Tag Archives: Crocodile Management Plan

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LNP CROC PLAN TO PUT PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST

Crocodiles that pose a danger to public safety will no longer be relocated and released, but ‘euthanised’ if a zoo or crocodile farm can’t take them, under a strong new LNP crocodile management policy designed to put the safety of North Queenslanders first. Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, said the LNP had listened to the concerns […]

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NEW CROC PLAN FAILS FIRST TEST IN HINCHINBROOK

The Palaszczuk Government’s new Queensland Crocodile Management Plan (QCMP) has failed its first test in the Hinchinbrook Shire, after the Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service (QPWS) did not respond to a call from the Forrest Beach Surf Lifesaving Club (FBSLC) last weekend. Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, said he had written to Labor’s Environment Minister, Steven […]

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NORTH QLD SHOULD GET A CROC REVIEW REFUND

Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, has slammed the Palaszczuk Labor Government’s new Queensland Crocodile Management Plan as a step backwards for the safety of North Queenslanders and a lost opportunity to establish a new crocodile egg harvesting industry. Mr Cripps said Environment Minister, Steven Miles, needed to refund North Queensland taxpayers the $5.8 million he has […]

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CROC EGG INDUSTRY A ‘NO BRAINER’ – CRIPPS

Hinchinbrook MP, Andrew Cripps, says the establishment of a crocodile egg harvesting industry in North Queensland is a ‘no brainer’ and should be established immediately as part of the current review of the Queensland Crocodile Management Plan. Mr Cripps said he strongly supported recent calls by Pormpuraaw Shire Council Ranger, Robbie Morris, to establish an […]