I am having the same problem as all my kazia shares were held in the CommSec SMF and so I set up an international account with CommSec and got told the same thing about not being able to transfer from the DRS into CommSec and that I would first have to transfer them to another international broker before I could transfer them to CommSec. I think this is stupid and I think the person I was talking to also thought it was but he could not say anything as it was a CommSec company policy thing.
Last week I sent a note to Computershare USA who are now holding my KZIA shares asking them how I could transfer them. Once I get a reply I will share it here.
KZA Price at posting:
8.0¢ Sentiment: Hold Disclosure: Held