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ISOC-AU is a non-profit society founded in 1996 which promotes Australian Internet development - the Internet is for everyone! ISOC-AU is a chapter of the world-wide Internet Society and supports international web accessibility guidelines.
Thank you, ISOC-AU Sponsors
Networking Events: we believe the social side of networking is just as important as the technical side. Above: Board members with Vint Cerf, 21 January 2011 (click image to enlarge). From left: Andrew McRae, Cheryl Langdon-Orr, Paul Brooks, Vint Cerf, Narelle Clark, Tony Hill, Holly Raiche.
Organisational Membership
Sustaining Members:
Welcome to our newest
Enterprise Members:
Sophos
Welcome to our newest
Foundation Members:
Titan Web
Crucial Paradigm
2012 AGM of ISOC-AU
The AGM was held at 3:30pm on Thursday 11 October 2012, at the Hotel Realm, 18 National Circuit, Barton ACT. See the Agenda and Notices. Jerry Leeson, Jonathan Lawrence and Robert Forsyth retired as directors by rotation, and Jonathan Lawrence, Craig O'Toole, and Harriet (Holly) Raiche elected to the Board.Contact Us
Do you have a question about the Internet or ISOC-AU? Email assist(at)isoc-au.org.au [replace (at) with @].Address and Board contact details
March 2013: Minutes from the Directors' Meeting
ISOC-AU Privacy Policy
From our 1996 Objectives
The fundamental human desire for communication has been the engine driving social, cultural, scientific, and economic development throughout history. The new medium of the Internet has brought about widespread, creative communication between individuals and groups that previously had little chance of contact.
The overriding objective of the Society is to give expression to the needs and wishes of individuals, groups, or organisations that have a common interest in the viability of the Internet in Australia, so that all Australian users of the Internet may continue to benefit from, and contribute to its applications, technologies, and evolution.
Thank you to all ISOC-AU members for your ongoing years of commitment.
ASIC Abuse of Powers to Block Internet Traffic
MEDIA RELEASE 17 May 2013: The Internet Society of Australia condemns ASIC use of powers under section 313 of the Telecommunications Act to wrongly block over 1000 Australian web sites. While we support the requirement on carriers and service providers to stop their networks being used in the commission of Federal, State or Territory Crimes, the use of the Act must not be abused by the Government or its agencies.Read more here ...
Internet Society of Australia Applauds Filtering Decision MEDIA RELEASE 09 November 2012: The Internet Society of Australia applauds the Government's decision not to proceed with mandatory Internet 'filtering' legislation. "Mandatory blocking, as we understand the proposal, would have been costly and unlikely to have been effective in preventing the public from exposure to harmful or illegal material", said Narelle Clark, President of the Internet Society of Australia. More here ...
Australian IPv6 Summit 2012 Open for Business
Took place on 17-19 October 2012
See the presentations here!
World IPv6 Launch
Global ISPs, network manufacturers and web companies came together to permanently enable IPv6 for their products and services by 6 June 2012, see World IPv6 Launch.
IPv6 is critical to the Internet's continued
growth as a platform for innovation and development.
See our IPv6
Resource site.
Australian Honoured in Inaugural Internet Hall of Fame
MEDIA RELEASE 23 April 2012: The Internet Society of Australia is pleased to announce that Australia's Geoff Huston has been recognised amongst the international pioneers of the global Internet. See internethalloffame.org/inductees/. Full press release here...Internet Society's 20th Anniversary
One of the founding principles of the Internet's design is openness, and
in 1992 a small group of Internet pioneers came together to make sure it
stayed that way. This act laid the foundation for the Internet Society – dedicated to helping
keep the Internet open, accessible, and defined by you ...
See more...
WORLD IPv6 DAY – "Best School Day Ever!"
ISOC-AU spearheaded Australia's contribution to the worldwide collaboration on World IPv6 Day, 8 June 2011, see ipv6.org.au. ISOC-AU helped organise a special event for school students, who were able to access the IPv6 Internet courtesy of Studentnet and IPv6Now, even though their schools' current infrastructure only supports IPv4. More... See pictures here!National Broadband Network: A Guide for Consumers
NBN: A
Guide for Consumers, was launched on 8 April 2011 by Senator
Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital
Economy. It was written by Holly Raiche,
Narelle Clark and Dr Paul Brooks for ACCAN, in cooperation with Jonathan
Gadir, Senior Policy Advisory ACCAN.
From left: Jonathan Gadir, Holly Raiche, Senator
Conroy, Paul Brooks, Narelle Clark
(click image to enlarge).
Recent Submissions
- 19 Aug 2012: Submission in response to the request for comments on the Inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation (.pdf, 199 Kb).
- 20 Jul 2012: Submission in response to First 2012 auDA Industry Advisory Panel Issues Paper
- 27 Apr 2012: Draft Terms of Reference for the ALRC Reference on Copyright
- 10 Jun 2011: Review of .au Policy Framework proposed in auDA paper of May 2011
- 24 Feb 2011: National Broadband Network Companies Bill 2010; and Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill 2010 All submissions in chronological order
- Media Releases
- ISOC-AU and Internet Histories
- Internet Regulation and Censorship
- Governance for the Domain Name System
- Older Information Resources
- OnTheInternet - the online magazine from the Internet Society
All submissions in topic-area order
History and Resources
Past Conferences
Click here for all Australian IPv6 Summits since 2005.
IPv6 for e-Business 
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