The Australian military should have performed a risk assessment on the dangers of swimming in crocodile habitats before two servicemen were attacked in far north Queensland, an inquiry has found.
Australia’s Department of Defence faces a AUD$1.5 million (£770,000) fine and is charged with breaching federal work health and safety laws, two years after one of the soldiers was “death-rolled” by an eight-foot-long saltwater crocodile.
