Australia v Japan: Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus
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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
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