Recent Submissions

• Supplementary Report: Registration as an alternative to licensing 

  Nicholls, Rob

  Published 2026

  This supplementary report adds to the University of Sydney Centre for AI, Trust, and Governance report of 4 February 2026. That report (Report) had the title “Australia’s Right to Regulate Technology: A proposal for ...

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• INQUIRY INTO DATA CENTRES: Supplementary Questions — Hearing 8 May 2026 Dr Rob Nicholls and Professor Deanna D’Alessandro, University of Sydney 

  Nicholls, Rob; D'Alesandro, Deanna

  Published 2026

  The following responses are provided to the supplementary questions issued by the Committee following the hearing of 8 May 2026. References to specific legislation, corporate structures and international comparators are ...

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• Free Content, Local Choice: The PacificAus TV Approach to Pacific Broadcasting 

  Nicholls, Rob

  Published 2025

  Overview PacificAus TV represents Australia’s government-funded initiative providing commercial television programming free of charge to eighteen broadcasters across twelve Pacific nations. Launched in May 2020 with initial ...

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• Submission on the Security of Critical Infrastructure Act 2018 review 

  Nicholls, Rob

  Published 2026

  The SOCI Act has undergone substantial reform since its original enactment but contains significant blind spots that leave the nation exposed to emerging threats. In my view the critical gaps are that content delivery ...

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• Creating Surveys to Measure Institutional Trust: A Best Practice Guide 

  Argyrous, George

  Published 2026-02-25

  This guide is written for practitioners, researchers, and policy teams who want to design a short survey module (or a full questionnaire) to measure trust in institutions such as government agencies, regulators, the media, ...

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