Anti-whaling group attacks Greg Hunt over breaking election promise
Goya Dmytryshchak
Anti-whaling activists have slammed the federal government for breaking an election promise to send a ship to monitor Japanese whaling in the Southern Ocean.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt said on Sunday that an A319 aircraft staffed by Customs officials would be sent instead.
Sea Shepherd Australian director Jeff Hansen, whose conservation society last week sent three vessels from Melbourne and Hobart to intercept the Japanese whaling fleet, said a plane was of no use …
Sydney Morning Herald – December 23, 2013
www.smh.com.au/federal-politic…
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