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Tax cuts? COVID management? On the search for the Morrison government’s legacy (so far)

Image: Darren England/AAP It is premature to be discussing the legacy of the Morrison government. While it is well behind in the polls, there is...

World-first research confirms Australia’s forests became catastrophic fire risk after British invasion

Image: Andrew Brownbill/AAP Australia’s forests now carry far more flammable fuel than before British invasion, our research shows, revealing the catastrophic risk created by non-Indigenous...

Fire management in Australia has reached a crossroads and ‘business as usual’ won’t cut it

Image: Darren England/AAP The current wet conditions delivered by La Niña may have caused widespread flooding, but they’ve also provided a reprieve from the threat of bushfires...

More than 200 Australian birds are now threatened with extinction – and climate change is the biggest danger

  Image: Shutterstock Up to 216 Australian birds are now threatened – compared with 195 a decade ago – and climate change is now the...

Seriously ugly: here’s how Australia will look if the world heats by 3°C this century

 Picture: Shuttlestock This is a long read, it is an important read, so set aside time to take it all in. Imagine, for a moment, a...

5 remarkable stories of flora and fauna in the aftermath of Australia’s horror bushfire season

 Picture: hamiltonphillipa/iNaturalist Around one year ago, Australia’s Black Summer bushfire season ended, leaving more than 8 million hectares across south-east Australia a mix of charcoal, ash and...

Asking people to prepare for fire is pointless if they can’t afford to do it. It’s time we subsidised fire prevention

  Image: Shuttlestock Once again, Australia is on fire. This year it’s the turn of Western Australia and South Australia, where bushfires are threatening homes and lives. In...

Photos from the field: zooming in on Australia’s hidden world of exquisite mites, snails and beetles

     Dragon springtails (pictured) are widely distributed in forests of eastern Australia — yet they’re still largely unknown to science. Nick Porch, Author provided Which animals are...

Frequent extreme bushfires are our new reality. We need to learn how to live with smoke-filled air

Picture: Shuttlestock As fires ravaged large sections of the Australian bush last summer, cities and towns all along the coast were blanketed in toxic smoke....

Summer bushfires: how are the plant and animal survivors 6 months on? We mapped their recovery

State Government of Victoria/Agriculture, Water and the Environment Australia roared into 2020 as a land on fire. The human and property loss was staggering,...
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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.