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Religious Discrimination Bill is a mess that risks privileging people of faith above all others

If this bill had been law when Rugby Australia sacked Israel Folau, he might have chosen to pursue a federal discrimination case....

George Pell has lost his appeal. What did the court decide and what happens now?

George Pell’s appeal on child sexual abuse convictions has been dismissed. AAP/Erik Anderson Victoria’s Court of Appeal today delivered one of the most significant judgments in Australian...

The Melbourne archbishop said he’d rather go to jail than break confession confidentiality. A new bill could send him there

Child Protection Minister Luke Donnellan said he would prosecute the state’s most senior Catholic, Peter Comensoli, if he doesn’t report suspected child abuse. AAP...

The Christian right’s efforts to transform society

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer at the Calgary Stampede on July 6. Groups associated with the Christian right are expected to support his political party in...

5 things to know about the traditional Christian doctrine of hell

Luca Signorelli, The Damned Cast into Hell, 1499-1504, a, fresco in Orvieto Cathedral, Italy. Wikimedia Commons Martyn Iles, managing director of the Australian...

What and where is heaven? The answers are at the heart of the Easter story

Drawing by Wes Mountain My pious Baptist grandmother once shockingly confessed, at the ripe old age of 93, that she didn’t want to go...

#MeToo catches up with spiritual healers: the case of Brazil’s John of God

Hundreds of women have accused John of God of   sexual assault. 60 minutes screenshot We’ve seen countless spiritual leaders and religious institutions embroiled in...

From refugees to social media to pill testing, church signs are getting political

Billboard outside St Andrew’s Presbyterian, Murwillumbah, NSW 2018. Louise Moana Kolff, Author provided In recent times, church signs have become a stage for political commentary. In...

Sunday essay: popular music’s search for the sacred in a secular world

Nick Cave performing with The Bad Seeds in Budapest in June, His song lyrics, with those often melancholy, churchy organ chords, are...

Explainer: what is Pentecostalism, and how might it influence Scott Morrison’s politics?

The deeply religious Scott Morrison is Australia’s first Pentecostal prime minister. Mick Tsikas/AAP Since Scott Morrison became prime minister last month, much has been...
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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.