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Grattan on Saturday: Stellar first week for Anthony Albanese but tough months ahead

Image: Lukas Coch/AAP Anthony Albanese had expected the election might be a week earlier than it was, because last Saturday would bump up against Tuesday’s...

Poor policy and short-sightedness: how the budget treats climate change and energy in the wake of disasters

Image: Shutterstock This year’s federal budget is characterised by an avalanche of immediate handouts in response to cost-of-living pressures, some sound initiatives and deferral of more...

Grattan on Saturday: Albanese is ending the year well but has plenty of challenges ahead

Image: BIANCA DE MARCHI/AAP A week after Anthony Albanese announced his climate blueprint, Labor has every reason to believe the most difficult policy it will...

Labor’s 2030 climate target betters the Morrison government, but Australia must go much further, much faster

  Image: Lucas Coch/AAP The Labor opposition has pledged to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 43% this decade based on 2005 levels, claiming the...

COP26: it’s half-time at the crucial Glasgow climate change summit – and here’s the score

  Image: EPA The first week of the United Nations climate talks in Glasgow has drawn to a close. While there’s still a way to...

Grattan on Saturday: Morrison is wedged between Biden and Barnaby in forging climate policy for Glasgow

  Picture: AAP “The evidence is clear: climate change poses an existential threat to our lives, to our economy.” Kevin Rudd, circa 2007? No, Joe Biden...

Scott Morrison can’t spin this one: Australia’s climate pledges at this week’s summit won’t convince the world we’re serious

  Picture: Bianca De Marchi/AAP Days out from a much-anticipated climate summit convened by US President Joe Biden, the federal government has moved to position itself as...

If 80% of Australians care about climate action, why don’t they vote like it?

 Picture: Shuttlestock Poll after poll suggests a large majority of Australians cares about climate change. Yet in recent federal elections, this hasn’t translated into wins for parties...

Mr Morrison, please don’t make empty promises: enshrine our climate targets in law

 Picture: James Ross/AAP In the lead-up to this year’s United Nations climate conference in Glasgow, the Morrison government is inching towards adopting a net-zero emissions target for 2050. If...

‘Backwards’ federal budget: Morrison government never fails to disappoint on climate action

Image: Shuttlestock When it comes to action on climate change, Tuesday’s federal budget delivered by Treasurer Josh Frydenberg was a real – though not unexpected –...
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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.