Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Brandis, the Leader of the Government in the Senate, representing the Prime Minister. Last Friday, the Japanese government gave notice to the International Whaling Commission that they are going to commence the illegal and barbaric practice of whaling in the Southern Ocean this summer. In 2013, the environment minister, Greg Hunt, said:

We’ve got blood in the water and a blind eye in Canberra, it’s completely unacceptable … Whaling should never be occurring but for it to occur in Australian waters is an utter failure in Canberra.

It is 2015 and the harpoon boats are now heading back. What is the Australian government going to do to stop the impending slaughter?