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Australia’s climate bomb: the senselessness of Adani’s Carmichael coal mine

 Stop! Look around ..... Veteran environmental campaigner and former Greens senator Bob Brown has previously pointed to Adani’s proposed Carmichael coal mine as the new...

Australian gas: between a fracked rock and a socially hard place

 Protesters rally against coal seam gas in Melbourne, February 2016 Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s response to the looming east coast gas shortage has been to...

Northern NSW is no stranger to floods, but this one was different

 Lismore received a drenching from the tail end of Tropical Cyclone Debbie The devastating flood damage wreaked by Tropical Cyclone Debbie has left many residents...

Love connection: breakthrough fights crown-of-thorns starfish with pheromones

Hundreds of thousands of crown-of-thorns starfish have invaded North Queensland, devastating reefs Crown-of-thorns starfish are one of the most aggressive reef-destroyers in the world. A...

Tropical Cyclone Debbie has blown a hole in the winter vegetable supply

Bowen’s market gardens supply some 13% of Australia’s perishable vegetables Cyclone Debbie, which lashed the Queensland coast a week ago, has hit farmers hard in...

After 25 years of trying, why aren’t we environmentally sustainable yet?

 After decades of sustainability initiatives, key environmental indicators keep getting worse In 1992, more than 170 countries came together at the Rio Earth Summit and...

Recycling can be confusing, but it’s getting simpler

What you can recycle depends on where you live At first glance, Australians appear to be good recyclers: ABS figures report that in 2012...

Three rivers are now legally people – but that’s just the start of looking after them

The Whanganui River: now a legal person In the space of a week, the world has gained three notable new legal persons: the Whanganui...

BREAKING NEWS …….Victory – Shooters banned from killing waterbirds

Is this the beginning of the end of the slaughter? BREAKING NEWS: Shooters have been banned from four of Victoria’s most popular wetlands, including the...

Snowy hydro scheme will be left high and dry unless we look after the mountains

A degraded wetland in the Pilot Wilderness area, Kosciuszko National Park, is subject to increasing numbers of feral horses Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s plan...
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Unleashing the Power of Content: A Guide to Effective Content Marketing

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CARL NIELSEN DESIGN ACCELERATOR

  Applications are now open for the Carl Nielsen Design Accelerator, supported by a generous bequest from Carl and Judy Nielsen. The accelerator is open to...

YouthIt empowers the health of the entire nation, bringing “precise nutrition” into millions of households.

Quality is the soul of a product. Especially in the food industry, authoritative testing is indispensable to ensure product quality. When it comes to authoritative...

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.