Court to rule whaling case legal order

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Source: The Age

Court to rule whaling case legal order
Andrew Darby, Hobart
January 15, 2008

THE Federal Government's attempt to intensify pressure on Japanese whaling faces a legal test as the whalers keep running from environmentalists in the Southern Ocean.

A decision is expected today in a long-running Federal Court case seeking an injunction against Japan's whaling inside the Australian Whale Sanctuary in Antarctica.

Attorney-General Robert McLelland withdrew the previous government's political opposition to the case, advising the court that the new Government believed it should be judged on its merits.

If Justice James Allsop grants an injunction, the Government would have a duty to see that it was enforced, Humane Society International said.

The society told the court that Japan's own data showed it had taken at least 1261 whales in a sanctuary declared by Canberra off the coast of the Australian Antarctic Territory.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/news/climate-watch/court-to-rule-whaling-case-legal-order/2008/01/14/1200159362723.html

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[Judi Lynn]

2. Hope Justice James Allsop is in good mental health. The world needs his help on this.

These people need to retrain themselves for new employment. We can't get new whales.