As per an email from the support, I called the toll-free number to get my registry key. Here is the email response:
Your domain is in a redemption state as it remained unpaid for a full 40 days after expiry. You can chose to recover the domain as explained below, or you may wait for the domain to be deleted and attempt to register the domain as a new licence. The approximate deletion date of the domain is between [this date] and [that date].
EXPLANATION OF REDEMPTIONPERIOD STATUS
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Once a domain is tagged for deletion at the registry, it enters a 30 day “Redemption Period” . Whilst a domain is in its Redemption Period we are able to recover the domain for you and restore the original license holder details and administrative contact details.
The cost involved in recovering a domain that is within its redemption period is $USD155.00 or $AUS310.00. This fee includes a 1 year renewal.
If the domain is not recovered during this period, it will be made publicly available for registration at which point you may attempt to register the domain again.
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Holy crap! Do I really want to pay this much now or wait until next month? I wanna refund! Waahh!
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