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Social Benefits of ‘Clubbing’ After Covid-19

Clubbing is an integral part of the lives of all adults - be it a birthday celebration, bridal shower, or Uni night, any celebration...

Listen To Older Voices: Lindsay Field – Part 2

        This is Part 2 of a 3-part story featuring 69 year old Lindsay Field.       In this weeks program we learn of Lindsay’s experiences in a...

‘I’m scared we won’t have money for food’: how children cope with food insecurity in Australia

  Image: Shuttlestock There is a deafening silence regarding household food insecurity in Australia, particularly when it comes to children. Food is a basic human...

Sunday essay: beyond ‘statue shaming’ — grappling with Australia’s legacies of slavery

      St Kitts-born Archibald Burt pictured beside sugar cane growing in his Perth garden in 1862. Burt, a former slave owner, became chief justice...

Australians love their pets, so why don’t more public places welcome them?

      Pets are a common sight in places like cafes overseas, but are generally unwelcome in many public places in Australia   Venture to the...

Will your grandchildren have the chance to visit Australia’s sacred trees? Only if our sick indifference to Aboriginal heritage is cured

  Picture: Shuttlestock Trees have always been a point of conflict between colonisers and Indigenous people. At the very beginning of European-Indigenous interactions, skirmishes broke out...

Holding the world to ransom: the top 5 most dangerous criminal organisations online right now

      Image: Shuttlestock On the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog! These words from Peter Steiner’s famous cartoon could easily be applied to the recent ransomware attack on Florida-based software...

Morrison’s ‘new deal’ for a return to post-COVID normal is not the deal most Australians want

  Picture: Lukas Coch/AAP All-encompassing crises like a pandemic can expose systemic flaws and failures in government and society, clearing the decks for radical reform...

Decoding the music masterpieces: Liszt’s Consolation in D flat — serene sweetness and melancholy

      Henri Lehmann, portrait of Franz Liszt, 1839. Wikimedia Commons Dreamy, slow-moving and gentle, the D flat Consolation is far from our accepted picture of...
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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.