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The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, was an independent community of scholars based at UNSW Sydney that operated from 1 November 2017 until 1 June 2024. It sought to add breadth and depth to research on the diverse interactions among technological change, law, and legal practice. It had influence over academic and policy debates through its engagement with the legal profession, the judiciary, industry, government and the broader community and its many submissions to policy processes.

The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation to close in 2024

Wed 22 November 2023

The UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation will cease operations on Saturday, 1 June 2024.

Submission: Human Rights and Technology

Tue 17 March 2020

Allens Hub Director, Lyria Bennett Moses and Hub member Genna Churches along with Andrew Ray and Bridie Adams law students from the ANU College of Law...

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Thu 12 March 2020

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A Window for Change: Why the Australian Metadata Retention Scheme lags Behind the EU and USA

Thu 05 March 2020

2020 marks the timeframe for the mandatory review of the metadata retention regime by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. ...

Allens Hub gives evidence before parliament on the data retention regime

Tue 03 March 2020

Hub members Dr Monika Zalnierute and Genna Churches were invited to give evidence before the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and...

Hub co-hosts event where online legal startup pitches onto global stage

Wed 12 February 2020

A dispute resolution software startup has won an entrepreneur shark tank competition promoting tech innovation within the legal industry

The legal terminology of AI, and increasing concerns about facial recognition software

Wed 18 December 2019

Allens Hub director Lyria Bennett Moses speaks about the legal terminology of AI, and increasing concerns about facial recognition software

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Submission: Inquiry into Anti-Vilification Protections

Tue 17 December 2019

The Hub has made a submission to the Victorian inquiry into anti-vilification protections. The submission focuses on the role of the state in relation...

Cooperation between cooperatives and mutuals in the Asia-Pacific region

Sat 14 December 2019

Platform Cooperativism Stream Lead, Professor Bronwen Morgan recently presented a research poster on platform cooperativism at the 14th annual...

Unlawful metadata access is easy when we’re flogging a dead law

Wed 11 December 2019

Australia still uses a law from 1979 to govern metadata, with more than 100 amendments. This leaves loopholes that various agencies can exploit and...

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