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Pictorial contracts research project to advance digital data sharing - DPIRD
23 January 2026
‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ – is the premise of a new technology project to help farmers capture benefits and opportunities from sharing on farm data.'
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Click here to listen to Darren from DPIRD speak about the project!
Comic-book style contracts helping farmers share data - UWA
23 January 2026
An interdisciplinary team from the University of Western Australia, headed by Professor Camilla Andersen from the Law School, in partnership with the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), is developing comic-style contracts to make data-sharing agreements clearer, more transparent and fairer for farmers. The initiative focuses on replacing dense legal language with visual, easy-to-understand formats on DPIRD's new Extrata platform to support farmer confidence and control when exchanging data through digital platforms.
The project brings together expertise in law, business, data governance and intellectual property to examine how contract transparency can build trust and deliver benefits for farmers sharing agricultural data. DPIRD will work with the research team to improve how farmers understand data-sharing and licensing arrangements and to support more informed decision-making.
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