As with the previous conference , it was called by Secretary of State for the Colonies Joseph Chamberlain who opened Openness it on 30 June 1902 .

This proposal , along with Chamberlain 's idea for a unified imperial defence scheme , was rejected Agree_or_refuse_to_act by most of the colonial prime ministers .

Chamberlain also proposed Statement an imperial economic union or customs union with free trade within the empire and tariffs against goods from outside of it .

A resolution in favour of imperial preference as proposed by Canada was approved and Chamberlain agreed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to bring the idea to the British government .

Azaria Chantel Loren Chamberlain ( 11 June – 17 August 1980 ) was an Australian two-month-old baby girl who was killed Killing by a dingo on the night of 17 August 1980 , on a family camping trip Traveling to Uluru ( also known as Ayers Rock ) in the Northern Territory .

Her parents , Lindy and Michael Chamberlain , reported Reporting that she had been taken Bringing from their tent by a dingo .

Lindy Chamberlain was , however , tried for murder Killing and spent Expend_resource more than three years in prison .

Subsequently , after a further investigation and a second inquest held in Darwin , Lindy Chamberlain was tried for murder Killing , convicted on 29 October 1982 and sentenced Legal_rulings to life imprisonment .

Azaria 's father , Michael Chamberlain , was convicted Legality as an accessory after the fact and given Giving a suspended sentence .

After all legal options had been exhausted Expend_resource , the chance discovery in 1986 of a piece of Azaria 's clothing in an area with numerous dingo lairs led to Causation Lindy Chamberlain 's release Releasing from prison .

On 15 September 1988 , the Northern Territory Court of Criminal Appeals unanimously overturned Change all convictions against Lindy and Michael Chamberlain .

After being released Releasing , Lindy Chamberlain was paid Commerce_pay $ 1.3 million for false imprisonment and an amended death certificate was issued Expressing_publicly .