Thank you to the people who contributed article for issue 3 of Port Phillip Matters. We were pleased to see our readers are growing with each issue: there were more than 2,100 views for issue 2 of the newspaper. The most read articles were the stories about Port Phillip people which you can find in the Local Personalities section. Also popular were the articles about the Elwood swamp and the community electric vehicle charging stations. This issue contains articles on the history of South Melbourne and Middle Park.

You are welcome to contribute articles or community announcements. We encourage you to submit articles about local people, community groups, local news and celebrate living in Port Phillip. Do you have information about sports clubs, schools, community groups and local events? 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. We anticipate that you may want to contribute information about events and activities at your schools and sport clubs when COVID restrictions end.

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