Rob
Nicholls
Associate Professor

Media

Nicholls R, 2023, Do you trust AI to write the news? It already is – and not without issues, , https://theconversation.com/do-you-trust-ai-to-write-the-news-it-already-is-and-not-without-issues-216909

Nicholls R, 2023, The $500 million ATO fraud highlights flaws in the myGov ID system. Here’s how to keep your data safe, , https://theconversation.com/the-500-million-ato-fraud-highlights-flaws-in-the-mygov-id-system-heres-how-to-keep-your-data-safe-210459

Nicholls R; Swan P, 2023, The great construction company collapse: when your builder goes bust, , https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/construction-company-collapse

Nicholls R, 2023, Associate Professor Rob Nicholls Warns About Giving Away Work Secrets On ChatGPT, , https://www.techbusinessnews.com.au/news/associate-professor-rob-nicholls-warns-about-giving-away-work-secrets-on-chatgpt/

Nicholls R, 2023, Have you given away secrets on ChatGPT?, , https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/business-law/have-you-given-away-secrets-chatgpt

Nicholls R, 2022, The rise of regulatory co-design and the law, , https://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/newlaw/34043-the-rise-of-regulatory-co-design-and-the-law

Nicholls R, 2022, The power of tech giants has made them as influential as nations. Here’s how they’re sanctioning Russia, , https://theconversation.com/the-power-of-tech-giants-has-made-them-as-influential-as-nations-heres-how-theyre-sanctioning-russia-178424

Nicholls R, 2021, Has the News Media Bargaining Code struck the right balance?, , https://www.businessthink.unsw.edu.au/articles/news-media-bargaining-code-google-facebook

Nicholls R, 2021, Commentary: Facebook, Google and Australia win some and lose some over new media laws, , https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/commentary/australia-facebook-google-news-media-code-law-publisher-murdoch-14270006

Nicholls R, 2021, This week’s changes are a win for Facebook, Google and the government — but what was lost along the way?, , https://theconversation.com/this-weeks-changes-are-a-win-for-facebook-google-and-the-government-but-what-was-lost-along-the-way-155865

Nicholls R, 2020, In a world first, Australia plans to force Facebook and Google to pay for news (but ABC and SBS miss out), , https://theconversation.com/in-a-world-first-australia-plans-to-force-facebook-and-google-to-pay-for-news-but-abc-and-sbs-miss-out-143740

Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2020, No more negotiating: new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news, , https://theconversation.com/no-more-negotiating-new-rules-could-finally-force-google-and-facebook-to-pay-for-news-136718

Nicholls R; Kemp K, 2020, No more negotiating: new rules could finally force Google and Facebook to pay for news, , https://theconversation.com/no-more-negotiating-new-rules-could-finally-force-google-and-facebook-to-pay-for-news-136718

Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2019, The federal government’s response to the ACCC’s Digital Platforms Inquiry is a let down, , https://theconversation.com/the-federal-governments-response-to-the-acccs-digital-platforms-inquiry-is-a-let-down-128775

Nicholls R; Kemp K, 2019, The Conversation: Oz plan to rein in digital giants, , https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=12253515

Nicholls R; Kemp K, 2019, Consumer watchdog calls for new measures to combat Facebook and Google’s digital dominance, , https://theconversation.com/consumer-watchdog-calls-for-new-measures-to-combat-facebook-and-googles-digital-dominance-120077

Nicholls R; Kemp K, 2019, Facebook and Google potentially face fresh curbs on their market power, , https://theconversation.com/consumer-watchdog-calls-for-new-measures-to-combat-facebook-and-googles-digital-dominance-120077

Nicholls R, 2018, Digital assistants like Alexa and Siri might not be offering you the best deals, , https://theconversation.com/digital-assistants-like-alexa-and-siri-might-not-be-offering-you-the-best-deals-107597

Nicholls R, 2018, Mengapa tiket pesawat Anda lebih mahal daripada penumpang sebelah?, , https://theconversation.com/mengapa-tiket-pesawat-anda-lebih-mahal-daripada-penumpang-sebelah-104955

Nicholls R, 2018, Why you might be paying more for your airfare than the person seated next to you, , https://theconversation.com/why-you-might-be-paying-more-for-your-airfare-than-the-person-seated-next-to-you-100959

Nicholls R, 2018, Lessons for Australia in the EU’s algorithmic price war that ripped off consumers, , https://theconversation.com/lessons-for-australia-in-the-eus-algorithmic-price-war-that-ripped-off-consumers-100607

