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Jordan 11 Columbias won't end whaling fight: Dreyfus AUSTRALIA will keep up its diplomatic fight against Japan's scientific whaling program even if it loses its international legal bid to halt the annual cull. Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus will appear at the International Court of Justice in The Hague next week to argue Australia's case that Japan's program is commercial and not for the purpose of scientific research. Japan told the UN's top court on Tuesday that Australia's anti-whaling stance is part of a "civilising mission and moral crusade" that is totally out of place in the modern world.
Jordan 11 Space Jams Mr Dreyfus says the case is not about culture, but science and facts.
He says if Australia loses the case it will abide by the decision of the court, but that won't be the end of the argument. "On the contrary, we're talking about protecting the world's environment, we're talking about ongoing science. Australia has our own scientific program, none of which involves killing whales," he told ABC Radio in Melbourne. "We will continue to use diplomatic means to argue the point that we are making, the points that we are making within the international whaling commission and that we'll be arguing with Japan that they should stop doing what they are doing."
Mr Dreyfus says Australia will invite the Japanese to join new scientific research that involves satellite tracking of
Jordan 3 Doernbecher whales. He says Japanese claims that Australia is in league with anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd are "simply misplaced". "Sea Shepherd, along with other boats, have got the right to come to Australian ports and that's all that we have ever said about Sea Shepherd," he said.
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