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Hub contributions influences recommendations to the review of the mandatory data retention regime

On 28 October 2020, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security released its Review of the mandatory data retention regime. 

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Metadata the key to finding out who authorised the use of private security in Victoria’s Hotel Quarantine Inquiry.

Hub Members Monika Zalnieriute and Genna Churches were asked by The Guardian Australia to make comments on Victoria Police claims that they could not...

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AI and the Legal Profession Becoming the AI-Enhanced Lawyer

Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have given rise to concerns about its impact on the labour market, including professional occupations...

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How AI Can Promote Inclusive Prosperity

A large crowd recently gathered online to watch Professor Frank Pasquale discuss rethinking the political economy and his book 'New Laws of Robotics...

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How can artificial intelligence promote inclusive prosperity for all?

Allens hub guest speaker Frank Pasquale explains when AI can be entrusted to assume tasks currently performed by humans, and when it should complement...
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Unleash Your Creativity

Traditionally critical and creative thinking are thought of as distinct and oppositional activities, but in fact they are interconnected and closer...

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Right or privilege? Privacy of communications on the internet

The hub recently co-hosted a crucial discussion on privacy in the digital age with the Australian Society for Computers & Law, & the Cyber Security...
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The Instrumentality of Metadata Access Regime for Suppressing Political Protests in Australia

Australians, just like many other people around the world, are taking to the streets. What started as a few small sparks earlier in a year — Greta...

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A Groundhog Day in Brussels: Schrems II and International Data Transfers

The much anticipated Schrems II decision, delivered by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on 16 July 2020, is almost a ‘reliving’ of...