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Lockdowns make people lonely. Here are 3 steps we can take now to help each other

  Picture: Shutterstock Millions of Australians are currently living under lockdowns in an effort to curb the rapid spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. While...

340,000 Melburnians have little or no parkland within 5km of their home

Picture: AAP Image/David Crosling Under the stage 4 restrictions enforced throughout metropolitan Melbourne, residents can exercise for one hour each day, within five kilometres of their...

Two weeks into Melbourne’s lockdown, why aren’t COVID-19 case numbers going down

David Crosling/AAP Image Fourteen days after Melbourne was put back into lockdown, with the Thursday tally of 484 new cases in Victoria makes for dispiriting...

‘Kissing can be dangerous’: how old advice for TB seems strangely familiar today

Image: Shuttlestock We’ve been reminded about avoiding hugging or kissing, especially among large family groups, in light of the recent Melbourne coronavirus clusters. But alerting the...

4 ways our streets can rescue restaurants, bars and cafes after coronavirus

Picture: Nils Versemann/Shutterstock As Australia re-opens, the bars, cafes and restaurants that give life to our streets face a tough ask: stay open and stay...

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...

As restrictions ease, here are 5 crucial ways for Australia to stay safely on top of COVID-19

Bianca de Marchi/AAP Image As Australia’s coronavirus restrictions are gradually lifted, we may well see an upswing in cases of COVID-19. The World Health Organisation has warned of...

The COVIDSafe app was just one contact tracing option. These alternatives guarantee more privacy

Image: Shuttlestock Since its release on Sunday, experts and members of the public alike have raised privacy concerns with the federal government’s COVIDSafe mobile app. The...

Refugees need protection from coronavirus too, and must be released

Picture: AAP/Dan Peled Pressure is growing to release people from immigration detention, with lawyers from Australia’s Human Rights Law Centre mounting a court case on behalf of...

What might trigger a return to ‘normal’? Why our coronavirus exit strategy is … TBC

Picture: Dave Hunt/AAP The unprecedented restrictions Australians are living with are working, so far, to curb the rise in new COVID-19 cases. Nationally, on average around 50...
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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.