Current Affairs: Australia thwarts Japan's plan to end commercial whaling ban

Australia has voiced its opposition to Japan's plan to end a decades-old ban on commercial whaling.

Source: AAP

Australia has voiced its opposition to Japan's plan to end a decades-old ban on commercial whaling. An international conference on the practice has opened in Brazil, with the Asian nation arguing there's no longer a scientific reason to maintain the moratorium.



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