Dennis Shanahan; 8/5/08
Australia is likely to abandon its $1 million attempt to take Japan to the international court over whaling after New Zealand gave up its plans to use legal action to stop the annual cull. The Rudd Government embraced the use of the UN’s international court soon after theelection, using aircraft and ships to gather evidence against Japanese whalers in the Southern Ocean. But the New Zealand Government has since discovered “significant difficulties” with taking Japan to the international court and has abandoned the tactic.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23662989-5013404,00.html
Big fish fried again; Editorial;8/5/08; http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23662140-16382,00.html
Tags: Australia, Environment, Japan, NZ