Nicholls R, 2017, What we can do once the banks give us back our data, , https://theconversation.com/what-we-can-do-once-the-banks-give-us-back-our-data-84282

Nicholls R, 2017, If scandals don’t make us switch banks, financial technology might, , https://theconversation.com/if-scandals-dont-make-us-switch-banks-financial-technology-might-72361

Reports

Bennett Moses L; Kemp K; Lee A; Manwaring K; Nicholls R, 2023, UNSW Allens Hub Submission into Inquiry into Artificial Intelligence (AI) in New South Wales

Bennett Moses L; Kemp K; Lee A; Manwaring K; Nicholls R, 2023, Submission to Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence (Parliament of South Australia)

Lloyd-Jones S; Manwaring K; Berger T; Nicholls R; Bennett Moses L, 2022, Complex Regimes: Mapping Australia's Cyber Security Regulatory Landscape for Cloud Services

Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2022, Balancing the Competition, Consumer Protection and Privacy Regulation of Digital Platforms: Submission in response to the ACCC Digital Platform Services Inquiry Discussion Paper on Updating Competition and Consumer Law for Digital Platform Services, Submission in response to the ACCC Digital Platform Services Inquiry Discussion Paper on Updating Competition and Consumer Law for Digital Platform Services

Manwaring K; Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2021, (mis)Informed Consent in Australia (Report for iappANZ, 31 March 2021), UNSWorks, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org/10.26190/7sk3-0w49, http://handle.unsw.edu.au/1959.4/unsworks_75600

Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Nicholls R; Yastreboff M; Di Marco B, 2021, Submission to Inquiry into Draft Critical Infrastructure Asset Definition Rules, https://www.academia.edu/48960008/Submission_to_Inquiry_into_Draft_Critical_Infrastructure_Asset_Definition_Rules

Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Hartstein D; Nicholls R, 2020, Submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s Ad Tech Inquiry, https://www.accc.gov.au/system/files/Allens%20Hub%20for%20Technology%2C%20Law%20and%20Innovation%20%2820%20April%202020%29.pdf

Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2019, Submission in response to ACCC Digital Platforms Inquiry Draft Report

Kemp K; Nicholls R, 2018, Submission to the Australian Treasury on the Treasury Laws Amendment (Consumer Data Right) Bill 2018 - Exposure Draft, https://treasury.gov.au/sites/default/files/2019-03/t329531-Kemp-and-Nicholls.docx

Evans C; Healey DJ; Nehme M; Nicholls R; Penel C, 2015, Competition in Financial Services, Centre for International Finance and Regulation, https://apo.org.au/node/57607

Waters P; Nicholls R; Ball E, 2007, Spectrum allocation processes: A review of global experience, Gilbert + Tobin, Sydney

Mitchell B; Paterson P; Dodd M; Reynolds P; Jung A; Waters P; Nicholls R; Ball E, 2007, Economic study on IP interworking, GSM Association, London

Submissions to Government

Bennett Moses L; Kemp K; Lee A; Manwaring K; Nicholls R, 2023, Submission to DISR re Supporting responsible AI Discussion paper (UNSW Allens Hub and UNSW Business RegLab),

Bennett Moses L; Buckland R; Di Marco BJ; Didenko A; Habibi Gharakheili H; Manwaring K; Modini J; Nicholls R; Phair N; Taylor SM; Zhao S, 2021, Submission on Australia’s cyber security regulations and incentives, , https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/reports-and-pubs/files/strengthening-australias-cyber-security-submissions/unsw-allens-hub-for-technology-law-and-innovation-ifcyber-secedu-australian-society-for-computers-law.pdf

Asher A; Asher R; Nicholls R; Hsu G, 2021, Submission on Strategies for developing the Digital Economy, , https://digitaleconomy.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-05/submission-clmr-unsw.pdf

Journal articles

Nicholls R, 2022, 'Informed Consent to Online Standard Form Agreements', Global Privacy Law Review, 3, pp. 163 - 176

Nicholls R, 2022, 'Reform in Australia: A Focus on Informed Consent', Global Privacy Law Review, 3, pp. 177 - 189

Kyle S; Nicholls R, 2022, 'Complaints Management in Australian Universities: Effectiveness, Reliability, and Recommendations for Improvement', The Arbitrator and Mediator, pp. 27 - 37, https://www.resolution.institute/resources/journal-articles/the-arbitrator-and-mediator-july-2022?utm_source=informz&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Mediation%20ADR%20Adjudication%20Arbitration%20Restorative%20Family%20Dispute%20Training&_zs=s1mIm&_zl=eIgG2

