10 internet governance working groups and participated in 46 engagements at key local, regional and global internet governance and policy forums.

Maintaining an open, free, secure and interoperable internet

auDA actively contributes to technology-related public policy discussion and multi-stakeholder internet governance processes across the local, regional and global internet communities.

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The Asia Pacific Internet Governance Academy (APIGA) Australia

The inaugural APIGA Australia pilot program was held in 2024 to cultivate the next generation of youth leaders in internet governance. Over three days of presentations and hands-on workshops, 40 young professionals and students aged 18-35 developed their understanding of the internet ecosystem, empowering them to take an active role in shaping the digital landscape they experience today and in years to come. Thanks to the pilot’s success, the program will return in February 2026.

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auDA research

auDA research increases understanding of how Australians use and experience the internet. Our 2025 Digital Lives research revealed:

Cover image of the Digital Lives of Australians 2025 report.

auDA staff attending a guided walking tour with the Koorie Heritage Trust in Melbourne.

Reconciliation

Through auDA’s RAP we seek to promote digital inclusion for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and build auDA staff’s understanding of reconciliation. In 2024-25 auDA staff participated in several activities to develop understanding of reconciliation, including a guided walking tour with the Koorie Heritage Trust (pictured).

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Committing to a sustainable future

auDA is committed to operating in an environmental and socially responsible way. In January 2025 we published our Sustainability Framework which outlines our focus areas across environment, social sustainability and governance through to 2029-30.

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