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2021 – Adieu: Welcome now to 2022

It would be difficult to describe the year of 2021 as anything but difficult, challenging and pretty bloody awful! Mind you, it is easily arguable that the previous year of...

Daylight Savings – 2021: Starts Sunday October 3rd

For some Australians, Daylight Savings Time (DST) has been a part of Australian life since 1971 and in...

A cry of help from an Aussie in India

Yesterday the Toorak Times produced an Editorial - "Bring them home",  calling for the Australian Government to bring...

Editorial: Bring them home!

Australian citizens should not be kept from returning to Australia.   According to Amnesty International Australia, some of the 35,000...

2020 – What A Hell Of A Year

What could possibly be said about 2020 that hasn't already been thought, spoken, screamed, written and "memed"? In Australia...

From the Editor: Take a bow Victoria – you did it hard, you did it well!

Image: James Ross/AAP One hundred and eleven days in this stage of lockdown! Victoria's state of emergency was first declared on March 16, and after several...

Portuguese entry wins Australian international design competition.

Small jetty delivers big ideas St Kilda Beach was once home to distinctive swimming-friendly structures such as sea baths and jetties. The last of these,...

Statement from AWU regarding Henty Gold Mine accident – Daniel Walton, National Secretary, Australian Workers’ Union:

Early this morning the AWU was made aware of a collapse at Henty Gold Mine in Tasmania. All workers barring one were evacuated. Search and...

Reflections On The Year Gone By

Another year and another decade pass us by and as I sit at my keyboard searching for words, I wonder just what as individuals...

Why Should We Still Say Merry Christmas

If you are a Christian then Christmas already means something to you. What if you aren't a Christian? Maybe you are a member of one of...

Australia burns while our PM goes missing – on an overseas holiday.

So, while Nero fiddled while Rome burned, Morrison flies out leaving his whole country burning. Good one PM - you utter contemptuous bastard. You pilloried...

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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.