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Merger Movements: International Coordination of Merger Clearance Policy', Australian Business Law Review, 49, pp. 145 - 145, https://anzlaw.thomsonreuters.com/Document/I14315ef311b711ecae8d91026967941e/View/FullText.html?comp=wlau&transitionType=Default&contextData=%28sc.Default%29

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Valuing News: The Australian News Media Bargaining Code', Intermedia -London-, https://www.iicom.org/intermedia/vol-49-issue-2/valuing-news-the-australian-newsmedia-bargaining-code/

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Regtech as an Antitrust Enforcement Tool', Journal of Antitrust Enforcement, 9, pp. 135 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jaenfo/jnaa011

Garcia Garcia S; Barclay K; Nicholls R, 2021, 'Can anti-illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing trade measures spread internationally? Case study of Australia', Ocean & Coastal Management, 202, pp. 105494, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105494

Garcia SG; Barclay K; Nicholls R, 2021, 'Can anti-illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing trade measures spread internationally? Case study of Australia', Ocean and Coastal Management, 202, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2020.105494

Kayis D; Nicholls R, 2020, 'When the carrot resembles a stick: The exclusion of concerted practices from the ACCC’s revised immunity policy', Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 27, pp. 187 - 210, https://primoa.library.unsw.edu.au/permalink/f/jhud33/UNSW_ALMA61221415540001731

Nicholls R, 2020, 'When Code is Law: Bargains Between News Publishers and Platforms', Competition Policy International, https://www.competitionpolicyinternational.com/when-code-is-law-bargains-between-news-publishers-and-platforms/

Buchan J; Nicholls R, 2020, 'The challenges of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic for Australia’s franchise sector', Australian Business Law Review, 48, pp. 126 - 137, https://www-westlaw-com-au.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/maf/wlau/app/document?docguid=I8c9ae703c1fd11eab306d55769e1257b&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&isTocNav=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1

Nicholls R, 2020, 'Limiting Access, Limited Blocking: Evidence and Practice in s 115A Injunctions.', Australian Intellectual Property Journal, 30, pp. 114 - 128, https://www-westlaw-com-au.wwwproxy1.library.unsw.edu.au/maf/wlau/app/document?docguid=I0d60131168de11ea9e45f68329176fe2&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&isTocNav=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1

Nicholls R; Kayis D, 2019, 'Common corporate owners, concerted corporate actions?', Australian Journal of Corporate Law, 34, pp. 202 - 229

Nicholls R, 2019, 'Bank Customer Switching: Scandals and Fintech', The European Financial Review, https://www.europeanfinancialreview.com/bank-customer-switching-scandals-and-fintech/

Nicholls R, 2018, 'Removal of Merits Review in Australian Electricity Regulation', Transportation, Energy, and Antitrust: The Journal of the Transportation and Energy Industries Committee of tne ANtitrust section of the American Bar Association, pp. 8 - 14

Nicholls R, 2018, 'META-REGULATION IN PRACTICE: BEYOND NORMATIVE VIEWS OF MORALITY AND RATIONALITY', AUSTRALIAN BUSINESS LAW REVIEW, 46, pp. 213 - 214, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000446533300006&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Nicholls R; Fisse B, 2018, 'Concerted Practices and Algorithmic Coordination: Does the New Australian Law Compute?', Competition and Consumer Law Journal

Nicholls R, 2018, 'Making the dual model work: Competitive neutrality and net neutrality issues facing the Australian Broadcasting Corporation', Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 25, pp. 301 - 314, https://advance.lexis.com/document/?pdmfid=1201008&crid=c572ae86-b562-4368-9983-e93f4840d70d&pddocfullpath=/shared/document/analytical-materials-au/urn:contentItem:5RYY-G381-JNY7-X1TX-00000-00&pdtocnodeidentifier=AABAABAAC&ecomp=4fwhk&prid=381

Nicholls R; Buchan JM, 2017, 'The law of unintended consequences: The effects of voiding ipso facto clauses in business format franchise agreements', Australian Business Law Review, 45, pp. 433 - 447

Morris C; Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'Do it once, get it right: Wholesale regulatory intervention in price and cost disclosure', Law and Financial Markets Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17521440.2017.1375217

Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'Rights and Wrongs for Implanting Military RFID', IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 36, pp. 48 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MTS.2017.2654288

