The Australian government says it is its priority to make sure the three West Australian protesters who have spent more than 24 hours detained on a Japanese whaling security ship were being well cared for. The three West Australian men boarded the Shonan

The Greens are urging the federal government to take action to assist three protesters who have been detained on a Japanese whaling security ship and calm the situation in the Southern Ocean. Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert said the activists ha

When the Sea Shepherd's Steve Irwin leaves Fremantle for the Southern Ocean to rejoin the anti-whaling campaign, so too will a Japanese vessel that has shadowed it for days. The conservation group's flagship vessel escorted the badly damaged Brigitte Bar

AAP The Sea Shepherd flagship Steve Irwin was shadowed by a Japanese security vessel as it escorted the badly damaged Brigitte Bardot to Fremantle for repairs, the anti-whaling group says. Paul Watson, skipper of the Steve Irwin, said the crew of the Sho

A BID by the Greens and independent senator Nick Xenophon to ban live animal exports has been spurned by a Senate committee, which has focused instead on compensating farmers hurt by temporary ban on cattle sales to Indonesia. The rural affairs committee