completion of the proceeding. This is to prevent the respondent from altering or transferring the domain name during the dispute. Panelists must follow the auDRP. In addition to the formal auDRP Rules, each Resolution Provider may prescribe Supplemental Rules, relating to their requirements for format of submissions, timing and processes. Panellists are not bound to follow formal rules of evidence, or precedent. However, there are published practice guidelines for auDRP panelists. To succeed in a domain name complaint under the auDRP, the complainant must establish all three of the following criteria: the complainant has legitimate rights or interests in the domain name; the respondent (domain holder) has no legitimate rights or interests in the domain name; and the respondent has registered or used the domain name in bad faith. (This criterion is a key difference from the UDRP, which requires registration and use in bad faith.) There are two remedies available to a successful complainant: cancellation of the domain name (the domain name is dropped and returned to the pool of available domain names); or transfer of the domain name to the complainant, provided the complainant satisfies the eligibility requirements to hold the domain name. If a successful decision is issued, subject to any legal appeal, the remedy is implemented automatically by the domain name's registrar of record without input from the respondent. Decisions issued under the auDRP are published in an archive database. Domain statistics auDA issues an Annual Report as at the end of each financial year (30 June). Since 2019, auDA has also issued quarterly statistical reports. These reports contain statistical information about the performance of the .au domain and other information about auDA's operations during the reporting period. According to auDA's Annual Reports, the total domains under management (being the total number of active domain names) and average new domains created per month are as follows: The .com.au second-level domain namespace accounts for the vast majority of domain name registrations. In 2020-21, the number of .com.au domains registered exceeded 3 million for the first time. Other Australian domain names .au is not the only top-level domain name assigned to Australia. Some Australian territories have their own ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code, and therefore have their own ccTLD as well: .cx – Christmas Island .cc – Cocos (Keeling) Islands .nf – Norfolk Island .hm – Heard and McDonald Islands As the appropriate authorities were late in recognising the