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New crocodile detection device, behaviour experts to help improve safety from attacks in Queensland

Human behaviour change experts will be consulted to help keep people safe around saltwater crocodiles. (ABC Far North: Christopher Testa)

A new crocodile detection device will be rolled out and experts in human behaviour change will be called in as the Queensland government tries to reduce the risk of crocodile attacks around waterways.   

Last week, the state recorded its first fatal crocodile attack in more than two years when 65-year-old Cape York publican Kevin Darmody was taken while fishing along the Kennedy River in Rinyirru (Lakefield) National Park.

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