Katter’s Australia Party is drafting legislation to bring a controversial new tourism attraction to Queensland – crocodile hunting.
The party has been hosting town meetings with locals in a bid to gain support for the proposal, which includes safari-style shooting to cull crocs and harvest their eggs.
Party leader Bob Katter shared a photo outlining the plan on his social media and called for everyone to jump on board and have their say.
Queensland tourism has taken a beating over the past few weeks following ex-Cyclone Debbie, which ripped through the state’s north and destroyed parts of the Whitsundays.
The Katter party says the safari-style attraction, similar to those in parts of Africa, would bring in hunters from all over the world and help deal with the state’s recent spate of crocodile attacks.
The party’s Member for Dalrymple Shane Knuth told News Corp people were too afraid to visit Queensland right now.
“What is in our waterways are dangerous killers that are terrifying locals and tourists,” he told news.com.au.
“We don’t have access to big shopping centres, we have our water as our attraction and our major economic benefit.
“People come to Queensland to enjoy sunshine and beaches, but the images they are seeing now is croc attacks and croc signs everywhere. This is a very poor message to promote to international tourism.”
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