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Battered by 9 years of Coalition government, the ABC now has a hard road of repair ahead

Image: Joel Carrett/AAPThe Liberal-National Coalition government has been defeated, but the legacy of its nine-year onslaught on the ABC remains.That onslaught consisted of relentless...

As News Corp goes ‘rogue’ on election coverage, what price will Australian democracy pay?

Image: Wes Mountain/The ConversationWhat does a democracy do when a dominant news media organisation goes rogue during an election campaign?In 2022, News Corporation is...

As COVID rips through Australia, is Scott Morrison’s media strategy starting to fail as well?

Image: AAP/Lukas CochAs he embarks on an election year, there is a question about whether Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s media communications strategy, which has...

Is Morrison gaining a reputation for untrustworthiness? The answer could have serious implications for the election

  Image: Dean Lewins/AAPFor good legal and ethical reasons, the media are generally wary of calling someone a liar.It is a serious slur on...

ICAC is not a curse, and probity in government matters. The Australian media would do well to remember that

  Picture: AAP/Bianca de MarchiJournalists are adept at creating and reflecting public sentiment. It is a reciprocating process: journalistic portrayal creates the sentiment, then...

‘Hope’ versus ‘threat’: how The Age got entangled in competing pandemic storylines

  Picture: Daniel Pockett/AAPTwo distinct narratives have emerged in the public debate about COVID-19, a narrative of hope and a narrative of threat.In the...

Right-wing shock jock stoush reveals the awful truth about COVID, politics and media ratings

  Picture: AAP(Darren England/Glenn Hunt)A COVID-induced rancour that has broken out between Sydney’s commercial radio shock jocks and the Sky News night-time ravers over Sydney’s lockdown...

Contrasting NSW and Victoria lockdown coverage reveals much about the politics of COVID – and the media

   Picture: James Ross/Dan Himbrechts (AAP)Media coverage of the first few days of the COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak in New South Wales has been...

Scott-free no more? Why the prime minister’s smooth media run may be coming to an end

  Image: Wes Mountain/The ConversationKatharine Murphy, The Guardian Australia’s political editor, marvelled recently that Scott Morrison pulls what she called a “Jedi mind trick”, rebadging disasters...

To publish or not to publish? The media’s free-speech dilemmas in a world of division, violence and extremism

 Picture: AAP/AP/ John Nacion/STAR MAX/IPxTerrorism, political extremism, Donald Trump, social media and the phenomenon of “cancel culture” are confronting journalists with a range of...
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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.