Wil Anderson, Nazeem Hussain and Mel Buttle recommend emerging comedians to see at festivals across Australia

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Mel Buttle was working as a high school teacher in Brisbane when she made it to the Raw Comedy national final in 2008. She was 26, and representing Queensland in the annual competition for up-and-coming comedians held by the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF). Past Raw Comedy winners have gone on to become some of Australia's most lauded and beloved comedians, including Josh Thomas, Hannah Gadsby and Cassie Workman. In 2008, Buttle was up against acts including Luke McGregor and Laura Davis. While Buttle did not win the competition, she did get to immerse herself in the comedy festival, seeing...