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Want to buy guilt-free Easter chocolate? Pick from our list of ‘good eggs’ that score best for the environment and child labour

Image: Eva Elija/PexelsWhat do Beyond Good, Alter Eco, Tony’s Chocolonely and Whittaker’s all have in common? Besides producing delicious chocolate, they are the “good eggs” in this year’s chocolate scorecard.Each is...

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

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

Why tackling deforestation is so important for slowing climate change

  Image: Dudarev Mikhail/ShutterstockHumanity injects an almost incomprehensible 42 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO₂) into the atmosphere every year. The majority of this comes from...

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

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

Nationals’ push to carve farming from a net-zero target is misguided and dangerous

 Picture: ShuttlestockPrime Minister Scott Morrison might be warming to the goal of net-zero emissions by 2050, but federal Nationals leader Michael McCormack has thrown a spanner...

Sunday essay: in praise of pardalotes, unique birds living in a damaged country

Image: Shuttlestock I’ve spent more of my life with pardalotes than with most other acquaintances. They are an obscure and odd group of four...

Australia is a global top-ten deforester – and Queensland is leading the way

A chain used for land clearing is dragged over a pile of burning wood on a drought effected property near St George,...
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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.