Healey D; Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'Enhancing Competition: Challenges for Australian Retail Banking', Journal of Banking and Finance: Law and Practice, 28, pp. 48 - 71

Buchan JM; Nicholls R, 2017, 'Flipping Out: Flip Clauses are Enforceable in the United States Again!', Company and Securities Law Journal, 35, pp. 65 - 69

Nicholls RJ; Cave M, 2017, 'The use of spectrum auctions to attain multiple objectives: Policy implications', Telecommunications Policy, 41, pp. 367 - 378, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2016.12.010

Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'The Australian Telecommunications Regulatory Environment: An overview', Australian Journal of Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, 4, pp. 196 - 213, http://dx.doi.org/10.18080/ajtde.v4n4.76

Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'The Mediated City: The news in a post-industrial context, S. Coleman, N. Thumim, C. Birchall, J. Firmstone, G. Moss, K. Parry, J.G. Blumler Zed Books, London, UK (2016), (264 pages including notes, references and index Paperback, £18.99 ISBN: 9781783608171)', Telecommunications Policy, 41, pp. 154 - 155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2017.01.001

Nicholls R, 2017, 'Phishing for Phools: The Economics of Manipulation and Deception', JOURNAL OF MARKETING CHANNELS, 24, pp. 104 - 105, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1046669X.2017.1347008

Michael K; Michael MG; Galliot JC; Nicholls R, 2017, 'Socio-Ethical Implications of Implantable Technologies in the Military Sector', IEEE Technology and Society, 36, pp. 7 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MTS.2017.2670219

Nicholls R, 2017, 'Network neutrality: From policy to law to regulation, Christopher T. Marsden. Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK (2017), 304, Paperback, £24.99, ISBN: 9781526105486', Telecommunications Policy, pp. 402 - 402, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2017.09.008

Nicholls RJ, 2016, 'Spectrum Management Issues for Heterogeneous Networks in Commons Spectrum', info, 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/info-02-2016-0010

Nicholls RJ, 2016, 'The Nature of Competition in Australian Retail Banking', Australasian Accounting, Business and Finance Journal

Nicholls R; Buchan JM, 2016, 'Failing Firm, Failing Franchisor: Local Market Analysis in Australian Merger Clearance', Competition and Consumer Law Journal, 23, pp. 247 - 265, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/308905090_Failing_firm_failing_franchisor_Local_market_analysis_in_Australian_merger_clearance

Nicholls RJ, 2016, 'A Primer on Auction Design, Management, and Strategy, David J. Salant. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA (2015), 184 pages including notes, references and index, Hardback, £24.95 ISBN: 9780262028264', Telecommunications Policy, 40, pp. 593 - 594, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2015.08.011

Healey DJ; Nicholls R, 2016, 'Should Stability Reign? The Consumer Downside of Foregone Competition in Retail Banking Markets', Banking and Finance Law Review, 32, pp. 69 - 101, http://www.unsworks.unsw.edu.au/primo_library/libweb/action/dlDisplay.do?vid=UNSWORKS&docId=unsworks_modsunsworks_41966

Donald S; Bateman H; Buckley R; Liu K; Nicholls R, 2016, 'Too Connected to Fail: The Regulation of Systemic Risk within Australia's Superannuation System', Journal of Financial Regulation, 2, pp. 56 - 78, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jfr/fjv010

Nicholls RJ, 2015, 'Media Economics, Stuart Cunningham, Terry Flew, Adam Swift. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK (2015), 192 pp. including notes, references and index Paperback, £19.99, ISBN: 9780230293229', Telecommunications Policy, 40, pp. 378 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.telpol.2015.10.003

Buchan JM; Frazer L; Qu CZ; Nicholls R, 2015, 'Franchisor Insolvency in Australia: Profiles, Factors, and Impacts', Journal of Marketing Channels, 22, pp. 311 - 332, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/1046669X.2015.1113487

Abbas R; Michael K; Michael M; Nicholls R, 2015, 'Key government agency perspectives on location based services regulation', Computer Law and Security Review, 31, pp. 736 - 748, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2015.08.004

Donald SS; Nicholls R, 2015, 'Bank custodians and systemic risk in the Australian superannuation system', Journal of Banking and Finance: Law and Practice, 26, pp. 25 - 38, https://ssrn.com/abstract=2599409

Nicholls R, 2014, 'Something to remember him by: Commissioner Joaquín Almunia's farewell gift', Law and Financial Markets Review, 8, pp. 315 - 317, http://dx.doi.org/10.5235/17521440.8.4.315

