Federal MP Bob Katter's response to a question about the same-sex marriage survey has turned heads across the nation, and around the world.
Mr Katter is wrong. Experts told Fact Check there was no evidence to support the claim that crocodiles were killing people every three months in Queensland. Long-term figures from the Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage Protection show a rate of one fatal crocodile attack every three years from 1985 to now. These figures accord with data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, which is only available to 2016. The department's data shows fatal crocodile attacks in Queensland have increased in recent years, but not to the rate Mr Katter claims. In the past 10 years there were six deaths, a rate of one every 20 months. There was one death per year in the past three years. And even if Mr Katter was only considering very recent deaths in making his claim, the two most recent fatal attacks occurred in March and October of this year, seven months apart.
Fact check: Is a person torn to pieces by a crocodile every three months in north Queensland?
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