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Scorched dystopia or liveable planet? Here’s where the climate policies of our political hopefuls will take us

Image: David Mariuz/AAPThe federal election campaign takes place against a background of flooding on Australia’s east coast, where some residents remain in temporary accommodation a month...

No, Mr Morrison – the safeguard mechanism is not a ‘sneaky carbon tax

Image: Mick Tsikas/AAPPrime Minister Scott Morrison this week claimed Labor was planning a “sneaky carbon tax” should it win power, and Nationals senator Matt Canavan declared the goal...

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

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

‘The Australian way’: how Morrison trashed brand Australia at COP26

  Ray Noble/AP/AAPAs the COP26 climate talks wind up in Glasgow, Australia has again proved itself a climate laggard on the world stage. Prime...

As the world surges ahead on electric vehicle policy, the Morrison government’s new strategy leaves Australia idling in the garage

  Image: ShutterstockThe Morrison government will this week announced its long-awaited electric vehicle strategy, coinciding with COP26 climate change talks underway in Glasgow. The new policy contains some...

Scott Morrison spruiks electric vehicles – but rules out subsidies and an end-date for petrol cars

  Image: Mick Tsikas/AAPAfter demonising Labor’s policy on electric cars before the 2019 election, the federal government has put electric vehicles at the centre...

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...

Australia’s stumbling, last-minute dash for climate respectability doesn’t negate a decade of abject failure

  Picture: Lukas Coch/AAPPrime Minister Scott Morrison has just announced that Australia will adopt a target of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The...

Barnaby Joyce has refused to support doubling Australia’s 2030 emissions reduction targets – but we could get there so cheaply and easily

  Image: ShutterstockAs Prime Minister Scott Morrison tries to land a Coalition climate policy deal ahead of the international COP26 summit in Glasgow, Nationals leader...
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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.