Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

It is the Australian government's view that Japan should not be undertaking these actions and we have made that very clear to the Japanese government. It is also the view of the Australian government that in terms of what may be happening in the Southern Ocean these are matters that we will not specifically comment on, but we will make sure that we follow all the proper processes in our engagement with Japan and other nations through the International Whaling Commission with the evidence becomes available as it does through all of the usual IWC processes.