Public-interest domains

Shows current posture and repeated public signal through an explicitly curated, overlapping public-interest lens.

Curated scopeMembership lens30 and 90 days

Latest observations

What is visible now

21 domains in this explicitly curated, overlapping lens.

Observed 10 Sep 2026.

Current observation

A public DMARC record was observed for 21 of 21 cohort domains; DNSSEC evidence was visible for 8 of 21.

In the latest 30 days, 4 material observations affected 2 cohort domains.

Current posture: 10 Sep 2026. 30-day window: 12 Aug 2026 to 10 Sep 2026.

21DMARC present
8DNSSEC visible
20MX present
6DNS providers observed
5registrars observed
Supporting posture detail
2email providers observed
21SPF present
21RDAP records available
16nameserver sets

Recent movement

These 30- and 90-day windows show material and supporting changes. Routine operational observations stay in the evidence but are not the headline.

30-day window

12 Aug 2026 to 10 Sep 2026

Material events
4
Supporting events
1
Affected domains
2
Repeated domains
1

4 material trust-posture observations and 1 supporting infrastructure observation were visible across this cohort during the selected 30-day window.

Routine observations kept separately: 110.

  • Name server movement: 2
  • Registration or RDAP signal: 2
  • DNS provider movement: 1

Continuous per-domain coverage cannot be established from the public manifest artefacts alone; counts use available generated event records.

90-day window

13 Jun 2026 to 10 Sep 2026

Material events
46
Supporting events
7
Affected domains
10
Repeated domains
8

46 material trust-posture observations and 7 supporting infrastructure observations were visible across this cohort during the selected 90-day window.

Routine observations kept separately: 335.

  • Other observed change: 16
  • Registration or RDAP signal: 12
  • Mail routing: 11
  • Email provider movement: 5
  • Name server movement: 5
  • DMARC posture: 2
  • DNS provider movement: 2

Continuous per-domain coverage cannot be established from the public manifest artefacts alone; counts use available generated event records.

Current mail observation

Mail signals visible now

Observed 10 Sep 2026 across 21 cohort domains. This cohort overlaps other cohort views.

MX posture

ProtectedSome posture counts are withheld for privacy

Evidence and posture detail

21 determinate; 0 indeterminate.

  • Public MX visibleSuppressed
  • Null MX0
  • No public MX observedSuppressed

SPF posture

18Single SPF record

Evidence and posture detail

21 determinate; 0 indeterminate.

  • SPF not observed0
  • Single SPF record18
  • Multiple SPF records0
  • Malformed SPF3

DMARC posture

21Valid DMARC record

Evidence and posture detail

21 determinate; 0 indeterminate.

  • DMARC not observed0
  • Valid DMARC record21
  • Multiple DMARC records0
  • Malformed DMARC0

Visible infrastructure links

Mail service associations

Provider Resolution links visible MX routing and first-order SPF references to documented providers. It does not change Mail Posture.

Inbound mail routing

Documented providers linked from visible MX routing targets.

Coverage protectedCoverage is withheld because showing the denominator would reveal a small protected cell.

Documented providers seen in 3+ cohort domains

  • Microsoft11 cohort domains
  • Proofpoint3 cohort domains

Provider counts can overlap and are not market share.

Evidence and coverage
21usable evidence
0insufficient evidence

Target presence

  • Target-bearingSuppressed
  • No targetSuppressed

Documented association coverage

This detail is not published because its denominator would reveal a protected small cell.

Unresolved targets

This detail is not published because its denominator would reveal a protected small cell.

SPF service references

Documented providers linked from first-order SPF include and redirect targets.

13of 17 target-bearing domains had at least one documented association.

Documented providers seen in 3+ cohort domains

  • Amazon Web Services5 cohort domains
  • Microsoft10 cohort domains

8 lower-frequency provider names are withheld.

Provider counts can overlap and are not market share.

Evidence and coverage
21usable evidence
0insufficient evidence

Target presence

  • Target-bearing17
  • No target4

Documented association coverage

  • Documented association13
  • No documented association4

Unresolved targets

  • Unresolved targets visible12
  • No unresolved targets5

How to read this
Inbound routing and SPF service references describe different roles. Provider names are shown only when they recur across at least three cohort domains. Smaller provider counts and privacy-sensitive distributions remain withheld. These are infrastructure associations, not supplier contracts or market share.

Classification: provider-resolution-v1 · Provider Catalogue 1.5.0. The 30/90-day section below is existing cohort history; it does not track Mail Service Association change.

Provider context

Registrars

auDA Internal (9999)

8 observed domains

Department of Finance

6 observed domains

Corporation Service Company (Aust) Pty Ltd

4 observed domains

Domain Directors Pty Ltd trading as Instra

2 observed domains

Melbourne IT

1 observed domains

DNS providers

[unclassified]

10 observed domains

Amazon Web Services

4 observed domains

Akamai

3 observed domains

Microsoft

2 observed domains

Cloudflare

1 observed domains

UltraDNS

1 observed domains

Email providers

Microsoft

11 observed domains

Proofpoint

3 observed domains

Related evidence

Evidence references for observed movement are included in the 30- and 90-day windows above. Reports and State views provide the wider panel context.

About this cohort

Selected domains whose continued public discoverability, authoritative communication or service accessibility has material community value beyond the organisation's own commercial interests.

Inclusion identifies why a domain is useful to observe through this curated lens. It does not imply that domains outside the cohort lack public value, and it is not a formal classification of public-interest infrastructure.

This is a descriptive cohort view. It does not rank or grade organisations.

Source manifest: data/report_manifests/2026-09-10.json

  • Observed cohorts are curated public presentation groups, not complete sector-wide coverage.
  • Cohort summaries describe public domain-layer signals only and do not create ordered assessments.
  • Public presentation cohorts may be mapped from collection cohorts, inventory sectors, or explicit overlapping membership.

Cohort membership

21 domains in this explicitly curated, overlapping lens.

DomainCategoryPublic rationale
bom.gov.auAuthoritative InformationNational weather warning and hazard information.
health.gov.auAuthoritative InformationAuthoritative national health information.
lifeline.org.auCrisis SupportNational crisis-support and help-seeking channel.
ato.gov.auGovernment ServiceNational taxation and identity-sensitive public services.
australia.gov.auGovernment ServiceNational government entry point and public-service navigation.
homeaffairs.gov.auGovernment ServiceImmigration identity and national public-service information.
servicesaustralia.gov.auGovernment ServiceHigh-volume access to national citizen services.
redcross.org.auHumanitarian SupportHumanitarian emergency and community-support services.
beyondblue.org.auMental Health SupportNational mental-health information and support channel.
aemo.com.auNational CoordinationNational energy-market and system coordination information.
auspost.com.auNational ServiceNational postal and logistics service access.
abc.net.auPublic BroadcastingNational public broadcasting news and emergency-information channel.
sbs.com.auPublic BroadcastingNational multilingual broadcasting and community-information channel.
act.gov.auState Government ServicePrimary public-facing government and service root for the Australian Capital Territory.
nsw.gov.auState Government ServicePrimary public-facing government and service root for New South Wales.
nt.gov.auState Government ServicePrimary public-facing government and service root for the Northern Territory.
qld.gov.auState Government ServicePrimary public-facing government and service root for Queensland.
sa.gov.auState Government ServicePrimary public-facing government and service root for South Australia.
tas.gov.auState Government ServicePrimary public-facing government and service root for Tasmania.
vic.gov.auState Government ServicePrimary public-facing government and service root for Victoria.
wa.gov.auState Government ServicePrimary public-facing government and service root for Western Australia.