Developers in the autonomous vehicle sector received a boost recently after the New South Wales government launched a four - year , AUD10 m ( $ 150 m ) fund to test the technology . A shuttle - bus trial is currently underway in Sydney , while 400 km away , Dubbo is set to become the first town in the world to test autonomous vehicles . The fund is part of the state government 's State Transport 2056 initiative , and follows last month 's announcement of draft legislation by the National Transport Commission , set to be in force by 2020 , allowing autonomous vehicles to be used on Australian roads .
Developers in the autonomous vehicle sector received a boost recently after the New South Wales government launched a four-year, AUD10m ($7.3m) fund to test the technology. A shuttle-bus trial is currently underway in Sydney, while 400km away, Dubbo is set to become the first town in the state to test autonomous buses. The fund is part of the state government's Future Transport 2056 initiative, and follows last month's announcement of draft legislation by the National Transport Commission, set to be in force by 2020, allowing autonomous vehicles to be used on Australian roads.