Nigel Turvey is an adjunct professor at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University.

'He has delved into parliamentary records, correspondence between the sugar cane industry, the government and the pressure that was placed on scientists to give the government and industry the answer that they wanted and expected ... it is an account of what happens when industry pressures government along a predetermined road.'

• List of figuresPreface: of toads and men1. The ancestors – fossil 411592. The apothecary’s toad3. The sweet grass4. Queensland sugar – Hope and Whish5. Ladybird fantasy6. The cane beetles7. Hawai‘i leads biological control8. Birth of a myth9. Toad fantasy10. Toads for Queensland11. War on Canberra12. Living with Bufo13. Cane toad wars14. Taking the Top End15. Bad, flawed and reckless Works citedIndex

Nigel Turvey is an adjunct professor at the Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment, Western Sydney University.

'He has delved into parliamentary records, correspondence between the sugar cane industry, the government and the pressure that was placed on scientists to give the government and industry the answer that they wanted and expected ... it is an account of what happens when industry pressures government along a predetermined road.'

• List of figuresPreface: of toads and men1. The ancestors – fossil 411592. The apothecary’s toad3. The sweet grass4. Queensland sugar – Hope and Whish5. Ladybird fantasy6. The cane beetles7. Hawai‘i leads biological control8. Birth of a myth9. Toad fantasy10. Toads for Queensland11. War on Canberra12. Living with Bufo13. Cane toad wars14. Taking the Top End15. Bad, flawed and reckless Works citedIndex