After Robodebt – Lessons from Canada, an evening seminar in Sydney

The NSW Chapter of AIAL is organising a seminar on

After Robodebt: Lessons from Canada

Speakers:

Dr Jennifer Raso, an Assistant Professor at McGill University’s Faculty of Law

Emeritus Professor Terry Carney, University of Sydney Law School

Dr Alexandra Sinclair, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sydney Law School

Chair: The Hon. Justice Rachel Pepper, Land and Environment Court of New South Wales

Synopsis: Assistant Professor Jen Raso will speak about the Canadian experience of automation in the administrative state including the failures of AI regulation in Canada and the wide-spread use of automation and machine learning particularly in immigration decision-making. Emeritus Professor Terry Carney and Dr Alexandra Sinclair will act as discussants and tie Dr Raso’s observations to the Australian context and the lessons not learned in Australia post Robodebt.

Bios: Dr Jennifer Raso studies  how algorithmically-driven technologies are transforming front-line administrative decisions. She is an award-winning socio-legal scholar.

Professor Terry Carney is Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of Sydney Law School, where he was a long-serving Director of Research and past Head of Department. He is a past President of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health, and chaired Commonwealth bodies such as the National Advisory Council on Social Welfare and of the Board of the Institute of Family Studies.

Dr Alexandra Sinclair is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Sydney Law School and Fellow of the ARC Centre of Automated Decision-making and Society. She has a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science where her doctorate examined the application of English judicial review doctrines to automated decision-making in the British state

Seminar details:

Date: Monday, 25 May 2026

Seminar time: 5.00pm – 6.30pm (AEST)

Venue:  Court 13A Supreme Cort of NSW Law Courts Building, 184 Phillip Street Sydneyed

Registration for In Person or Online Attendance: https://events.humanitix.com/after-robodebt-lessons-from-canada

Please select either In Person Attendance or Online Attendance when registering for the event

Australian Institute of Administrative Law (AIAL)

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