Article 6RXTC Respawned: Queensland magazine the Cane Toad Times takes aim at a post-truth world

Respawned: Queensland magazine the Cane Toad Times takes aim at a post-truth world

by
Joe Hinchliffe
from World news | The Guardian on (#6RXTC)

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?

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.

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