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 Spin.* Server Name Change
spin.nsw.au.austnet.org is taking a name change and will be known as comcen.nsw.au.austnet.org from tomorrow onwards. You can connect to the server by typing /server comcen.austnet.org
January 21st 2:17pm, Submitted by camASD Additions and Raises
There have been numerous changes to the AustNet Services Department team. Congratulations to Hovy, BufFStaR and MrPrelude on being added to #ASD at level 75, Longie and Demandred on being added to ASD at level 10, Praetorian, darkness, saturn and seaner on being raised to level 200, and robby, daunted and Jeppe on being raised to level 250.
December 28th 5:37pm, Submitted by ed Merry Christmas
Season's greetings to all on AustNet, from AustNet staff. May you have a wonderful season and a very happy New Year.
 LiveChat this Christmas Eve!
Malay celebrities will be visiting AustNet at 8:00pm AWST (10:30pm AEST) in the #Suria channel tonight. All are welcome!
IRSSI - Potential remote crash
A new flaw has been discovered in the recently released version of IRSSI (0.8.8). In the wake of this newly discovered vulnerability the authors have released version 0.8.9 which fixes the problem. Get version 0.8.9 HERE (http://irssi.org/)
 The Do's and Don'ts of the internet
A new guide has been added to the support section of this website. Titled "The Do's and Don'ts of the Internet", this guide aims to provide important information and tips that every user should be aware of when either surfing the internet or spending time on AustNet. The guide can be viewed HERE (http://support.austnet.org/dodont.html)
 Beastclub Australia Cruise #5
Beastclub Australia Car cruise is happening again! It's going to be great, summer is coming and we all want to show off our wheels! Lot's of free prizes, gift vouchers given out on the night, + lots of extras! All car types welcome, Free Membership can be obtained on the night. Be there! More
December 4th 8:40am, Submitted by DJ_AxiNew IRSII Release
The new 0.8.8 version of IRSII has been released, and contains new features such as Paste detection, and increased support for sending and receiving large files (~2GB) and also better displaying of DCC file transfer statistics. More
December 3rd 2:44pm, Submitted by Blase#Perth Annual BBQ
The Annual #Perth BBQ Meet is on again this year, at Kings Park, Sunday 30 Nov for lunch. All the details are at www.iinet.net.au/~kewdon/perth/
The previous 5 meets have been a HUGE success, so come along to see who hides behind the nickname ;)
And maybe eat some food too!
November 12th 12:17pm, Submitted by RedBoo Yaa Tribe!
Calling all hiphop and rap fans - platinum selling artists Boo Yaa Tribe will be chatting as a special event, in the channel #doublebeef on November 7th at 11 am AEDT. Presented by DoubleBeef Records, Boo Yaa Tribe will be chatting about their new album that has just been released. For more information, see the community events section of this website!
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