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Pauline Hanson’s One Nation may lose website names registered ahead of Indigenous Voice referendum campaign

Pauline Hanson, dressed in a red jacket, wears a serious expression as she walks out of the Senate.

A pre-emptive strike by One Nation to register dozens of website addresses that could be used in the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum campaign has backfired, with several of the party’s new acquisitions set to be suspended.

One Nation leader Pauline Hanson declared last Friday her party would become the face of the “no” vote in a referendum that could give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people greater constitutional representation.

She said her campaign snatched up 46 website domains, including five that closely match ulurustatement.org, a website address already used by First Nations Australians and supporters of a constitutionally recognized First Nations Voice.

“The ‘yes’ campaign is ill-defined and ill-prepared, not even having the foresight to register the domain names we will use to good effect,” Ms Hanson said.

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Some of these websites, registered in bulk by Pauline Hanson’s One Nation and One Nation’s Queensland division, included voicetoparliament.org.au and ulurustatement.com.au.

The practice of registering multiple domain names is known as cyber-squatting and can be used to help maximize search engine traffic.

However, One Nation’s endeavor has failed foul of the entity responsible for licensing Australian domains, the .au Domain Administration (auDA).

The domain license administrator, who was made aware of the websites after the ABC uncovered 37 domains that appeared to be registered to One Nation, will suspend several of One Nation’s domains containing a .au address.

It is unclear how many domains will be taken down but auDA policy stipulates entities must typically have a “close and substantial connection” to their registered .au domain name. For example, the domain must match the name they are known by or a service they offer.

“The rules contain strict criteria that registrants must meet to hold their domain name,” an auDA spokesperson said.

“Where registrants are found not to have met the requirements of the .au licensing rules, a .au domain name may be suspended or canceled by auDA.”

The ABC was able to locate 23 domains linked to One Nation’s opposition to a Voice to Parliament with a .au address.

It found another 14 that had their ownership details redacted, but domain records showed they were registered by a Queensland entity at almost the exact same time as the others on August 2 and shared similar website address names.

None of the domains had active websites.

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Coles receipt acknowledgment of country ‘unnecessary’, Indigenous leader says

Coles receipt acknowledgment of country 'unnecessary', Indigenous leader says

Coles has stood by its inclusion of an “acknowledgment of country” on its receipts despite the move being slammed as “unnecessary” by an Indigenous leader.

“Coles Group acknowledges the Traditional Custodians of Country throughout Australia. We recognize their strength and pay our respects to Elders, past, present and emerging,” the message says.

“Coles Group extends that respect to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and recognize their rich cultures and consulting connection to land and waters.”

It comes after Channel 9’s The Block and Channel 10’s The Masked Singer also featured acknowledgment to country messages.

Wurundjeri elder Ian Hunter told the Herald Sun on Wednesday the Coles receipt message was “unnecessary”.

“For it to have more meaning, it would be better for Coles to locate the message on receipts for specific areas, for example Coles in Darebin could acknowledge the Woiwurrung people,” he told the newspaper.

“The acknowledgment of country shouldn’t be taken lightly. I’m getting fed up with this; it’s a real overreach.”

But in a statement, a Coles spokeswoman defended the move.

“With more than 2,500 stores nationally and as one of Australia’s largest employers of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, Coles Group is proud to include an acknowledgment of country on our receipts,” she said.

“We work hard to create opportunities for Indigenous peoples, organisations, communities and customers to engage with our business and continue to increase understanding, value and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures, histories, knowledge and rights.”

She also shared a Coles Group document titled Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement.

“Our purpose at Coles is to ‘sustainably feed all Australians to help them lead healthier, happier lives’,” a message from Coles Group chief executive Steven Cain says.

“This purpose is underpinned by our strategy to win together with our team members, suppliers and communities, and includes a commitment to diversity and inclusion for all Australians – including Indigenous Australians.”

The document states that over the past 10 years, Coles has increased its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander team member representation from 65 to more than 4,400, representing 3.8 per cent of employees.

Last month, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson dramatically stormed out of the Senate during the routine morning acknowledgment, yelling, “No, I won’t. I never will.”

Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe, a DjabWurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara woman, slammed the move as “disrespectful” and “racist”.

But Indigenous Senator Jacinta Price from the Country Liberal Party said she “understands” why Ms Hanson stormed out.

“While I understand the need for acknowledgment is important, we’ve just been absolutely saturated with it,” she said at the time.

“It’s getting to the point where it’s actually removing the sacredness of traditional culture and practices. It’s become almost like a throwaway line. We don’t want to see all these symbolic gestures, we want to see real action.”

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