Australia may launch whaling crackdown
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Using the military to track Japanese whalers as part of Australia's anti-whaling campaign could cause a diplomatic rift with Tokyo, an opposition politician warned Friday.
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Australia's government has released graphic photographs and video footage a whales being harpooned and dragged aboard a Japanese ship
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Officials from 75 nations begin on Monday talks critical to whale conservation amid political pressure to lift a 20-year ban on commercial hunting of the gentle giants.
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Sydney - An international animal welfare group said on Tuesday it was taking legal action against a Japanese whaling company over the deaths of more than 400 whales in Australian waters near Antarctica.
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Australia is to send a patrol ship and aircraft to monitor the actions of Japan's whaling fleet off Antarctica.
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The video accuses Australia of opposing Japanâs whaling practices because of its âprejudice and racism.â
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Australia is to ban alcohol and pornography in the Northern Territory's Aboriginal areas in a bid to curb child sex abuse.
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In a controversial and possibly illegal step, Australia plans to intercept and board ships on the high seas if it believes them to be a terrorist threat.
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Plans to hunt up to 50 humpback whales put on hold amid pressure from Australia
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Near 100 whales and dolphines have commited mysterious &quot;mass beaching suicide&quot; from last week on Australia&#39;s south coast.
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Australia releases "distressing" pictures of whales harpooned by a Japanese whaling fleet in the Antarctic Ocean.
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A search is underway around Maria Island on the east coast of the Australian state of Tasmania to see if there have been any further whale and dolphin strandings.
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Anti-whaling campaigners urged Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Wednesday to tell Japan at a regional summit this week to stop killing whales in Australian waters.
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New Australian PM reportedly plans to use armed vessel to track Japanese whalers
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Japan said Friday it will complain to Australia after the government released graphic pictures of bloody whaling operations, accusing Canberra of stirring up emotions.
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Australia plans to strengthen its  coastal security with a controversial surveillance footprint  that stretches south of New Zealand to north of Indonesia.
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Australia will continue to photograph  Japan's whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean, Prime Minister  Kevin Rudd said on Sunday, despite Japan's warning of a  diplomatic protest over Australia's tough anti-whaling stance.