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Facebook vs news: Australia wants to level the playing field, Facebook politely disagrees

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A long way to the top: Australian musicians balance multiple roles to make their careers work

Picture: Danny Howe/Unsplash Over the past three years, our Making Music Work project has mapped the creative, social, cultural, and economic realities of a music career in...

Energy giants want to thwart reforms that would help renewables and lower power bills

Image: Darren England/AAP Australia’s energy market is outdated. It doesn’t encourage competition and that’s holding back the transition to renewable energy. Important reforms to modernise the market...

Cream of The Crate: Album Review # 179 – Manfred Mann’s Earth Band: Live Budapest

    This review was originally posted on the first Toorak Times web site where publications ceased on that site in March 2017. The old...

Finding beauty in code – 5 ways digital poetry combines human and computer languages

Image: Joshua Sortino/Unsplash Since lockdown, everyone has had to rely heavily on digital technologies: be it Zoom work meetings and lengthy email chains, gaming and...
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Mick Pacholli

Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972.  Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry. Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.