Katter’s Australian party push to legalise crocodile hunting after Queensland attacks

Party to draft laws allowing a controlled cull of protected reptiles, including Indigenous-run safari hunts, after two suspected attacks in state's far north

Two suspected crocodile attacks in the same north Queensland area within a day have prompted a bid by Katter's Australian party to legalise hunting of the protected predators.

Wildlife officers and police believe Warren Hughes, 35, may have been killed by a 4m-plus crocodile that later "charged" a police boat searching for the Cairns man's body on Sunday night.