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In 1788 settlers arrived in Australia from England. Over the next two centuries non-Aboriginal people took control of much of the land that is now known as Australia.
For many years, and particulary during the 1970s and 1980s, Aboriginal people campaigned for Land Rights. In the 1990s the Australian High Court recongised a limited form of [...]

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A list of delegates at the Congress and their organisations is here. It shows names and organisations only, and does not include any delegate that advised us they did not want to be included on the list.

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Accountability is a major buzzword in the world of consumer advocacy. Today’s Congress programme kicked off with discussions on how to hold corporations accountable in an era of globalisation and the importance of taking charge as socially-responsible consumers.
Linda Burney, the NSW Minister for Fair Trading, spoke of the need for us to take on a [...]

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Many delegates have requested that a list is published of Congress delegates and the organisation they represent. No contact details will be included. If you do not wish to be included on this list please let registration know.

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See more CI World Congress videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/ConsumersIntl.

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With the permission of the speakers, we’ll be uploading some of the presentations from this year’s Congress on Slideshare. Just go to www.slideshare.net/CI.World.Congress.2007 to view the available presentations, such as Dr. Jiraporn Limpananont’s presentation on access to medicines in Thailand, from yesterday’s Intellectual Property side event.

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Richard Lloyd raised the question of where to hold the next CI World Congress.
We’ve got reports on some of Monday’s fringe events. Georgina has given us the first of two accounts of the day-long campaigning event on advocacy for consumers’ intellectual property rights and Candice has given her impressions of the food marketing fringe event. [...]

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Many Consumers International members are unable to afford proper wages or office equipment, let alone travel around the world to Australia. We are grateful to all our sponsors, including those who have supported delegates to travel to Sydney. These include:
AusAid who supported 9 delegates from the Asia Pacific Region
The Commonwealth Foundation who supported 5 delegates [...]

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