Senator SIEWERT (Western Australia—Australian Greens Whip) (16:18): I move: That the Senate— (a) notes that the whaling presence in the Australian Antarctic Territory now includes a Japanese self-defence vessel with a capacity for 250 personnel as well as a Korean flagged refuelling tanker; and (b) calls on the Government to take urgent action to address the escalating situation, including sending a monitoring vessel to observe the whale hunt. Question agreed to.