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In November, 2011, it was announced that CoCCA had teamed with [[Sedari]] and [[Cloud Registry]] to apply for the proposed [[.sydney]] and [[.melbourne]] [[GeoTLD]]s. They are submitting a joint application to the governments of New South Wales and Victoria, which announced requests for proposals the previous month.  Cloud Registry would run the back-end, while Sedari handled the back-office functions and CoCCA provided knowledge gained through its experience as a ccTLD platform.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/joint-venture-bids-for-aussie-city-gtlds/ Joint Venture for Aussie City gTLDs, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

In November, 2011, it was announced that CoCCA had teamed with [[Sedari]] and [[Cloud Registry]] to apply for the proposed [[.sydney]] and [[.melbourne]] [[GeoTLD]]s. They are submitting a joint application to the governments of New South Wales and Victoria, which announced requests for proposals the previous month.  Cloud Registry would run the back-end, while Sedari handled the back-office functions and CoCCA provided knowledge gained through its experience as a ccTLD platform.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/joint-venture-bids-for-aussie-city-gtlds/ Joint Venture for Aussie City gTLDs, DomainIncite.com]</ref>

In October 2012, CoCCA withdrew from [[APTLD]] with the claim that the association of regional ccTLD operators backed [[AusRegistry]] because AusRegistry is one of its largest donors. APTLD submitted a comment in support of keeping a longstanding registry back-end contract with AusRegistry rather than opening it up to the public. Of that comment, CoCCA director [[Garth Miller]] issued an email, saying: "That AusRegistry, a large for-profit company that is an associate member of APTLD can simply make a phone call to a board member and get the board to make a public submission on behalf of all members that a scheduled public tender be cancelled and AusRegistry be awarded the contract – worth as much as several hundred million dollars, because they have made substantial contributions to the APLTD in the past and are likely to do so in the future if awarded the contract is, in my view, disturbing." CoCCa believe the [[.au]] contract, which AusRegistry currently holds, should be opened up to competitive bidding. According to Domain Incite, however, Miller's view is the minority view. Under the consultation of [[AuDA]], the policy overseer for Australia’s .au domain, numerous other registrars have supported the recommendation for AusRegistry to keep the contract.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10803-cocca-withdraws-from-aptld-over-support-for-ausregistry-monopoly CoCCA withdraws from APTLD over support for AusRegistry “monopoly”]. Domain Incite. Published 2012 October 24. Retrieved November 13.</ref>

In October 2012, CoCCA withdrew from [[APTLD]] with the claim that the association of regional ccTLD operators backed [[AusRegistry]] because AusRegistry is one of its largest donors. APTLD submitted a comment in support of keeping a longstanding registry back-end contract with AusRegistry rather than opening it up to the public. Of that comment, CoCCA director [[Garth Miller]] issued an email, saying: "That AusRegistry, a large for-profit company that is an associate member of APTLD can simply make a phone call to a board member and get the board to make a public submission on behalf of all members that a scheduled public tender be cancelled and AusRegistry be awarded the contract – worth as much as several hundred million dollars, because they have made substantial contributions to the APLTD in the past and are likely to do so in the future if awarded the contract is, in my view, disturbing." CoCCa believe the [[.au]] contract, which AusRegistry currently holds, should be opened up to competitive bidding. According to Domain Incite, however, Miller's view is the minority view. Under the consultation of [[AuDA]], the policy overseer for Australia’s .au domain, numerous other registrars have supported the recommendation for AusRegistry to keep the contract.<ref>[http://domainincite.com/10803-cocca-withdraws-from-aptld-over-support-for-ausregistry-monopoly CoCCA withdraws from APTLD over support for AusRegistry “monopoly”]. Domain Incite. Published 2012 October 24. Retrieved November 13.</ref>