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Sunday essay: ‘this is our library’ – how to read the amazing archive of First Nations stories written on rock

Image: Josie Maralngurra touching her hand stencil made when she was around 12. In the background are three white barramundi fish figures with red...

Forgiveness requires more than just an apology. It requires action

Lukas Coch/AAP Image It has been 14 years since then-Prime Minister Kevin Rudd delivered his apology to the Stolen Generations from parliament house. Words which were so...

Non-Indigenous Australians shouldn’t fear a First Nations Voice to Parliament

 James Ross/AAP Image The 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart is one of the most significant documents on constitutional change in Australian history. The result of extensive...

60% of Australians want to keep Australia Day on January 26, but those under 35 disagree

Image: Dean Lewins/AAP The issue of when or whether to celebrate Australia Day seems to have become stuck in a loop of fierce debate without resolution. There are...

Ancestral Remains of First Nations people were once stolen for trophies. Now they will have a national resting place

Daughter of the late Sir Robert Menzies Heather Henderson, Chairperson of AIATSIS Jodie Sizer, Jenny Morrison, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and CEO of...

Legendary band Yothu Yindi and their trailblazing call for a treaty

Image: Yothu Yindi performing at the closing ceremony of the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Dave Hunt/AAP Review: Writing in the Sand: The Epic Story of...

Time to enshrine a First Nations Voice to Parliament

On International Human Rights Day, the Law Council of Australia restates its unwavering support for a First Nations Voice to Parliament enshrined in the...

Our research shows public support for a First Nations Voice is not only high, it’s deeply entrenched

Image: Mick Tsikas/AAP Much has been written about why Indigenous recognition is important. Such recognition would be a legal change to address the dispossession of Indigenous...

Sunday essay: Indigenous afterlives in Britain

    Breastplate, of metal, engraved ‘McIntyre King of Mannilla’, c.1860–1874. ‘King’ McIntyre (c.1814–74) Donated by A.W. Wilkins to Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, 1930....

Explainer: what is the ‘good faith’ defence thwarted by the High Court in Zachary Rolfe’s murder trial?

  Image: David Crosling/AAP Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. A High Court ruling on...
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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.