Nicholls RJ; O'Brien J, 2014, 'Hanging together or hanging separately: Is competition law in the process of eclipsing financial regulation?', Law and Financial Markets Review, 8, pp. 178 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.5235/17521440.8.2.178

Nicholls RJ, 2014, 'Structural Separation, Interconnection and Access', Trade Practices Law Journal, 22, pp. 54 - 56, http://www.westlaw.com.au/maf/wlau/app/document?docguid=Iae4e7a6da34011e39f3ef83c25a5d2b7&tocDs=AUNZ_AU_JOURNALS_TOC&isTocNav=true&startChunk=1&endChunk=1

Nicholls R, 2014, 'Telecommunications: Structural separation, interconnection and access', AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF COMPETITION AND CONSUMER LAW, 22, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000214632000007&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1

Nicholls R, 2013, 'Review of The Political Economies of Media: The Transformation of the Global Media Industries by Dwayne Winseck and Dal Yong Jin', Telecommunications Policy, Forthcoming

Abbas R; Michael K; Michael M; Nicholls R, 2013, 'Sketching and validating the location-based services (LBS) regulatory framework in Australia', Computer Law and Security Review, 29, pp. 576 - 589, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.clsr.2013.07.014

Nicholls RJ, 2012, 'Right to Privacy: Interception and Access in Australia', IEEE Technology and Society Magazine, 31, pp. 42 - 49, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/MTS.2012.2185274

Nicholls R, 2012, 'Cultural discontents: cultural protection in an internet world', Ericsson Business Review, 1, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237011557_Cultural_discontents_cultural_protection_in_an_internet_world

Nicholls RJ; Iglesias R; Travis A, 2012, 'Private Clouds with No Silver Lining: Legal Risk in Private Cloud Services', Communications & Strategies, 85, pp. 125 - 140, https://ssrn.com/abstract=2199442

Nicholls R; Rowland M, 2008, 'Regulating the use of telecommunications location data by Australian law enforcement agencies', Criminal Law Journal, 32, pp. 343 - 350, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237011542_Regulating_the_use_of_telecommunications_location_data_by_Australian_law_enforcement_agencies

Nicholls R, 2008, 'Axes of integration in the delivery of audiovisual services', Telecommunications Journal of Australia, 58, pp. 13.1 - 13.21

Nicholls R; Waters P, 2007, 'Fair Play or Foul: Digital Rights Management Challenges under Competition Law', King and Wood IP Bulletin, December, http://www.academia.edu/21812591/Fair_Play_or_Foul_Digital_Rights_Management_Challenges_under_Competition_Law

Nicholls RJ, 2007, 'Technological protection measures: mobile digital rights management', Copyright Reporter, 25, pp. 40 - 54

Nicholls R, 2005, 'Digital Rights Management in Television', Communications Law Bulletin, 24, pp. 11 - 13, http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/journals/CommsLawB/2005/4.html

Waters P; Jew B; Nicholls R, 2002, 'Getting a WiFi of 3G', Telemedia: the monthly newsletter on Australian telecommunications and media law

Jew B; Nicholls R; Alston N, 2002, 'Bandwidth after Enron and Global Crossing: new game – new rules?', Telemedia: the monthly newsletter on Australian telecommunications and media law

Jew B; Nicholls R, 2002, 'Bandwidth trading', Telemedia: the monthly newsletter on Australian telecommunications and media law

Jew B; Nicholls R, 2002, 'Rationalisation or technical evolution? The emergence of the ‘gatekeeper portal’', Telemedia: the monthly newsletter on Australian telecommunications and media law

Jew B; Nicholls R, 2001, 'Who Owns The Customer? Does "ARPU" have any value in the seamless grid of broadband networks?', Telemedia: the monthly newsletter on Australian telecommunications and media law

Nicholls R; Lidgerwood C, 2000, 'Ministerial Determination gives pause for thought to high speed internet providers', Telemedia: the monthly newsletter on Australian telecommunications and media law, 4, pp. 96 - 97

Jew B; Nicholls R; Floro A, 2000, 'New Issues for Internet Interconnection', Telecommunications International, 34, pp. 67 - 72, http://www.academia.edu/21812624/New_Issues_for_Internet_Interconnection

Nicholls R; Garlick M, 1999, 'Proxy caching – a new fair dealing?', Telemedia: the monthly newsletter on Australian telecommunications and media law

