Shane Rattenbury
Shane Rattenbury
Shane Stephen Rattenbury, Australian politician and former Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly, is a member of the multi-member unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly representing the electorate of Molonglo for the ACT Greens since 2008. He was the first Speaker in any Parliament in the world representing a Green political party...
assessment boats energy exhausting food fuel hostile small
We're making an assessment of our food and fuel and our own energy levels, it's very exhausting being in small boats in such a hostile environment.
boats driven escaped individual number occasions whales
We've had a number of occasions where individual whales have escaped because we have driven our inflatable boats between the harpooner and the whale.
certainly definitely increasing level perhaps shots starting week weeks
There is definitely an increasing level of tensions down here and the harpooners are certainly starting to take shots that perhaps a week or two weeks ago they would not have taken.
bringing campaign land whaling
We are bringing the campaign back to the land... there is no place for whaling in the 21st century.
fleet hour whales
Every hour that the fleet is on the run, more whales will live.
assume exactly hunting move next return
We don't know exactly what their next move will be, but we assume they will return to the hunting grounds.
ban defying government japanese sanctuary supposed whale whaling
This is supposed to be a whale sanctuary and the Japanese government is the only one in the world which is defying the ban on whaling here.
against directed energy instead
It was disappointing to see so much energy being directed against the protesters instead of the whalers.
goes hoping march season until
The season goes right through until March and we are hoping to get in the way as much as we can.
again caught last late night saw seven whale
We caught up with the whalers again late last night and saw seven whale carcasses on the deck.
bad business good hunting mexican today
It's been a Mexican stand-off in continual bad weather, but today is fine. If your business is hunting whales, today is a good day for it.
concerned happened occasion process pulled starting third
That process happened twice, and on the third occasion the Esperanza pulled out of the way because we were starting to get concerned about safety.
goes hunting love march middle season until
Their hunting season goes until the middle of March but we won't go on that long, we'd love to but we can't.
consumers diplomatic greenpeace high hopes ignored level opinion pressure profit public
In a world were international public opinion is ignored and where high level diplomatic pressure has failed, Greenpeace hopes that consumers can once and for all demonstrate that there is no profit in whaling.