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If the polls are right, he may soon be the next Australian prime minister. So who is Anthony Albanese?

Image: AAP/Lukas CochKaren Middleton’s 2016 biography of Anthony Albanese concludes with a speech he made that year, on the 20th anniversary of his election...

Grattan on Saturday: We can’t know what sort of PM Albanese would be – but not for the reasons the government says

Image: BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAPYears ago, Kevin Rudd sold himself as a version of Howard-lite, as he sought to reassure voters he wouldn’t be scary....

Elect me and I’ll govern like Bob Hawke: Albanese

Image: Mick Tsikas/AAPAnthony Albanese will declare he would govern on the Hawke model of consensus, in an economic speech today, that also directs a...

The John Curtin Hotel is a home for Melbourne’s musicians, activists and unionists. Shutting it down is a loss for our cultural heritage

Image: AAP Image/Lukas CochNews the prominent live music venue The John Curtin Hotel is up for sale, with the current lease expiring at the...

Sunday essay: it’s possible — how we can create a fairer, greener Australia beyond COVID

Picture: Joe Castro/AAP We are living through the greatest disruption of the postwar era; what is likely to be the defining historical period of...

Nuance and nostalgia: Labor’s election review provides useful insights and inevitable harking back to Hawke

The election review is proportionate in the blame it sends Bill Shorten’s way. David Crosling/AAP The media have been itching for a report that blamed...

‘The golden bowl is broken’ – tributes to the nation’s loved larrikin leader

Hawke was Bill Shorten’s mentor. Supplied ALP/AAP The death of Bob Hawke at the age of 89 has united politicians across the spectrum,...

Vale Bob Hawke, a giant of Australian political and industrial history

Former prime minister Bob Hawke has died, age 89. AAP/State Library of NSW/ If Bob Hawke had never become prime minister, he would still...

The larrikin as leader: how Bob Hawke came to be one of the best (and luckiest) prime ministers

Prime Minister Bob Hawke celebrates the final cabinet meeting in Old Parliament House, 1988. National Archives of AustraliaThe rise of Bob Hawke to the...
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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.