Senator Bob Brown with the Ady Gil in Hobart earlier this year.

Conflict over whaling intensified again this week when Sea Shepherd Captain Pete Bethune was detained on board the whaling ship Shonan Maru 2.

The courageous Captain Bethune boarded the vessel in an attempt to complete a citizen’s arrest of its captain and present a $3 million bill for the sinking of the Sea Shepherd boat the Ady Gil.

Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada will visit Australia this very weekend, however neither he nor the Rudd government have responded to requests to meet with Australian Greens Leader Senator Bob Brown or calls to ensure Captain Bethune is brought safely back to Australia or New Zealand.

The Greens will again promote our Private Member’s Bill to ban any form of Australian assistance to whaling in Federal Parliament next week and your action will help us secure support. The Greens introduced the bill following earlier news reports that the Japanese whaling fleet hired Australian planes from Hobart and Albany to track the Sea Shepherd's movements.
 

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