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Under-12s are increasingly catching COVID-19. How sick are they getting and when will we be able to vaccinate them?

  Picture: ShutterstockIn July Australia’s Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) provisionally approved the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 12-15.The Australian Technical Advisory group on...

Is it more infectious? Is it spreading in schools? This is what we know about the Delta variant and kids

  Picture: ShuttlestockThe Delta variant is surging across the globe, and the World Health Organization warns it will rapidly become the world’s dominant strain of COVID-19.Delta...

Best evidence suggests antidepressants aren’t very effective in kids and teens. What can be done instead?

  Picture: ShuttlestockEven before COVID-19 lockdowns, school closures and strict social distancing, depression was on the rise in children and teenagers around the globe.By the age...

Children may need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 too. Here’s what we need to consider

Image: Shuttlestock An ideal COVID-19 vaccine would not only protect people from becoming ill, it would also stop the virus spreading through the population....

The Challenges of COVID‐19 for Divorcing Families

Being alive in the middle of a raging worldwide pandemic might not be the hardest thing in the world, but it’s definitely not the...

Children might play a bigger role in COVID transmission than first thought. Schools must prepare

Picture: Shuttlestock Over last weekend, the World Health Organisation made an announcement you might have missed.It recommended children aged 12 years and older should wear...

Firearms with Children in the House: How to Keep Everyone Safe

About a third of U.S homes with young children have a firearm in the house which means that some 2 million kids are at...

Let them play! Kids need freedom from play restrictions to develop

Playing in nature improves children’s learning, social and emotional skills. MI PHAM/unsplash You may have heard of play. It’s that thing children do – the diverse...

POTATO JACK

Potato Jack often left home without his jacket on. His mum warned him he’d catch his death, but she was wrong. Just like she...

THE FINAL STAGE – Adrian Rawlins review of what he called “My lost masterpiece”.

It started out like a normal day for the man of the house. He had breakfast with his wife. She was no warmer or...
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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.