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Arts Response Grants
Three streams of small quick response grants have been developed by the City of Port Phillip to support local artists, cultural organisations, and creative groups dealing with the ongoing impact of COVID-19.
Cultural Development Fund - Key Organisations
An arts funding initiative providing multi-year organisational funding for significant arts and cultural organisations in the City of Port Phillip.
Cultural Development Fund - Projects
The Cultural Development Fund (CDF) is an annual arts and heritage grants round for artists and related organisations in Port Phillip.
Health and wellbeing
The Port Phillip community is known for having good health and wellbeing, which is supported by Council and governments.
Wheels spinning on bike path upgrades
8 Feb 2022Bicycle access in Port Melbourne just became a whole lot easier thanks to Council’s Garden City Bike Corridor upgrade.
COVID-19 Community Recovery Quick Response Grant Program
The COVID-19 Community Recovery Quick Response Grant Program supports our local service providers and community groups to support our most vulnerable and socially disconnected residents impacted by the pandemic and their access to participate in community life.
Rupert Bunny Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship
The Rupert Bunny Foundation Visual Arts Fellowship (RBFVAF) is an acquisitive award of $30,000 presented to a recipient once every two years. Established in 2005, it aims to support contemporary visual artists with an identifiable commitment to arts excellence.
Keeping an eye out for hoons
8 Apr 2022Port Phillip Council will immediately order a mobile CCTV trailer following the success of a rented trial trailer in helping drive down hooning complaints.
About the federal advocacy priorities
25 Feb 2022Following the federal election in May, Council remain committed to advocating for projects that did not receive pledges for funding and will work with the Australian Government to further progress priority projects.
Pets of Port Phillip
24 May 2022This is the second in an occasional series looking at a day in the life of Council Officers undertaking a range of services for our community.
Quick Response Grant Program
The Quick Response Grant Program is a small grants program with 2 categories available for eligible community organisations, social enterprises and individuals.
Bank St parking upgrade
Council will be creating more short-term parking spaces and planting additional trees for improved tree coverage in the Domain Precinct.
Advocating the best for Port Phillip
11 Apr 2022For the upcoming federal election, the City of Port Phillip has launched a Federal Advocacy page, which highlights Council’s priority projects and election commitments that will benefit the residents of Port Phillip.
New bike path for Port Melbourne
3 Feb 2022Bicycle access in Port Melbourne just became a whole lot easier thanks to Council’s Garden City Bike Corridor upgrade.
The Palais Theatre Community Reservations
Community Reservations at the Palais Theatre is a City of Port Phillip initiative to increase access to the hiring of the Palais Theatre to groups that may not otherwise be able to utilise the venue due to hire costs.
City of Port Phillip leading towards net zero
22 Jul 2022City of Port Phillip joins with councils across Victoria in a push for greater sustainability requirements for new development.
About the state election priorities
23 Jun 2022Council has set out its state advocacy priorities for 2022/23, setting out our key projects, policy changes and funding requests for consideration as part of the upcoming Victorian election.
Budget sets scene for a Sustainable City
30 Jun 2022The 2022/23 Budget and updated Year 2 of the Council Plan 2021-31 set the course for the City of Port Phillip as our residents, ratepayers and businesses recover from the many impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
New and replacement public toilets
We're building two new accessible public toilets at Fitzroy Street, St Kilda and Waterfront Place, Port Melbourne. We are also replacing the existing Exeloo at Shakespeare Grove St Kilda and the fire damaged facilities at Alma Park with new sustainable toilets.
Council scores as Port Melbourne park named as World Cup training venue
10 Mar 2022JL Murphy Reserve will play host to some of the world’s best soccer players after the venue was selected as an official training site for the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup.
Brazen bronze thefts in Port Phillip
9 May 2022Port Phillip Council is asking residents to play detective and look out for missing bronze plaques and artworks after a spate of thefts and attempted thefts over the past few weeks.
Community Satisfaction Survey
Each year, Council participates in the annual telephone survey of local residents that is facilitated by Local Government Victoria. Commencing late January and continuing into March, households may receive a call from an independent market research agency, National Field Services.
Laneways
The City of Port Phillip has over 1,500 lanes which are classed as municipal roads. Here is everything you need to know relating to these often over-looked community assets, including checking if it is a Council ‘road’ and applying to discontinue a ‘road’.
Fishermans Bend Urban Renewal Area
The largest urban renewal area in Australia.