A three-metre saltwater crocodile has shut Cable Beach to swimmers for the next 24 hours after the predatory reptile was spotted swimming at the world-famous tourist spot earlier this morning.

Fifty-four years ago, the Australian government banned the hunting of saltwater crocodiles in its Northern Territories. Since that time, the population of crocs has grown from approximately 1,000 ...

The 55-kilometre stretch, which encompasses Lake Kununurra, weaves through part of Western Australia's East ... But the threat of saltwater crocodiles has some residents thinking twice about ...

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