Jew B; Reede M; Nicholls R, 1999, 'Connectivity on the Internet: open network provision or open competition?', Intermedia, 27, pp. 24 - 28, http://www.academia.edu/21812562/Connectivity_on_the_Internet_open_network_provision_or_open_competition

Other

Johns F; Compton C; Lamchek J; Nicholls R, 2021, ‘Fibre in the Coral Sea or Message in a Bottle?’, John Menadue, Sydney, , https://johnmenadue.com/fibre-in-the-coral-sea-or-message-in-a-bottle-whos-interests-are-we-serving/

Buchan J; Harris H; Nicholls R; Yang A, 2018, Submission To The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission On A Potential Class Exemption For Collective Bargaining, , https://www.accc.gov.au/public-registers/class-exemptions-register/collective-bargaining-class-exemption

Buchan J; Nicholls R, 2017, Submission re Treasury laws Amendment (2017 Enterprise Incentives No 2) Bill 2017,

Leonard P; Henderson A (ed.), 2013, Radiocommunications commentary, LexisNexis, Sydney, Australia,

Conference Abstracts

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Application Programming Interfaces: A new regulatory tool?', in ComplianceNet Conference 2021, University College, London, presented at ComplianceNet 2021, University College, London, 29 June 2021 - 01 July 2021, https://www.compliancenet.org/2021

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Shaming a Sector: Regulatory responses to the Hayne Royal Commission', in Regulatory Governance: Who carries the conversation?, University of Exeter, presented at 8th Biennial ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, University of Exeter, 23 June 2021 - 25 June 2021, http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/politics/research/centres/ceg/ecpr_2021/

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Regulatory design for Regtech compliance and enforcement', in Regulatory Governance: Who carries the conversation?, University of Exeter, presented at 8th Biennial ECPR Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, University of Exeter, 23 June 2021 - 25 June 2021, http://socialsciences.exeter.ac.uk/politics/research/centres/ceg/ecpr_2021/

Nicholls R, 2021, 'When the Price is Right: AI in Final Offer Arbitration', in Pricing Technologies and their Economic and Social Consequences, Florence, presented at Pricing Technologies and their Economic and Social Consequences 2021, Florence, 24 March 2021 - 25 March 2021, https://www.pritechworkshop.online/MWP_Pricing_Technologies_programme.pdf

Conference Presentations

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Application Programming Interfaces: a new regulatory tool?', presented at ComplianceNet 2021, University College London, 29 June 2021 - 01 July 2021, https://www.compliancenet.org/2021

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Socio-Technical and Regulatory Issues Raised by COVID-19', presented at American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS2021), USA, 08 February 2021 - 11 February 2021, https://www.aaas.org/events/2021-aaas-annual-meeting

Buchan J; Nicholls R, 2018, '“Outsourcing the Outsourced: Franchisor structuring and franchisee risk”', presented at Australasian Business Ethics Network, Massey University, Albany campus, 09 December 2018 - 11 December 2018

Nicholls R, 2018, 'Competition Law Issues', presented at 2018 UNSW-Tsinghua Collaboration Workshop Financial Innovation and Regulatory Change in the Context of (De)globalisation, UNSW Law School, 16 November 2018 - 16 November 2018

Nicholls R, 2018, 'Blockchains and anticompetitive conduct', presented at Tsinghua University Workshop, Tsinghua University Law School, 31 October 2018 - 31 October 2018

Nicholls R, 2018, 'Algorithm-Driven Business Conduct: Competition and Collusion', presented at East Asia Academic Network on Competition Policy and Law, Sydney, 29 August 2018 - 29 August 2018, https://clmr.unsw.edu.au/east-asia-academic-network-competition-policy-eancp-conference-clmr

Nicholls R, 2018, 'Algorithm-Driven Business Conduct: Competition and Collusion', presented at Corporate Law and Finance Meets Antitrust Policy: Old and New Questions, University of Lund, 26 June 2018 - 27 June 2018

Nicholls RJ; Fisse B, 2017, 'Concerted Practices and Algorithmic Coordination: Does the Proposed Concerted Practices Prohibition Compute?', presented at Law Council of Australia Competition and Consumer Law Workshop, 04 August 2017 - 05 August 2017

Morris C; Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'Do it once, get it right: Wholesale regulatory intervention in price and cost disclosure', presented at 25th Colloquium of Superannuation Researchers, UNSW, 06 July 2017 - 07 July 2017

