Australia's Position On Whaling Part 1

On Wednesday 18 February 2009, the Lowy Institute hosted the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and the Arts, the Hon Peter Garrett MP, who outlined the Australian Government's forward agenda on international whale conservation.

With the nations of the International Whaling Commission meeting in March and June of 2009 to discuss the future of the organisation, the Minister set out the Australian Government's approach to transforming the IWC into a modern, conservation-focused body, and to advancing the Government's objective of bringing an end to commercial whaling in all its forms.

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Nonprofits & Activism

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• Japan
• Whaling
• Sea Shepherd
• Peter Garrett
• Japanese
• Paul Watson
• Australian Government

[CDLver]

Garrett, you shameful disgrace! Get your arse down to the southern whale sanctuary and assist the Sea Shepherd in protecting whales in Australian Sanctuary waters, you coward!

[pots5150]

The barbaric, cruel and dated practice you are defending is all based around the absurd lie of 'research'. But the reality is that whale meat obtained from Japan's 'research' ends up in fish markets and restaurants. History reveals that whales are not a sustainable food source. With todays hunting techniques & equipment it is obvious whale populations cannot withstand the resurgence of commercial whaling. This senseless cull must be stopped..

[isanatori]

As a country that cannot accept whaling anymore, Australia should make use of Article XI of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling.

"Article XI

Any Contracting Government may withdraw from this Convention on 30th June, of any year by giving notice on or before 1st January, of the same year to the depository Government, which upon receipt of such a notice shall at once communicate it to the other Contracting Governments. (...)"