Respawned: Queensland magazine the Cane Toad Times takes aim at a post-truth world
It emerged from the slime of the sunshine state during Bjelke-Petersen’s oppressive regime. Now it’s back – but can it survive more sensitive times?Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA man whose pseudonym is Johnny La Rue is holding a yellowed magazine with two toad-headed lovers embracing on the front. He reads aloud a headline that would likely trigger a firestorm on social media were it written today.“Who wrote that?!” he exclaims.Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...
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It emerged from the slime of the sunshine state during Bjelke-Petersen’s oppressive regime. Now it’s back – but can it survive more sensitive times?
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A man whose pseudonym is Johnny La Rue is holding a yellowed magazine with two toad-headed lovers embracing on the front. He reads aloud a headline that would likely trigger a firestorm on social media were it written today.
“Who wrote that?!” he exclaims.
Sign up for a weekly email featuring our best reads Continue reading...
