Australia v Japan: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus

11/12/24 • 34 min

Would you take a friend to court to settle a dispute? Awkward?
This is what Australia did with Japan, a key friend and ally, in 2014 over Japan's refusal to stop killing whales in the Southern Ocean.
Special guest Mark Dreyfus is Attorney-General of Australia.
Mark represented Australia in the culmination of a 40-year diplomatic stoush between Australia and Japan which went all the way to the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Case: Whaling in the Antarctic (Australia v. Japan) (2014)
Guest: Mark Dreyfus KC MP

11/12/24 • 34 min

Case In Point - Australia v Japan: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus

Transcript

James Pattison: This is Case in Point. I'm James Pattison.
Melissa Castan: I'm Melissa Castan.
James Pattison: Melissa, how many times have you heard the phrase, Save the whales.
Melissa Castan: I don't know, countless times.
James Pattison: I feel like it's sort of often used quite tongue in cheek or potentially sort of poking the fun at yourself. But Save the Whales, this, this was a real, a very real and very, very important environmental campaign worldwide that, that began

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