❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice reveals the WA Police and Office of Road Safety's purchase of multiple .com.au and .com domains, including reasons for not adhering to the recommended .wa.gov.au domain standard, citing supporter association independence and prevention of 'ghost sites'.
AnsweredQoN 709Legislative Assembly
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(1) In relation to your portfolio areas, how many ".com.au" domains have been purchased, as at 7 June 2017: (a) what is the domain; (b) who was it purchased through; (c) when was it purchased; (d) what was the upfront cost of purchase; and (e) what is the annual recurrent cost of purchase? (2) how many ".com" domains have been purchased: (a) what is the domain; (b) who was it purchased through; (c) when was it purchased; (d) what was the upfront cost of purchase; and (e) what is the annual recurrent cost of purchase? (3) Is the Minister aware that the Auditor General recommends the consistency of ".wa.gov.au" domains for all government agencies and if so, why was it considered necessary to purchase each ".com.au" and ".com" domain?
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Answered
15 August 2017
Responded by
Minister for Police; Road Safety
Response time
11 days
The WA Police advise the following:
(1) Two “.com.au” domains have been purchased as at 7 June 2017.
(a) The domains are www.wapol.com.au and www.leaverswa.com.au . (b) www.wapol.com.au was purchased through Web Address Registration Crazy Domains (Western Australia police Pipe Band Supporters Association). www.leaverswa.com.au was purchased through NetRegistry AdCorp (Western Australia Police Service) (c) The domain www.wapol.com.au was purchased in May 2000. There is no record of when the domain www.leavers.com.au was first purchased. However, last renewal was at 29 March 2017. (d) The upfront cost of purchase of the domain www.wapol.com.au is unknown due to being such a long time ago and the people involved have now left the agency. The domain www.leaverswa.com.au was purchased at a cost of $30. (e) The annual recurrent cost of purchase for the domain www.wapol.com.au is $200. The annual recurrent cost of purchase for the domain www.leaverswa.com.au is $12.
(2) Western Australia Police has not purchased any “.com” domains. (a)- (e) Not applicable.
(3) The domain www.wapol.com.au was considered necessary due to The Pipe Band Supporters’ Association not being part of any Government agency; therefore it technically has no legal requirement for its domain name to have “.wa.gov.au” in its title. It is paid for and owned by the Supporters’ Association, not the Western Australia Police. It is also understood that the Supporters’ Association website and domain name was established long before this new domain name requirement was made and was never required to be changed, as it is not a Government Department. The domain www.leaverswa.com.au was considered necessary at the time of creation for the website not to be affiliated with Western Australia Police or any other government department. It was to encourage leavers to use the website without thinking enquires were being overlooked by Western Australia Police or the Western Australia Government.
The Office of Road Safety advise the following;
1) 6
(a)-(e) As follows:
1
2
3
4
5
(a)
towardszero.com.au
drinkstupiddrivestupid.com.au
Mystandarddrinks.com.au
officeofthecommissionerforroadsafety.com.au
ocrs.com.au
Roadsafetycommission.com.au
(b)
Melbourne IT
Netregistry
Netregistry
Netregistry
Netregistry
Netregistry
(c)
2008
31 st July 2017
20 th July 2017
16 th March 2015
Information not available
10 th June 2015
(d)
Information not available
$23.90
$23.90
$59.95
Information not available
$53.90
(e)
$136.36 for two years
$38.95 for two years
$21.95 per year
$19.95 per year
Domain name currently on hold
$15 per year
2) 4
(a)-(e) As follows:
1
2
3
4
(a)
Drinkstupiddrivestupid.com
Mystandarddrinks.com
officeofthecommissionerforroadsafety.com
ocrs.com
(b)
Netregistry
Netregistry
Netregistry
Netregistry
(c)
30 th July 2015
27 th July 2015
16 th March 2015
Information not available
(d)
$53.90
$53.90
$199.50
Information not available
(e)
$21.95 per year
$21.95 per year
$19.95 per year
$19.95 per year
3) Yes. Domain names were purchased to prevent creation of ghost sites.
(1) Two “.com.au” domains have been purchased as at 7 June 2017.
(a) The domains are www.wapol.com.au and www.leaverswa.com.au . (b) www.wapol.com.au was purchased through Web Address Registration Crazy Domains (Western Australia police Pipe Band Supporters Association). www.leaverswa.com.au was purchased through NetRegistry AdCorp (Western Australia Police Service) (c) The domain www.wapol.com.au was purchased in May 2000. There is no record of when the domain www.leavers.com.au was first purchased. However, last renewal was at 29 March 2017. (d) The upfront cost of purchase of the domain www.wapol.com.au is unknown due to being such a long time ago and the people involved have now left the agency. The domain www.leaverswa.com.au was purchased at a cost of $30. (e) The annual recurrent cost of purchase for the domain www.wapol.com.au is $200. The annual recurrent cost of purchase for the domain www.leaverswa.com.au is $12.
(2) Western Australia Police has not purchased any “.com” domains. (a)- (e) Not applicable.
(3) The domain www.wapol.com.au was considered necessary due to The Pipe Band Supporters’ Association not being part of any Government agency; therefore it technically has no legal requirement for its domain name to have “.wa.gov.au” in its title. It is paid for and owned by the Supporters’ Association, not the Western Australia Police. It is also understood that the Supporters’ Association website and domain name was established long before this new domain name requirement was made and was never required to be changed, as it is not a Government Department. The domain www.leaverswa.com.au was considered necessary at the time of creation for the website not to be affiliated with Western Australia Police or any other government department. It was to encourage leavers to use the website without thinking enquires were being overlooked by Western Australia Police or the Western Australia Government.
The Office of Road Safety advise the following;
1) 6
(a)-(e) As follows:
1
2
3
4
5
(a)
towardszero.com.au
drinkstupiddrivestupid.com.au
Mystandarddrinks.com.au
officeofthecommissionerforroadsafety.com.au
ocrs.com.au
Roadsafetycommission.com.au
(b)
Melbourne IT
Netregistry
Netregistry
Netregistry
Netregistry
Netregistry
(c)
2008
31 st July 2017
20 th July 2017
16 th March 2015
Information not available
10 th June 2015
(d)
Information not available
$23.90
$23.90
$59.95
Information not available
$53.90
(e)
$136.36 for two years
$38.95 for two years
$21.95 per year
$19.95 per year
Domain name currently on hold
$15 per year
2) 4
(a)-(e) As follows:
1
2
3
4
(a)
Drinkstupiddrivestupid.com
Mystandarddrinks.com
officeofthecommissionerforroadsafety.com
ocrs.com
(b)
Netregistry
Netregistry
Netregistry
Netregistry
(c)
30 th July 2015
27 th July 2015
16 th March 2015
Information not available
(d)
$53.90
$53.90
$199.50
Information not available
(e)
$21.95 per year
$21.95 per year
$19.95 per year
$19.95 per year
3) Yes. Domain names were purchased to prevent creation of ghost sites.
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