EXPLODING cane toad numbers in the Territory won’t croak under Pauline Hanson’s cash-for-cane-toad plan, an NT environmental group says. Biodiversity Watch head Graeme Sawyer said he thought the ...

"Cane Toads were introduced into Australia to keep the sugar cane beetle population down," said creative director Rob Beamish in a phone interview with Campaign. "Unfortunately they've become a real ...

In 1935, native beetles were wreaking havoc on Australia’s sugar cane crops in Queensland. The beetle larvae lived in the soil and chewed on sugarcane roots, stunting growth or killing the plants.