Nicholls RJ, 2017, 'Mind the gap: Platform ethics and competition issues', presented at ITS Kyoto 2017, Kyoto, 24 June 2017 - 11 July 2017, https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/168473

Nicholls R, 2012, 'Regulatory Issues Facing the Global Deployment of M2M Communications', presented at CommunicAsia 2012

Nicholls R, 2012, 'Competitive neutrality and net neutrality: the modern Australian dual model and PSB policy', presented at RIPE@2012

Nicholls R, 2011, 'Please hold for your connection: Determining points of interconnection for open access broadband', presented at Regional ITS Conference, Taipei 2011

Nicholls R; Rowland M, 2009, 'O Canada: telecommunications interception policy as embedded liberalism', presented at Communications Policy and Research Forum 2009

Nicholls R, 2009, 'Digital Dividend: International issues and implications for Australia', presented at The digital dividend: reaping the benefits of analogue switch off

Nicholls R, 2009, 'Anytime, Any Place Anywhere: Interception and Access Based on Location', presented at Australia New Zealand Society of Criminology

Nicholls R, 2009, 'Blame it on the Bikies: Restriction on Freedoms as a Response to Gang Violence', presented at Australia New Zealand Society of Criminology

Nicholls R, 2009, 'Competing for attention: The role of the state in broadband network deployment', presented at International Telecommunications Society Regional Conference

Nicholls R, 2009, 'Capital punishment: regulatory reforms in commercial television broadcasting', presented at Communications Policy and Research Forum 2009

Nicholls R, 2009, 'Merely Players: Using Evolutionary Concepts in Regulatory Analysis', presented at Law and Society 2009

Nicholls R, 2006, 'Interconnection of next generation networks: A regulatory perspective', presented at International Telecommunications Society Conference 2006

Nicholls R, 2005, 'Bypass and Transit: Arbitrage Issues in International Interconnection and Revenue Reporting in Developing Countries', presented at Pacific Telecommunications Conference 2005

Nicholls R, 2005, 'Telecommunications Regulation and the Global Digital Divide', presented at Communications Policy and Research Forum 2005

Nicholls R, 2003, 'SMS: Today’s Interactive Television', presented at International Telecommunications Society Regional Conference

Jew B; Nicholls R, 2002, 'Bandwidth Trading', presented at Communications Research Forum 2002

Nicholls R, 2001, '3G auctions in Hong Kong', presented at Network Insight Spectrum Seminar

Nicholls R; Henderson A, 2000, 'Options for Broadband Access and the Identification of Competitive Outcomes', presented at Communications Research Forum 2002

Jew B, 2000, 'Peering – Competition and Regulatory Issues', presented at Internet Carriage – Charging Peering and Chaos

Jew B; Nicholls R, 1999, 'Internet connectivity: Open competition in the face of commercial expansion', presented at Pacific Telecommunications Conference 1999

Book Chapters

Nicholls R, 2021, 'Platforms, Privacy and Antitrust: Analysing the Australian Digital Platforms Inquiry', in Viscasillas PP; Martín-Laborda AR (ed.), The Digital Economy: Regulatory, Contractual and Competition Aspects, Tirant lo Blanch, Valencia, Spain, pp. 51 - 76, https://editorial.tirant.com/es/ebook/the-digital-economy-regulatory-contractual-and-competition-aspects-lastiri-santiago-monica-9788413559285

Nicholls R, 2020, 'Algorithm-Driven Collusive Conduct', in Healey D; Jacobs M; Smith R (ed.), Research Handbook on Methods and Models of Competition Law, Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, England, pp. 138 - 166

Nicholls R; Garcia Garcia S; Barclay K, 2020, 'The Multiple Meanings of Fish: Policy Disconnections Australian Seafood Governance', in Probyn E; Johnston K; Lee N (ed.), Sustaining Seas Oceanic Space and the Politics of Care, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, pp. 75 - 86

Nicholls R, 2015, 'The National Broadband Network', in Menadue J; Keating M (ed.), Fairness, Opportunity and Security: Filling the Policy Vacuum, pp. 239 - 248

Nicholls RJ, 2014, 'Broadcasting Regulation', in Griffen-Foley B (ed.), A Companion to the Australian Media, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne, Victoria, http://www.scholarly.info/media/

Nicholls RJ, 2014, 'Telstra', in Griffen-Foley B (ed.), A Companion to the Australian Media, Australian Scholarly Publishing, North Melbourne, Victoria, pp. 469 - 470, http://www.scholarly.info/media/

