Maybe there is some place in Australia that has this type of slate, here's their site to learn more:
http://www.permatill.com/
Wiltpruf is a anti-transpirent , it almost eliminates transplant shock:
http://www.wiltpruf.com/
Be careful on how much water polymer you use in the planting mix.
I saw an article about a guy in GA who has put together a water polymer kit to spray it on your house in case of wild fire, very cool.
Here's the M-Roots site:
http://www.rootsinc.com/
I spoke with one of their tech guys, he said that Australia was impossible to export to, but gave me these sites for companies that were working to develop indigenous fungus in India and Asia :
http://www.biotech-int.com/
http://sribio.com/companyprofile.htm
Cheers,
Erich