And why on earth would someone ask for their names like that to be deleted?
These aren't auDA policy deletes.
The whois status indicates that these domains have been deleted at the request of the current registrant, not auDA.
Compare the status for espressomakers.com.au - "pendingDelete (Client requested delete)" with realestat.com.au - "pendingDelete (Client requested policy delete)"
One thing I would be curious about is if anyone knows why this terminology of client requested is used when it's very misleading?