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

Tag: community

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Neighbourhood Conversations – Port Melbourne and Montague

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    The City of Port Phillip’s Neighbourhood Conversations incorporates pop-up sessions to encourage community engagement with the Council. Today, I attended two of these sessions, Port Melbourne in the morning and Montague in the afternoon. Both sessions provided an opportunity to discuss Council’s waste management strategy, as well as the progression of new dog parks envisaged…

  • Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation Society: An Aviation History of Port Melbourne

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    The Port Melbourne Historical and Preservation which meets each month at the Port Melbourne Town Hall. I attended tonight’s meeting which featured local resident Mike Gahan an aviation specialist and former RAAF pilot, who not only documented his journey to Port Melbourne, but also the extensive aviation history within Fishermans Bend. As Fishermans Bend evolves…

  • Port Melbourne Football Club: 2025 Season Launch and Jumper Presentation

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    Port Melbourne Football Club (the Borough), based at North Port Oval on Williamstown Road, is one of Australia’s oldest football clubs competing in the VFL, VFLW and the Victorian Blind Football League (VBFL). Tonight, the Port Melbourne Football Club held its jumper presentation in recognition of the start of the 2025 Football season, as well…

  • Touring the Jewish Museum of Australia

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    This afternoon Councillors continued their exploration of cultural facilities across the City of Port Phillip with a tour of the Jewish Museum of Australia (JMA) located in St Kilda. The Museum is currently exhibiting A Secret Chord, celebrating the connection between music and Jewish culture, including musical instruments, soundscapes, photographs and artworks. The exhibition which…

  • Port Phillip Bicycle Users Group and the Bicycle Network

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    This evening I joined Cr Justin Halliday in attending a public meeting of the Port Phillip Bicycling Users Group which featured a speaker from the Bicycle Network discussing the sustainable transport improvements required to provide genuine transport choice across the City of Port Phillip. Fishermans Bend, as an example, is on the precipice of two…

  • The National Theatre: Opening Night of Avenue Q

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    The National Theatre, located on Carlislie Street St Kilda, was established in 1974 and is part of the not-for-profit arts organisation, which also includes The National Drama School and the National Ballet School This evening, I was invited to opening night of Avenue Q, a puppet-filled adult musical comedy, set in New York. The performance…

  • The 2025 St Kilda Festival

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    The St Kilda festival, which is one of Melbourne’s oldest music festivals, was held this weekend across both Saturday and Sunday. Featuring a mix of emerging and renowned artists over several stages, the Festival includes an array of musical genres, as well as other festivities. While the St Kilda Festival is a significant fixture on…

  • Cultural Awareness Training

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    This morning Councillors from Port Phillip Council undertook Cultural Awareness Training delivered through the Jewish Community Council of Victoria (JCCV). The training provided an overview of Port Phillip’s diverse Jewish community and ongoing concerns over rising Antisemitism. The session also included a tour of Temple Beth Israel and a discussion on the various streams of…