I don't know that much Outlaw gear has ever made its way down to Australia. I've traded some emails with the owner of an OPPO Digital DVD player who was in Austalia, though.

I would expect the Model 998 to have a 12V trigger, which is meant to turn on amps. Outlaw's amps don't have an IR connection on them, nor do any other amps I've found, but most amps built since surround started started making real inroads into the home market have some sort of 12V trigger.