http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/203/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2011/01/04/wikileaks-garrett-stood-his-ground-on-whaling-compromise-sea-shepherd-tax-status-targeted <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> Cables released by wikileaks on January 1st, 2011 reveal Japan was pressuring the US Government to remove Sea Shepherd's tax exemption status as a sweetener to negotiating a compromise deal in the International Whaling Commission that would have reduced whale quotas but legitimated commercial whaling. The US Government and Japan were deeply involved in a compromise deal on whaling which would legitimate a commercial catch quota for Japan. Australia remained steadfast against any moves to legitimate whaling in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary or Australian Antarctic Territory. </p> <p>Related: <a href="http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/news-110103-1.html">Sea Shepherd on the wikileaks revelations</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-1 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Geography:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/global/international">Global/International</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia">Australia</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/geography/australia/new-south-wales/sydney">Sydney</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/whaling">whaling</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/peter-garrett">Peter Garrett</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/japan">Japan</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/wikileaks">Wikileaks</a></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Jan 2011 15:41:03 +0000 takver 2398 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal