Overview
- Legislation passed late Tuesday expands the Queensland Crocodile Management Plan to prioritise public safety and streamline removals.
- Removal zones are bolstered at Ingham, Mulgrave and Mareeba, with clearer rules for targeting crocodiles in and near populated waterways.
- Wildlife officers will remove any crocodile found at Ingham’s Tyto Wetlands and, when reported, at the Barron River and Southedge Dam near Mareeba.
- Crocodiles larger than two metres or showing dangerous behaviour will be removed from three high‑use waterholes on the Mulgrave River, with patrols increased in high‑risk areas.
- Katter’s Australian Party continues to push for annual culls, egg harvesting and hunting safaris, though a parliamentary committee has rejected legal changes to allow culling and safari hunting.