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

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  • May 2025: Fishermans Bend and Port Melbourne Neighbourhood Conversations

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    Neighbourhood Conversations are community consultation sessions run by Council in local neighbourhood. Today I joined the Fishermans Bend conversation at the Woolworths on Plummer Street and the Port Melbourne session along Bay Street near CaneCoco. While the sessions specifically sought feedback on Council’s Community Safety Plan and the Domestic Animal Management Plan, there are also…

  • National Volunteer Week 2025: South Port Day Links

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    South Port Day Links provides volunteer assisted community transport, as well as pet walking and home maintenance services for eligible home care residents within the City of Port Phillip and City of Melbourne. As a volunteer based organisation, National Volunteer Week has particular significance for South Port Day Links, given the importance of volunteering to…

  • 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…

  • Tour of the Fishermans Bend Circular Design Collective

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    The Fishermans Bend Circular Design Collective is an initiative of FBIDEAs, providing an incubation space for businesses innovating ideas that help build the circular economy. Fishermans Bend, located within the Montague Ward, provides immense opportunity as not only a complement Melbourne’s CBD, but also as an innovation hub that fosters entrepreneurship and business initativies. I…

  • Council Meeting: 7 May 2025

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    The Council meeting this evening endorsed the Draft Domestic Animal Management Plan and upgrade works for Smith Street in Fishermans Bend/Port Melbourne to accommodate the new Fishermans Bend Primary School. Smith Street Upgrades Smith Street situated off Williamstown Road is the location of the new Fishermans Bend Primary School, which has been built to accommodate…

  • 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…

  • Port Melbourne Colts: Anzac Services

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    Alongside the Port Melbourne Community Anzac Service, community groups hold their own commemoration events for Anzac Day. Across this weekend I was invited to two Anzac Services conducted by the Port Melbourne Colts, including their Seniors on Anzac Day and Junior on Sunday. I was invited by the Club to recite the Ode of Remembrance:…

  • Hester Reserve: City Nature Challenge

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    The City Nature Challenge is a friendly global competition between cities to document urban flora, fauna and fungi with participants taking photos through the INaturalist app over this weekend. The Port Phillip EcoCentre hosted a session this afternoon at Hester Reserve in Port Melbourne to encourage participation in the City Nature Challenge. I joined the…

  • The 2025 Port Melbourne Community Anzac Commemoration Service

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    The Anzac Commemoration Service for Port Melbourne is held at the World War I Memorial on Beach Street and was widely attended by the Port Melbourne community, with schools, sporting clubs and community groups laying wreaths as part of the proceedings. I joined the Mayor Cr Louise Crawford and Port Melbourne Ward Councillor Heather Cunsolo…