The Australian government on Thursday condemned Japan's proposal to lift the global moratorium on commercial whaling, saying it will reject any attempts to undermine the ban.Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and environment minister Josh Frydenberg said in a joint statement that Australia will call upon like-minded nations at the International Whaling Commission's next meeting in September to oppose Japan's proposal to restructure the IWC and make it easier to resume commercial whaling."Australia remains steadfastly opposed to all forms of commercial and so-called 'scientific' whaling and conti…READ FULL ARTICLE