Nicholls R, 2010, 'Chapter 8: For What it’s Worth: Cost Benefit Analysis of the use of Interception and Access in Australia', in Bronnitt S; Harfield C; Michael K (ed.), The Implications of Covert Policing: The Fourth Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security, 2009-, University of Wollongong Press, the Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention, Faculty of Law, Wollongong, Australia, pp. 63 - 77

Nicholls R; Rowland M, 2007, 'Chapter 7. Message in a Bottle: Stored Communications Interception as Practised in Australia', in Michael K; Michael M (ed.), The Second Workshop on the Social Implications of National Security (from Dataveillance to Uberveillance and the Realpolitik of the Transparent Society), University of Wollongong, IP Location-Based Services Research Program (Faculty of Informatics) and Centre for Transnational Crime Prevention (Faculty of Law), Wollongong, Australia, pp. 83 - 96

Conference Papers

Nicholls R, 2018, 'Algorithm-Driven Business Conduct: Competition and Collusion', Toronto, presented at Law and Society, Toronto, 07 June 2018 - 10 June 2018

Warren NA; Nicholls R, 2018, 'Future proofing personal income tax design in a platform economy with multifarious identifiers', Monash University, Melbourne VIC, pp. 1 - 23, presented at Australasian Tax Teachers Association (ATTA) 18th Conference, Monash University, Melbourne VIC, 17 January 2018 - 19 January 2018

Nicholls RJ, 2008, '`According to the Degree of Influence`: Why Regional Commercial Radio is More Heavily Regulated than Metropolitan Commercial Television', in Record of the Communications Policy & Research Forum 2008, Sydney, presented at Communications Policy & Research Forum 2008, Sydney, 29 September 2008 - 30 September 2008

Nicholls RJ; Rowland M, 2008, 'Lost In Translation: The Australian Regime for Interception of, and Access to, Communications Content and Metadata', in Record of the Communications Policy & Research Forum 2008, Sydney, presented at Communications Policy & Research Forum 2008, Sydney, 29 September 2008 - 30 September 2008

Nicholls R; Rowland M, 2008, 'hic et nunc: Provision of location based services to law enforcement agencies', UNSW, UNSW, Sydney, Australia, presented at You are where you’ve been: Technological threats to your location

Nicholls R, 2008, 'Pedestrian Crossings and Superhighway Robbery: Sources of Market Power in Broadband', ACCC, Gold Coast, Australia, presented at ACCC Regulatory Conference 2008

Nicholls R, 2008, 'Regulatory reform in broadcasting: cultural exception or race to the bottom', in Levi-Faur D (ed.), European Consortium of Political Research Standing Group on Regulatory Governance, Utrecht, presented at (Re)Regulation in the Wake of Neoliberalism

Nicholls R, 2008, 'If you step on this rung you may lose your balance: Is bitstream the highest spot on the ladder of investment?', in Dippon C (ed.), International Telecommunications Society, Montreal, presented at International Telecommunications Society Conference 2008

Nicholls R, 2007, 'The End of Cultural Protection? The IPE of the Australian Broadcasting Sector', Adelaide, Australia, presented at PhD IPE Workshop 2007

Nicholls R, 2007, 'Never mind the width, feel the quality: interconnection of IP networks', Singapore, presented at CommunicAsia 2007

Nicholls R, 2007, 'Understanding Interconnection and Regulatory Frameworks with NGN', Singapore, presented at Next Generation Networks 2007 Summit

Nicholls R, 2006, 'Digital is different: how Australian audiovisual services were transformed from culture into commerce', in Armstrong M (ed.), Network Insight Institute, UTS, Sydney, Australia, presented at Communications Policy and Research Forum 2006

Working Papers

Nicholls R; Evans C, 2015, The Nature of Competition in Australian Retail Banking, Centre for International Finance and Regulation, Sydney, http://dx.doi.org10.4225/50/583dffeead273, https://apo.org.au/node/67360

Nicholls R; Donald S; Liu K, 2015, It's a Small World after All: Using Social Network Analysis to Investigate Systemic Risk in the Australian Superannuation Sector, http://dx.doi.org

Vezzoso S; Nicholls R, Decentralised Digital Ecosystems and Competition Law: A Conceptual Framework, Elsevier BV, http://dx.doi.org10.2139/ssrn.3484479, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3484479

Preprints

Bennett Moses L; Zalnieriute M; Nicholls R; Yastreboff M; Di Marco B, Submission to Inquiry into Draft Critical Infrastructure Asset Definition Rules, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3848276