Dr Darcy Allen

I have made over 30 submissions to parliamentary and other public inquiries and consultations.

1. Productivity in a time of rapid technological change (2026, Submission to the Senate Inquiry into Productivity in Australia, with Berg).
2. Payments and competition in a digital economy (submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Schemes, Digital Wallets and Innovation in the Payments Sector, with Berg).
3. Regulatory sandboxes fail because they get the default rule wrong (submission to the Independent Review of the Enhanced Regulatory Sandbox) (January 2026, with Berg and Lane)
4. Submission to the News Bargaining Incentive Consultation Paper (January 2026, with Berg)
5. Australian Crypto Crime as Entrepreneurship (submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Law Enforcement’s inquiry into Combatting Crime as a Service) (October 2025, with Lane)
6. Information and markets for a circular economy (submission to the Productivity Commission’s inquiry into the circular economy) (April 2025, with Berg)
7. Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Creating a More Dynamic and Resilient Economy (June 2025, with Berg, Lane, Potts)
   • Cited in the Productivity Commission Inquiry Report.
8. Submission to the Submission to the Strategic Examination of R&D discussion paper (April 2025, with Berg, Lane, Potts)
9. Submission to ASIC’s CP381 on INFO 225 on Digital Assets (February 2025, with Berg).
10. Submission to the Australian Treasury’s Consultation on a Proposed New Digital Competition Regime (February 2025, with Berg, Lane, Potts, Auer, Manne, Radic)
11. Submission to the House of Representatives Inquiry into Australian Agriculture in Southeast Asian Markets (August 2024, with Berg and Lane)
12. Submission to the Senate Select Committee into Adopting Artificial Intelligence (May 2024, with Berg and Lane).
    • Invited and appeared as expert witness.
    • Cited several times in the Final Report.
13. Submission to the Parliament of New South Wales Legislative Council Inquiry into Artificial Intelligence (December 2023, with Berg and Lane)
14. Submission to the Treasury Consultation on Regulating Digital Asset Platforms Proposal Paper (December 2023, with Berg, Lane, Morton, Potts)
15. Submission to the Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence, Parliament of South Australia (August 2023, with Berg and Lane).
16. Submission to the Australian House of Representatives Standing Committee on Employment, Education and Training Inquiry into the use of generative artificial intelligence in the Australian education system. (2023, with Berg, Morton, Nguyen, Phuong, Thomas)
    • Invited as expert witness (appeared with Lane)
    • Cited in the House Final Report.
17. Submission to the Senate Standing Committee on Economics inquiry into the ‘Digital Assets (Market Regulation) Bill 2023’ (2023, with Lane, Berg, Morton, Parasol, and Potts).
    • Cited 13 times in the Final Report.
18. Submission to the Commonwealth Treasury Token Mapping Consultation Paper (with Lane, Berg, Morton, Parasol, and Potts).
19. Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Australia as a Technology and Financial Centre (with Berg, Davidson, Lane, MacDonald, Morton, and Potts).
    • Cited 15 times in Final Report
    • Direct citation in a recommendation
20. Submission to the Senate Select Committee on Financial Technology and Regulatory Technology (2020, with Berg, Davidson, Lane, MacDonald, Morton, and Potts).
    • Cited in the Second Interim Report
21. Submission to the Australia and Singapore Digital Cooperation Initiative renegotiation of the Digital Economy Agreement of the Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement (SAFTA). (2019, with Berg, Davidson, Lane, Potts)
22. ‘The Limits of the Digital Platforms Inquiry’, Submission on the Final Report of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Digital Platforms Inquiry (2019, with Auer, Berg, Hurwitz, Lane, Manne, Morris, Potts).
    • Cited in the Final Report.
23. Submission to Senate Standing Committee Inquiry into My Health Record System (2018, with Berg, Berg, Davidson, Lane, Novak and Potts).
24. Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Economics Inquiry into Impediments to Business Investment. (2018, with Berg, Berg, Davidson, Lane, Novak and Potts).
    • Cited in the Final Report.
25. Submission to the Queensland Agriculture and Environment Committee Inquiry into the Vegetation Management (Reinstatement) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 (2016, with Berg and Breheny).
    1. Cited several times in the Final Report.
26. Submission to the Senate Red Tape Committee on The effect of red tape on the sale, supply and taxation of alcohol (2017).
    • Cited several times in the Final Report.
27. Submission to the Senate Red Tape Committee on Environmental Assessments and Approvals (2017, with Wild).
    • Cited several times in the Interim Report.
28. Submission to Review of National Arrangements for the Protection and Management of Identity Information, (2018, with Berg, Berg, Davidson, Lane, Novak and Potts).
29. Submission to the Senate Inquiry into White Collar Crime Penalties (2016, with Bushnell).
    • Cited several times in the Final Report.
30. Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry Into the Regulation of Agriculture (2016, with Berg, Novak, Wild).
    • Cited several times in the Productivity Commission Final Report.
31. Submission to the Productivity Inquiry into Productivity (2016).
    • Cited in the Productivity Commission Final Report on “Shifting the Dial”
32. Submission to the Inquiry into Ride Sourcing Services, Economy and Infrastructure Committee, Victorian Parliament. (2015, with Lane and Berg).
    1. Cited several times in the Final Report.
33. Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into business set-up, transfer and closure (2016, with Potts)