Thank you for all the positive feedback on our first edition of Port Phillip Matters. We were pleased to see that nearly 1,200 people read the newspaper within 48 hours of publication and 10% of readers looked at articles in a language other than English. Our paper can be read in 14 languages by selecting the language button at the top right of the page. 

We hope you enjoy reading our local newspaper which is produced by local contributors and volunteers. We thank everyone who has taken time to write an article and our volunteer editors and publishers. We welcome you to contribute a story or announcement. We will share articles on local people, community groups, local news and celebrate living in Port Phillip from Elwood and Balaclava to South Melbourne and Port Melbourne. We are also looking to publish information about sports clubs, schools, community groups and local events particularly when the pandemic restrictions are relaxed. If you would like to send us an article, please click on the “Got something to Say” panel at the bottom of this page to provide text and an image. Remember the old saying: a picture is worth a thousand words. Please upload images in landscape format. 

Port Phillip Matters includes Family Friendly Fun, Council Services, Local Live Music, and a Cinema guide – see the tabs under the masthead. We hope you will find this information useful when lockdown restrictions end. We will welcome publishing information about events and activities at your schools and sport clubs when COVID restrictions end.

We will be adding Looking for a Local Tradie in future editions. If you are a trades person and would like to place a classified advertisement, please contact us using the button at the bottom of the page. 

To access upcoming editions of the paper we have created the Port Phillip Matters Facebook Page click on link Port Phillip Matters | Facebook and like our page to receive notification of future editions.  You can also subscribe to the e-newspaper by clicking on the “Order Yours Free” panel at the bottom of this page.  

If you would like to volunteer and be part of the team producing the next issue of Port Phillip Matters, simply click the "Contact Us" panel below and let us know how to reach you. 

Finally, it has been a challenging couple of years for everyone and we hope that you and your family are well and coping well with pandemic restrictions.