Amy Remeikis: ‘The MP called and said “You have turned the town of Texas on its head”’

‘There were town hall meetings about this, I’m told’ … Amy Remeikis on the time she upset the Queensland town of Texas. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

• This is an edited version of a Full Story podcast episode from the Tale I Dine Out On series

Picture it. Texas, Queensland, 2015. Texas is a town of about 800 people. Just a couple of hours from the New South Wales border in the Goondiwindi part of Queensland. So we’re talking just your typical Queensland small country town and they don’t have like a lot of industries or claims to fame or anything. They’re just Texas, Queensland, and it’s a town Queenslanders know about.