Mr Shane Knuth MP
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Moved the bill and passionately argued for reducing crocodile numbers in North Queensland waterways to restore public safety. Cited eight years of community consultation, multiple crocodile attacks and deaths, and pointed to the Northern Territory's culling program as a successful model. Proposed establishing a Queensland Crocodile Authority based in Cairns, zero-tolerance zones, expanded egg harvesting, and Indigenous-led hunting programs.
“People have died. Others have barely escaped with their lives. Our recreational quality of life has been ruined. Families cannot enjoy the pristine beaches and crystal clear creeks and rivers that generations before them swam in without fear.”— 2025-12-09View Hansard
Bills Introduced (4)
Crocodile Control and Conservation Bill 2024
WithdrawnThis bill was withdrawn from consideration and will not become law.This bill was discharged and did not become law. It would have established a Queensland Crocodile Authority based in Cairns to take charge of all crocodile management across the state. The bill responded to rising crocodile numbers and increasing attacks in North Queensland by creating 'zero-tolerance zones' in populated waterways and expanding commercial opportunities including egg harvesting and Indigenous land management rights.
Crocodile Control, Conservation and Safety Bill 2024
LapsedThis bill would have established a Queensland Crocodile Authority based in Cairns to take charge of all crocodile management across the state. It aimed to make North Queensland waterways safer by creating zero-tolerance zones where crocodiles would be killed or relocated within 48 hours, while also building a commercial crocodile industry and empowering Indigenous landholders to manage and profit from crocodiles on their land. This bill lapsed at the end of the 57th Parliament and did not become law.
Safer Waterways Bill 2018
DefeatedThis bill was defeated at the second reading — the main debate on its principles. It cannot proceed further.This bill sought to create a Queensland Crocodile Authority based in Cairns to manage saltwater crocodile populations across the state. It responded to growing community concern about increasing crocodile numbers and attacks in North Queensland, with 25 recorded attacks between 1985 and 2015 (seven fatal) and three attacks in the year before the bill was introduced (two fatal). The bill's second reading failed and it did not become law.
Crocodile Control and Conservation Bill 2025
DefeatedThis bill was defeated at the second reading — the main debate on its principles. It cannot proceed further.This bill sought to create the Queensland Crocodile Authority, a new Cairns-based body responsible for managing all aspects of crocodile control across the state. It aimed to protect North Queenslanders from crocodile attacks by removing crocodiles from populated waterways, while expanding the commercial crocodile industry and empowering Indigenous landholders to manage crocodiles on their land. The bill's second reading failed and it did not become law.