Sean has been playing around with improving both his barley-based brew and the brewing process. One of the major problems facing craft brewers is the dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in barley, which can give beer an undesirable 'cooked sweet corn' taste. It also requires higher temperatures and longer cooking to remove stale flavours, which results in major energy expenses during malting and kiln-drying. Within the industry, quite a bit of work has been ongoing trying to remedy this problem, most research (largely funded by major brewing companies) being directed towards genetically engineering special strains of barley with reduced quantities of DMS. One day several months ago, there were intermittent power outages during the brewing process at Sean's small brewery, and Sean noticed that this "stop-start" process resulted in a better tasting brew with less DMS. It also resulted in power savings, although the brewing process did take longer. Sean quickly did some further trials, replicating as closely as possible the "stop - start" brewing process that resulted from the power outages. He then did some calculations and worked out that, over time, this new process would save him money in the brewing process and produce a better beer. He realised this could be quite a valuable method, and so commenced production using this process, and he took steps to record the particular time intervals and other details of the process in his work computer, which is accessed by a password known only to Sean, and his second-in-command, Bill. However, the other workers in the brewery would be aware that the process involves intermittent stops. Bill left the brewery one month ago, and Sean suspects that he has gone to work for a competitor, Beergut Brewing, which has suddenly started producing much better tasting beer with less DMS. Sean is afraid that Bill has shared the details of the new brewing process with Beergut Brewing.

Based on the above facts, can Sean obtain an Australian standard patent for this new process?