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.

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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.

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Submission:Intelligence and Security’s Review of the effectiveness of the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment IPO Bill 2020

Thu 30 April 2020

Allens Hub member Genna Churches, UNSW Law student Michael Murdocca, Hub Stream Lead Monika Zalnieriute and Hub Director Lyria Bennett Moses prepared...

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Addressing Exploitation in Supply Chains: Is technology a game changer for worker voice?

Tue 28 April 2020

Stream lead Bassina Farbenblum critically examines the use of technology to address exploitation, trafficking and modern slavery.

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New rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news

Tue 28 April 2020

Digital platforms will be forced to compensate news media companies for using their content – but after a pandemic, will it be enough?  Read...

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The Convergence Puzzle: Australia, Germany and Emerging Cybersecurity Trends

Tue 28 April 2020

Hub director Lyria Bennett Moses has contributed to a international cyber security publication following a trip to Berlin and Brussels with an...

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The new COVID tracing app

Fri 24 April 2020

Hub director Lyria Bennett Moses speaks on ABC Focus about the Australian government's proposed COVID contact tracing app.  Listen here

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Attorney-General to ban police from accessing coronavirus app metadata

Thu 23 April 2020

Hub Director Lyria Bennett Moses and hub researcher Genna Churches raise concerns about access to coronavirus app data, via the SMH 

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‘Pandemic drones’: useful for enforcing social distancing, or for creating a police state?

Tue 21 April 2020

Data Justice stream co-lead Michael Richardson writes about the use of drones during COVID-19

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Submission: Ad Tech Enquiry

Mon 20 April 2020

The Allens Hub has made a submission to the ACCC’s Ad Tech Inquiry. It focuses on two issues. First, it argues that the scope of the inquiry should be...

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Privacy and health: COVID-19 tracking apps

Mon 20 April 2020

Hub stream co-lead Katharine Kemp advises the government is working on an app to track our contacts but, first, it will need to pick up its privacy

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