Australia’s new strengthened export controls will require that students and staff researching and publishing findings related to technology listed on the Defence and Strategic Goods List (DSGL) obtain permits from the Defence Export Control Office (DECO) in some instances. Your university has likely already started down the path of examining your exposure to Australia’s strengthened
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Over the course of the past two years, the Australian government has been working to strengthen export controls in Australia, which includes placing new controls on intangible “exports” such as publications, emails, data access channels, and other “supplies” of technology listed on the Defence and Strategic Goods List (DSGL). These new controls will have a
Read more →The passage of the Defence Trade Controls Act 2012 (the Act) will result in strengthened export controls on the intangible supply (fax, email, phone, video conferencing, or providing access to information) of Australian produced technology listed on the DSGL. Though the Act was passed in late 2012, there is no requirement for industry to comply with its strengthened export control provisions until May 2015, when the two-year transition period for testing the impact of the new controls has concluded.
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