Australian MP Bob Katter has appealed to Australians who care about northern Queenslanders to stop talking about crocodile attacks as he believes they have a negative impact on the region's economy.
"If you educate the tourists on the dangers of crocodiles, you'll have no tourists," said in a video.
He went on to say that a third of the employment in Northern Queensland is in the tourism sector. "Take away that ... and watch the whole of the economy of North Queensland collapse."
"If you're not worried about one of your fellow North Queenslanders - maybe your mother, maybe your son ... or your brother or your sister - if you're not worried about them being eaten alive, then worry about your pocket, because it's going to be pretty empty pretty shortly," he said.
Kotter referred to the crocodile attack that injured a British tourist this week, calling it a threat to tourism.