About time that a government stepped up to the fight, Greenpeace etc can't do too much on their own. There shouldn't be any confrontation, just monitoring and gathering evidence as Australia prepares to launch a massive new legal case against Japanese whaling.
Japan does not recognise the huge whale sanctuary Australia has declared in the Southern Ocean.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22920019-5007132,00.html
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By Malcolm Farr and Lauren Williams
December 14, 2007 12:00am
AS the beat of the anti-whaling drum grew louder yesterday, the Rudd Government unveiled plans to deploy the navy and RAAF to monitor Japanese whalers about to enter Australian waters.
More than 26,500 people have signed a Daily Telegraph - Today petition just four days into the campaign, including Premier Morris Iemma and Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will announce details of the surveillance plan next week but yesterday said military "assets" could be used to gather damning evidence against the Japanese harpooners.
Land-based aircraft are expected to follow the whaling fleet which left Japan about a month ago. Labor has already ruled out interdiction at sea.
Mr Rudd said his Government took seriously Australia's international obligations to protect whales from unauthorised killing, and would look at measures to "fortify any future case to be brought before international legal tribunals".
Labor policy before the election was to use military aircraft and vessels to watch whalers who had permission to only hunt for research and not commercial purposes.
"We are therefore actively considering the appropriate measures for the collection of data which would assist in any future legal case which the Government may embark upon," Mr Rudd said in Bali where he is attending the climate change conference.
Green groups welcomed the decision after months of strong campaigning.
"We're very pleased that the Government has decided to keep its promise," CEO of Greenpeace Asia-Pacific Steve Shallhorn said yesterday.
"It will send a very strong message to Japan that Australians are fed up with whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. We're ecstatic at the response we are getting from the petition.
Mr Rudd declined to say whether the navy had already been dispatched but said government policy clearly was that "we will not rule out the use of Australian assets to collect data, including photographic evidence, concerning whaling activities".
Key ocean intelligence is expected to be used in a major legal confrontation with the Japanese Government.
Attorney General Rob McClelland is set to take legal action against illegal whale catches which the previous government had resisted because of advice it could upset parties to the Antarctic Treaty. This was a reference to Japan. Government sources said the action could be expected soon, possibly next week.
Japan does not recognise the huge whale sanctuary Australia has declared in the Southern Ocean.
This year the Japanese will engage in their biggest whale hunt since the end of a 20-year moratorium on whaling ended two years ago. It has permission to catch and kill more than 1000 whales.
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Japan does not recognise the huge whale sanctuary Australia has declared in the Southern Ocean.
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,22920019-5007132,00.html
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By Malcolm Farr and Lauren Williams
December 14, 2007 12:00am
AS the beat of the anti-whaling drum grew louder yesterday, the Rudd Government unveiled plans to deploy the navy and RAAF to monitor Japanese whalers about to enter Australian waters.
More than 26,500 people have signed a Daily Telegraph - Today petition just four days into the campaign, including Premier Morris Iemma and Opposition Leader Barry O'Farrell.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will announce details of the surveillance plan next week but yesterday said military "assets" could be used to gather damning evidence against the Japanese harpooners.
Land-based aircraft are expected to follow the whaling fleet which left Japan about a month ago. Labor has already ruled out interdiction at sea.
Mr Rudd said his Government took seriously Australia's international obligations to protect whales from unauthorised killing, and would look at measures to "fortify any future case to be brought before international legal tribunals".
Labor policy before the election was to use military aircraft and vessels to watch whalers who had permission to only hunt for research and not commercial purposes.
"We are therefore actively considering the appropriate measures for the collection of data which would assist in any future legal case which the Government may embark upon," Mr Rudd said in Bali where he is attending the climate change conference.
Green groups welcomed the decision after months of strong campaigning.
"We're very pleased that the Government has decided to keep its promise," CEO of Greenpeace Asia-Pacific Steve Shallhorn said yesterday.
"It will send a very strong message to Japan that Australians are fed up with whaling in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. We're ecstatic at the response we are getting from the petition.
Mr Rudd declined to say whether the navy had already been dispatched but said government policy clearly was that "we will not rule out the use of Australian assets to collect data, including photographic evidence, concerning whaling activities".
Key ocean intelligence is expected to be used in a major legal confrontation with the Japanese Government.
Attorney General Rob McClelland is set to take legal action against illegal whale catches which the previous government had resisted because of advice it could upset parties to the Antarctic Treaty. This was a reference to Japan. Government sources said the action could be expected soon, possibly next week.
Japan does not recognise the huge whale sanctuary Australia has declared in the Southern Ocean.
This year the Japanese will engage in their biggest whale hunt since the end of a 20-year moratorium on whaling ended two years ago. It has permission to catch and kill more than 1000 whales.
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Don´t support the whaling industry 
That just, how natur is !
That´s how we do it in the Atlantic ocean, don´t know how the´s´s jap´s are doing it .......... 
Kill thous idiots. 
I will Help .
