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Sunday essay: single parenting with a disability – how my 9-year-old daughter became my carer in shining armour

Shakira Hussein (seated in chair) with daughter Adalya Nash Hussein. Photo by Leah Jing McIntosh. Author providedMy daughter started to describe me as disabled long before I...

From veggie gardening to op-shopping, migrants are the quiet environmentalists

 Picture: ShuttlestockThe organised environmental movement is largely a white, middle-class space. But our research shows migrants care for nature in other ways – including living sustainably in...

Cat in a spat: scrapping Dr Seuss books is not cancel culture

  Image: Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via APLet’s start by putting aside the bugbear that it is even possible to “cancel” children’s author Dr Seuss.As Philip...

Why the far-right and white supremecists have embraced the Middle Ages and their symbols

 AP Photo/Manuel Balce CenetaMedievalist references littered the insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6th.Rudy Giuliani called for a “trial by combat”; the “Q Shaman”, Jacob Chansley (also...

Renaming of Red Skins and Chicos is a shaky step towards leaving discriminatory ideas in the past

Nestle This week, it was announced two types of Allen’s lollies, Red Skins and Chicos, will be known from January 2021 as Red Ripper...

White supremacists believe in genetic ‘purity’. Science shows no such thing exists

Picture - Mike Stewart / AP Far-right white supremacist ideology is on the rise in Europe, North America and Australia. It appeals to a racist notion whereby many white...

Is America a ‘failing state’? How a superpower has been brought to the brink

Picture: AAP/EPA/Albert Halim After the collapse of the Soviet Union, there was a sense history had ended, and that the United States represented a supreme...

Was there slavery in Australia? Yes. It shouldn’t even be up for debate

In 1891 a ‘Slave Map of Modern Australia’ was printed in the British Anti-Slavery Reporter.  Author provided Prime Minister Scott Morrison asserted in a radio interview that “there...

‘I love Australia’: 3 things international students want Australians to know

Picture: Shuttlestock A recent statement from China’s education bureau warned Chinese students about studying in Australia due to “racist incidents” during the COVID-19 pandemic.Such statements, and further...

Graphic novels help teens learn about racism, climate change and social justice – here’s a reading list

The success of ‘Maus’ made the genre more visible.  Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for New York Comic Con Teen activists worldwide are making headlines for...
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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.