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

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 10.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate—

(a) notes that:

  (i) Japan has turned its back on the international community by recommencing commercial whaling for the first time since 1988,

  (ii) Japan has also turned its back on a rules-based order by leaving the International Whaling Commission (IWC) which has been integral to preventing some species of whales from becoming extinct,

  (iii) Norway and Iceland have reduced commercial whaling in recent years in response to the negative impact it is having on tourism, and

  (iv) whale watching is a viable business in many parts of the world, and that it is a much more sustainable business than killing whales; and

(b) condemns Japan, Norway and Iceland for their commercial whaling, and implores them to support whale watching rather than whale killing.