Tag: port phillip
Port Melbourne Football Club: 2025 Season Launch and Jumper Presentation
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…
Celebrating Women in Music at the Inaugural ROAR Fest
The National Theatre located on Carlisle Street in St Kilda is a performing arts venue covering live music, theatre and many other performance styles. This eveninh other performances. This evening I attended the Inaugural ROAR Fest, celebrating women in music through an all female line up. Tonight’s performance was hosted by Ella Hooper and through…
Opening the Port Phillip Mussel and Jazz Festival
The Port Phillip Mussel and Jazz Festival has been a fixture of South Melbourne Market over the March long weekend for the past ten years. The two day festival incorporates street vendors along Cecil Street, alongside market traders and a stage featuring jazz performances. With an estimated crowd of over 50,000 attendees, South Melbourne Market…
Touring the Jewish Museum of Australia
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…
ABC News: Public Transport and Fishermans Bend
This ABC News included an interview with me as the Ward Councillor for Montague Ward discussing the urgent need for public transport improvements and tram extensions for Fishermans Bend. Securing commitments for Fishermans Bend must be a key advocacy priority for the City of Port Phillip.
ABC News Online: Better public transport called for in new Infrastructure Victoria plan
Infrastructure Victoria is an independent statutory authority, established by the State Government to provide advice on current and future infrastructure needs. In 2021 Infrastructure Victoria released its 30 year strategy identifying the required infrastructure projects needed to sustain Melbourne and Victoria. Amongst its key recommendations were tram extensions into Fishermans Bend and for planning to…
Port Phillip Bicycle Users Group and the Bicycle Network
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…
Port Phillip Men’s Shed: Open Day and Magazine Launch
The Port Phillip Men’s Shed Association, located in South Melbourne, is a community organisation providing woodworking, metalworking and gardening for its members to become involved in community projects or develop individual items of interest. Despite the name, membership to the Men’s Shed is open to people of all genders and it was fantastic to see…
Fashion and Fauxtails: Fundraiser for St Kilda Gatehouse
The St Kilda Gatehouse provides spaces of belonging and safety for women reliant on street based sex work in St Kilda, and young people affected by sexual exploitation. This evening, I attended Fashion and Fauxtails, a fundraiser organised by St Kilda Gatehouse, which included a fashion parade that showcased the vintage and upcycled clothing curated…
The National Theatre: Opening Night of Avenue Q
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…