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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.

Newspapers criticised for publishing ads containing COVID-19 vaccine falsehoods

Mon 08 March 2021

Hub Director Lyria Bennett Moses comments on COVID advertising in Australian news papers, via the ABC PM broadcast

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Submission: Digital Advertising Services Inquiry: Interim Report

Fri 26 February 2021

The Hub has made a submission to the ACCC’s Digital Advertising Services Inquiry: Interim Report. This is a joint submission between the Allens Hub...

Turning rules and laws into computer code

Thu 11 February 2021

Read dialogue from the recent event 'Rules as code: writing laws computers understand' hosted by the Allens Hub and Australian Society for Computers &...

Rules as Code: Digital Rulemaking in the 21st Century

Fri 05 February 2021

Written by Lauren Anne Parnaby and Lyria Bennett Moses

The complexity of modern legislation, mirroring the complexity of society more broadly...

Recording of Rules as Code - Writing Laws that Computers Understand

Wed 03 February 2021

If you missed this recent event jointly hosted by the Hub and the Australian Society for Computers and Law, don't worry. We recorded it!

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How will the legal profession be structured in the future?

Tue 08 December 2020

Moving from the office to home has rapidly changed the way the legal profession works, not just during COVID, but potentially, for the future.

Submission: Review of the Privacy Act 1988

Sun 06 December 2020

The Hub has made a submission to the Attorney General's Department in response to a call for input into the review of the privacy act.

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Mon 30 November 2020

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Submission: AI Action Plan

Fri 27 November 2020

The Hub has made a submission to the Department of Industry, Science, Energy and Resources in response to a call for input into the development of an...

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