Senate Motion supporting arrested Japanese activists

The Senate called on the Rudd Government to press Japan to take action on the alleged embezzlement of whale meat; and to either charge the Greenpeace activists with an offence or release them. The motion also expressed concern about the crackdown by the Japanese authorities on the Greenpeace office in Tokyo and noted that the public prosecution of the whale meat scandal had been dropped. The government opposed the motion put forward by the Greens, but it was passed with support from the coalition.