Whaling The primary objective of the Australian Government remains the reform of the International Convention on the Regulation of
Whaling (the ICRW) 1946 to bring about an effective, permanent
international ban on both commercial and unilateral ‘scientific’
whaling Australia will continue to argue vigorously that whaling should be phased down to zero, with total and permanent elimination of all
whaling (other than current aboriginal subsistence whaling), within
a reasonable time frame
on commercial