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Victoria turns red and teal as Liberals are all but vanquished in greater Melbourne

Image: Diego Fedle/AAPThe federal election result is highly problematic for the Liberal Party. Aside from finding itself on the opposition benches for the first...

State of the states: six politics experts take us around Australia in the final week of the campaign

Images: Mick Tsikas/AAPIn the first week of the campaign, we journeyed around the country with six politics experts to examine the key seats and issues affecting...

State of the states: six politics experts take us on a trip around Australia

Image: Joey Csunyo/UnsplashOver the next six weeks, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Labor leader Anthony Albanese will dash around the country, trying to secure...

Why the Victorian protests should concern us all

  Image: AAP/James RossOver the weekend, tens of thousands of people gathered in Melbourne to protest vaccine mandates and the Victorian government’s proposed pandemic bill.While the...

What are the protests against Victoria’s construction union all about? An expert explains

  Picture:James Ross/AAPAfter violence on Monday outside the Melbourne offices of the Construction, Forestry, Maritime, Mining and Energy union, the Victorian government ordered a...

With a post-lockdown Victoria in sight, the more we can contain transmission now, the easier the road ahead

  Picture: James Ross/AAPVictoria’s roadmap out of lockdown, released Sunday, marks an important milestone. It’s a clear commitment to delivering on the National Plan, and...

NSW and Victoria admit they won’t get back to COVID-zero. What does this mean for a ‘fractured’ Australia?

  Picture: Mick Tsikas/AAPAustralia’s two most populous states have now conceded they are unlikely to return to COVID-zero.The highly infectious Delta variant has spread significantly...

‘Hope’ versus ‘threat’: how The Age got entangled in competing pandemic storylines

  Picture: Daniel Pockett/AAPTwo distinct narratives have emerged in the public debate about COVID-19, a narrative of hope and a narrative of threat.In the...

Contrasting NSW and Victoria lockdown coverage reveals much about the politics of COVID – and the media

   Picture: James Ross/Dan Himbrechts (AAP)Media coverage of the first few days of the COVID-19 Delta variant outbreak in New South Wales has been...

Why do our COVID outbreaks always seem to happen in Melbourne? Randomness and bad luck

  Picture: James Ross/AAPA man from Wollert, a suburb in Melbourne’s north, breezed into Melbourne from South Australian hotel quarantine, stopped at a 7-11,...
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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.