Japan's whale hunt in spotlight but Australia's legal threat stalls

By Daniel Flitton
Updated October 18 2016 - 9:08pm, first published 8:58pm
Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg will lead an Australian delegation to the International Whaling Commission summit in Slovenia. Photo: Philip Gostelow
Environment and Energy Minister Josh Frydenberg will lead an Australian delegation to the International Whaling Commission summit in Slovenia. Photo: Philip Gostelow
Japanese whalers offloading a minke whale onto the Japanese whaling factory ship the Nisshin Maru in the Southern Ocean in February 2013. Photo: Glenn Lockitch/Sea Shepherd
Japanese whalers offloading a minke whale onto the Japanese whaling factory ship the Nisshin Maru in the Southern Ocean in February 2013. Photo: Glenn Lockitch/Sea Shepherd

Australia is about to launch a fresh diplomatic drive to expose Japan's claim to kill whales in the name of science, but a threat of further international legal action appears to be on hold for now.

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