Archive for April, 2009

CI report names best and worst IP regimes

Global consumer advocacy body Consumers International (CI) has released its inaugural Intellectual Property (IP) Watch list, a global snapshot of how national IP and copyright laws serve or subvert consumer interests.
The report shows that Australian consumers suffer some of the greatest restrictions in relation to use of copyrighted material including music, DVD and published works. [...]

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Ban Junk Food Advertising to Kids

The government is set to make a decision on what it will do to protect children from the unhealthy influence of junk food marketing and we want to give Australians the opportunity to tell the Health Minister that they support a ban on junk food ads when children are watching TV.
Children are exposed to around [...]

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Debt relief – how to beat the financial crisis

That R word – recession – just won’t go away. It’s looking gloomy out there, with unemployment steadily increasing and many Australians facing redundancy. At the same time, household debts are higher than ever.
So CHOICE has prepared a survival guide for the global financial crisis. We regularly put financial services and providers under the microscope, [...]

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