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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...

High Court rules media are liable for Facebook comments on their stories. Here’s what that means for your favourite Facebook pages

  Image: ShuttlestockA publisher can be held responsible for defamatory comments readers leave on its Facebook pages, the High Court ruled yesterday, in a decision...

Facebook has pulled the trigger on news content — and possibly shot itself in the foot

 Picture: Michael Reynolds / AAPFacebook on Thursday made good on its threat to block Australians from accessing or posting news content. The ban includes blocking...

Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways

 Picture: Mick Tsikas / AAPExecutives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australia’s news media bargaining...

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...

To stay or cut away? As Trump makes baseless claims, TV networks are faced with a serious dilemma

Evan Vucci/AP In the United States, democratic norms are breaking down.The president, Donald Trump, baselessly claimed at a White House press conference on Friday morning, Australian time,...

Tensions rise on coronavirus handling as the media take control of the accountability narrative

Picture: James Ross/AAP Media coverage of disasters follows a broadly similar trajectory, even though the disasters themselves might take very different forms.The COVID-19 crisis...

Whether a ratings chase or ideological war, News Corp’s coronavirus coverage is dangerous

 Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation, in significant parts of its coverage of the coronavirus pandemic, has become a clear and present danger to the welfare...

Sunday essay: missing the commute, the spaces between places and the podcast stories in our pockets

Picture: Corey Agopian/Unsplash, In the not-so-distant past I commuted fairly hefty distances in a fairly garbage car. But you didn’t hear me complaining – I...

New shows tell our isolation stories on screen – making the most of what’s at hand

Oma in Coronavirus & Me. iWonder/7Plus Coronavirus & Me is the kind of hybrid user-generated television production we can expect to see more of in coming months.With...
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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.