'Insult to every voter': Australia criticised as Japan attempts to resume commercial whaling

Australia to send a junior minister for only a brief visit to key meeting of International Whaling CommissionAustralia's commitment to ocean conservation is being questioned after the government chose to send a junior minister for only a brief visit to a key meeting of the International Whaling Commission, where Japan will attempt to lift a 30-year ban on commercial whaling.Senator Anne Ruston, the assistant minister for international development and the Pacific, is due to arrive in Florianópolis, Brazil, on 8 September but will leave on 10 September, four days before the conclusion of the meeting. Continue reading...