Fed: Protests set to greet Japanese whaling ship in Hobart

AAP General News (Australia)
12-24-2005
Fed: Protests set to greet Japanese whaling ship in Hobart

Anti-whaling activists may go ahead with a protest in Hobart today .. even though a
Japanese whaling ship is no longer expected to enter the Derwent.

The Keiko Maru was given permission to berth in Hobart .. so a sick crewman could receive
medical attention.

But yesterday .. Greenpeace protest plans were thwarted when the man .. suffering acute
appendicitis .. was airlifted to Royal Hobart Hospital.





Australian Greens senator BOB BROWN called the federal government wimpish for granting
port access to the Keiko Maru.

He accused the government of softening its anti-whaling stance .. amid negotiations
for a free trade agreement with Japan.

AAP RTV dep/sw/ibw/tm

KEYWORD: WHALES (CANBERRA)

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