Cr Alex Makin: Councillor for Montague Ward, City of Port Phillip

Tag: community groups

  • Friends of Suai: 25th Anniversary Dinner

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    Tonight I attended the Anniversary Dinner for Friends of Suai, reflecting on the earlier events including the anniversary launch and presentation of Order of Timor-Leste Medal to the City of Port Phillip. The dinner featured several guest speakers covering the history of the Friendship, including the City of Port Phillip’s involvement through the donation of…

  • Friends of Suai: Medal Presentation

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    This evening Friends of Suai formally presented the Order of Timor-Leste Medal to the City of Port Phillip On 12 August, the President of Timor-Leste, HE José Ramos-Horta, awarded the Order of Timor-Leste Medal to 26 Australian Friendship Groups, including Friends of Suai/Covalima (FoSC)—a City of Port Phillip initiative. The medal honors 25 years of…

  • Friends of Suai: 25th Anniversary Launch

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    The Friends of Suai is a Council supported community based initiative that has helped build capacity of the Cova Lima Community Centre in East Timor over the past 25 years. This evening the Friends of Suai launched their 25th anniversary highlighting key achievements since the Friendship was formed in 2000. The President and Director of…

  • Council Meeting: 17 September 2025

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    Tonight’s Council meeting has several considerable items including the Council’s Draft Homelessness and Affordable Housing Strategy, the Draft Community Safety Plan and commenced engagement on the Community Infrastructure Plan. I also lodged a petition in relation to reviewing parking within Fishermans Bend. Petition: Review of Council Parking Policy – Parking Restrictions on Thistlethwaite Street, South…

  • Southport Community Centre: AGM 2025

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    Southport Community Centre, based on Liardet and Nott Streets in Port Melbourne is a pivotal community facility, providing meeting spaces and services for our community. I meet with Southport Community Centre on regular basis and attended tonight’s Annual General Meeting to speak with incoming members of the committee. Southport Community Centre provides a range of…

  • AGM 2025: Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society

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    The Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society exists to foster interest in the history of Port Melbourne and preserve relevant items of historical interest. The Society meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month, with tonight’s meeting incorporating its Annual General Meeting, as well as a guest speaker discussing the history of Victoria’s railways from…

  • BeachPatrol: Port Melbourne Beach Clean

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    BeachPatrol 3207, is a local community group, dedicated to cleaning our beaches of litter. The group meet on a monthly basis with today’s cleanup involving students from Port Melbourne Primary School. I joined the beach clean up crew, where alongside students and community, I helped in picking up over 18kg of rubbish. While the beach…

  • Port Phillip Bicycle Users Group – May 2025 Meeting

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    The Port Phillip Bicycle Users Group meet every two months, with tonight’s meeting featured a presentation from Elliot Fishman from the Institute of Sensible Transport. Elliot discussed competing transport needs and the growing role for sustainable transport in not only improving social inclusion and environmental benefits, but also in supporting economic outcomes. Fishermans Bend, for…

  • Tabletop RPG Open Day

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    The Tabletop Open Day is a celebration of our local table top roleplay gaming community organised by the Australian Roleplay Community. The event featuring locally made board and roleplaying games bringing together both content creators and players into an event based at St Kilda Town Hall. Tabletop gaming is not only a growing hobby, but…

  • Dig In Community Gardens: April Working Bee

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    The Dig In Community Gardens located at part of JL Murphy Reserve holds monthly working bees encouraging its membership to maintain the gardens and tend to their individual garden plots. I joined today’s session to see the gardens in action with a strong turnout of members throughout this morning. One of my key priorities over…