ABC.net.au
January 2010
Mr. Hunt says the Japanese Government has abandoned the pretext for scientific whaling, and is slaughtering whales for food.
There is mounting pressure on the Federal Government to take legal
action against Japanese whalers.
The Federal Opposition is giving the Government until the end of January to
submit documents for a case against Japanese whalers in the international
court.
Opposition spokesman Greg Hunt has written to Environment Minister Peter
Garrett expressing "extreme frustration and disappointment" over the
Government's failure to send a ship to monitor whaling activities in the
Southern Ocean.
Mr. Hunt says the Government pledged to take legal action three years ago.
"We want the whaling stopped, and if the Government will not send a ship
then they must submit court action papers and give Japan until June 30 to
end whaling," he said.
Mr. Hunt says the Japanese Government has abandoned the pretext for
scientific whaling, and is slaughtering whales for food.
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