Government of Victoria: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 18:56, 16 October 2012


Type:	Government Entity
Headquarters:	Victoria
Country:	Australia
Website:	www.vic.gov.au
Twitter:	@InfoVic
Key People
Alex Chernov, Governor Ted Baillieu, Premier

The Government of Victoria, Australia, is a democratic parliamentary form of government. The State of Victoria is one of the six states of the Australian Commonwealth.^[1]

Application for New gTLD[edit | edit source]

In 2011, the State Government of Victoria announced its plan to submit an application for the .victoria and .melbourne geographical top level domain name via ICANN's New gTLD Program. On October 19, 2011, the government issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking a partner to submit the application and to manage and operate the TLD under a revenue sharing agreement. ^[2] ARI Registry Services, a leading registry service provider based in Australia, won the contract to operate the .victoria and melbourne TLDs. The company hired Ernst & Young and Melbourne IT to help prepare the application for the TLD. ARI Registry Service will also serve as registry operator for the .sydney string for the Government of New South Wales. ^[3]

References[edit | edit source]

[1] The Parliamentary System

[2] Registry Operator to obtaining & operating multiple generic Top Level Domains

[3] ARI Wins .SYDNEY, .MELBOURNE & .VICTORIA As Big Guns Wheel Out Announcements

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-The '''Government of Victoria''' has a democratic parliamentary form of government. The branches of the government is the Executive (Premier and Cabinet Ministers), Legislative (Parliament) and Judiciary (system of courts). The State of Victoria is one of the six states of the Australian Commonwealth. The Queen (represented by the Governor), the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly makes up the Parliament. The political party with the larger number of seats in the Legislative Assembly forms the government of Victoria and the leader of the party becomes the Premier of Victoria.<ref>[http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/the-parliamentary-system The Parliamentary System]</ref>
+The '''Government of Victoria''', Australia, is a democratic parliamentary form of government. The State of Victoria is one of the six states of the Australian Commonwealth.<ref>[http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about/the-parliamentary-system The Parliamentary System]</ref>
-The government of Victoria is based from United Kingdom's Westminster system. There is a separation of power between the three branches of the government. The Executive branch, which is responsible in administering the government has the responsibility to present its policies to the Parliament for evaluation and approval. <ref>[http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/about About the Parliament]</ref>
-The governor of Victoria is the head of the state who is appointed by Queen based on the recommendation of the Premier of the State. The governor serves as the representative of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth and his primary responsibility is to ensure the democracy of the state. The governor's power and responsibility include constitutional, ceremonial and community functions as defined by the laws established by the Parliament. [[Alex Chernov]] is the current Governor of the State. <ref>[http://www.governor.vic.gov.au/role.htm Position of the Governor]</ref>
-The Premier is elected and supported by the majority members of the Legislative Assembly. The Ministers of the Cabinet help the Premier in governing the State. [[Ted Baillieu]] is the current Premier of the Government of Victoria. <ref>[http://www.premier.vic.gov.au/our-commitment.html Premier of Victoria]</ref>
-==Application for New gTLD==
+===Application for New gTLD===
-In 2011, the State Government of Victoria announced its plan to submit an application for the [[.victoria]] and [[.melbourne]] [[GeoTLD| geographical top level domain name]] ([[TLD]]) to the [[New gTLD Program]] of the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]]. The government issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking for a partner to submit the application and to manage and operate the TLD under a revenue sharing agreement on October 19, 2011. <ref>[https://tenders.nsw.gov.au/dfs/?event=public.rft.showArchived&RFTUUID=F020CB28-D868-DD68-DFD741D90E8B3E2A Registry Operator to obtaining & operating multiple generic Top Level Domains]</ref> [[ARI Registry Services]], a leading registry service provider in Australia won the contract to operate the .victoria and melbourne TLDs. The company hired [[Ernst & Young]] and [[Melbourne IT]] to help in developing the application for the TLD. ARI Registry Service will also serve as registry operator for the [[.sydney]] string for the [[Government of New South Wales]].
+In 2011, the State Government of Victoria announced its plan to submit an application for the [[.victoria]] and [[.melbourne]] [[GeoTLD| geographical top level domain name]] via [[ICANN]]'s [[New gTLD Program]]. On October 19, 2011, the government issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) seeking a partner to submit the application and to manage and operate the TLD under a revenue sharing agreement. <ref>[https://tenders.nsw.gov.au/dfs/?event=public.rft.showArchived&RFTUUID=F020CB28-D868-DD68-DFD741D90E8B3E2A Registry Operator to obtaining & operating multiple generic Top Level Domains]</ref> [[ARI Registry Services]], a leading registry service provider based in Australia, won the contract to operate the .victoria and melbourne TLDs. The company hired [[Ernst & Young]] and [[Melbourne IT]] to help prepare the application for the TLD. ARI Registry Service will also serve as registry operator for the [[.sydney]] string for the [[Government of New South Wales]].
 <ref>[http://www.domainpulse.com/2012/02/22/ari-wins-sydney-melbourne-victoria-as-big-guns-wheel-out-announcements/ ARI Wins .SYDNEY, .MELBOURNE & .VICTORIA As Big Guns Wheel Out Announcements]</ref>