Committee Details

About the Bill

On 19 February 2025, Mr Shane Knuth MP, Member for Hill introduced the Crocodile Control and Conservation Bill 2025 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was referred to the Health, Environment and Innovation Committee for detailed consideration.  

View: Explanatory speech 
View: Bill 
View: Explanatory Notes 
View: Statement of compatibility 

The purpose of the Bill is to respond to calls from North Queenslanders over concerns that increasing crocodile populations, increased sightings in populated communities, and increased crocodile attacks. The Bill establishes the Queensland Crocodile Authority to manage and administer the scheme, to be based in Cairns.

The Bill aims to eliminate crocodiles which pose a threat to human life from Queensland waterways, while continuing to protect crocodiles from becoming extinct.

SUBMISSIONS 

Submissions closed at 10am on Thursday, 3 April 2025. Submissions will be published in due course under the ‘Submissions’ tab.

PUBLIC PROCEEDINGS

The committee held a public briefing on the Bill with Mr Shane Knuth MP, Member for Hill, and officers from the Department for the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation on Wednesday, 2 April 2025.  

Public hearings will be held in Cairns on Thursday, 8 May 2025 and Brisbane on Wednesday, 21 May 2025.

See the Timeline below for further information. 

Further information

Further information including written briefings, correspondence, response to submissions, transcripts and answers to questions taken on notice are available under the ‘Related Publications’ tab.

Committee’s report

The committee is due to table its report on Friday, 25 July 2025. The report will be published here. 

Once the committee’s report has been tabled, the Government has three months to respond to the report’s recommendations (if any). At that time, the Government Response will be published here.

Timeline