KATTER’S Australia Party arrives in Port Douglas tomorrow to discuss its plan to introduce crocodile culling in Queensland.

Federal MP Bob Katter will headline a meeting at the Port Douglas Community Hall alongside state MPs Shane Knuth and Robbie Katter. They plan to put culling, safari shooting and egg harvesting squarely on the agenda and want the Douglas Shire community to have their say on the issue.

“We are saying you need croc culling, whether you put them into farms or whether you shoot them,” Bob Katter said.

“The fundamental failure of the Government is it has not come to grips with the grave danger to people, human beings, from flying foxes and crocodiles.

“There couldn’t be a worse way to die. The way a crocodile kills you is just horrific. Who would impose that danger upon the people of your state?”

The KAP speaking tour has already visited Innisfail and Mareeba this week, and comes on the back of an increase in crocodile attacks over the past month. Three dogs have been attacked in the Douglas Shire while 35-year-old Warren Hughes was fatally mauled by a crocodile in Innisfail last month.

Knuth said they were also concerned about the frequency of crocodile sightings on Far North Queensland beaches. A crocodile closed Four Mile Beach in Port Douglas yesterday, with some witnesses reporting it to be bigger than five metres.

"Reports show seven beaches have been closed due to croc sightings in the past three months," Knuth said in statement on Monday.

Bob Katter said North Queenslanders were ‘laughing’ at the Queensland Government’s recent crocodile management plan.

“The Government is talking about management programs that will scientifically assess the numbers and monitor and remove. Remove…yeah to where?” he said.

“In my entire life time, up until 30 years ago, I had never seen a crocodile in the wild, and I’d probably spent as much time in the bush or creeks and rivers as anyone alive in Australia,” he said.

“Today I’d see a croc on maybe one out of 10 river inspections. Now we have a crocodile related incident or sighting so frequently it’s not even news anymore.”

The meeting kicks off at 9.30am tomorrow at the Port Douglas Community Hall.

 
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