Joe Ludwig (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The government, as I have said, is carefully considering international legal action against Japan. Obviously it would be counterproductive to the successful running of such a case to release details of its preparation and to talk about these matters of appointments and the like. This government is serious about ensuring that we bring an end to scientific whaling or whaling in those protected areas. I understand that there is conjecture around that; it seems to be from the opposition. If you press about what the current position is: under the whaling convention there is currently a worldwide moratorium on commercial whaling, unlike what the opposition may think. In respect of the previous government’s position on this, they raised the issue of what former Senator Ian Campbell did. (Time expired)