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As the Ukraine war drags on, how secure will Putin’s hold on power remain?

Image: MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV / KREMLIN POOL / SPUTNIK/ EPAThere has been constant speculation for most of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s 22 years in power...

Worried about Earth’s future? Well, the outlook is worse than even scientists can grasp

 Picture: Daniel Mariuz/AAPAnyone with even a passing interest in the global environment knows all is not well. But just how bad is the situation?...

The story of #DanLiedPeopleDied: how a hashtag reveals Australia’s ‘information disorder’ problem

Image: Shuttlestock At midday on August 12 2020, the hashtag #DanLiedPeopleDied started trending on Twitter. By evening it had attracted over 10,000 tweets.The hashtag...

3 Ways to Make A Difference: Changing The World With Political Awareness

It’s easy to feel powerless given our politics today. It feels like the media, big money and the elite are manipulating the system to...

A scope as big as humanity can conjure: the Terracotta Warriors & Cai Guo-Qiang

Installation view of Cai Guo-Qiang’s Murmuration (Landscape) 2019 (detail) Realised in Dehua, Fujian. province and Melbourne, commissioned by the NGV. Proposed acquisition supported...

POTATO JACK

Potato Jack often left home without his jacket on. His mum warned him he’d catch his death, but she was wrong. Just like she...

THE FINAL STAGE – Adrian Rawlins review of what he called “My lost masterpiece”.

It started out like a normal day for the man of the house. He had breakfast with his wife. She was no warmer or...

JESUS – THE JEWISH DILEMMA

Who is Jesus Christ? The facts are he was born Yeshua ben Yosef – a simple man from a simple town. Born at a...

THE POWER OF IDIOTS

I sit in this room, this crumbling room I grew to love, cluttered by the mementoes of a crumbled life. Framed photographs of friends,...

A WALK IN THE RAIN

He aged within the silences of our stilted conversation. His eyes were those of a man who’d seen his kingdoms fall and the survival...
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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.