We’re asking consumers to be aware of who funds the whale hunters, and to let them know that whaling is bad for business.

We fully expect an official investigation to concur with the Greenpeace version of the event, as Lloyd’s Register did after a similar ramming incident in 1999.

We’re calling on the visiting Japanese ministers to pressure their government into stopping whaling in the Southern Ocean.

It is not taking the lead.

I’m disappointed that Australia’s not taking the lead in this international action against Japan.