Latest articles by Trisha Avery
Montague, a precinct like no other …
Well, dear readers. We are already in March 2021 and it doesn’t seem that long ago that we were in March 2020 with the new and stark reality of COVID-19.
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Back to the Future … 2021
Hello, dear readers. I hope you have all had a happy, peaceful and healthy transition into 2021.
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Congratulations, celebrations and complications …
Well, dear readers; here we are in December 2020. Can you believe we did it? What a great achievement that every single person has contributed to.
Read MoreAnd the beat goes on … (or the construction)
At last we can mingle and dine, albeit socially distanced and masked … but how wonderful to be out and about.
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Voting creates your future …
The City of Port Phillip council elections are just days away and we hope locals are taking their votes seriously.
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What an achievement … 100 editions!
Firstly, thank you to Sean Car for his encouragement and foresight to include coverage of Montague (South Melbourne) and Fishermans Bend as part of Southbank News.
Read MoreKeep in touch
As we find ourselves in a “State of Disaster”, the Montague Community Alliance is looking at ways of how we can stay connected and engaged with each other.
Read MoreSo near, yet so far …
We were nearly there … or so we thought.
Read MoreKindness and communication: the route to the future
As we emerge into a new phase of managing this pandemic and start back into the world, it is important to notice the effect on our community here in the Montague Precinct of Fishermans Bend.
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Is Montague the Toorak of Fishermans Bend?
How are you all managing? Well I hope you are all socially distancing while you are getting out and about in Montague.
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The virtual world of Montague
Well, dear readers, how are you all fairing?
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Is Fishermans Bend stalling?
In the past month, we’ve been fortunate enough to have had discussions with senior members of the State Government, the City of Melbourne and the City of Port Phillip.
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Montague hosts a community roundtable
On June 18, The Montague Community Alliance (MCA) and the Fishermans Bend Taskforce held the first of what we hope will be regular meetings at the Golden Fleece Hotel in Montague.
Read MoreMontague – an agreeable neighbourhood?
Agreeable definition: If something is agreeable, it is pleasant and you enjoy it.
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The future is here. Well, nearly…
So that’s February done and dusted and everyone is back at work for 2019 and it appears busier than ever.
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Cautious welcome of new governance
The Montague Community Alliance cautiously welcomes the Minister for Planning’s recent creation of the Fishermans Bend Development Board, under the guidance of chair, Meredith Sussex.
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Is having no third-party rights the new black?
Did you know that most readers of this great local paper have no third-party rights?
Read MoreMontague: a suburb?
Ever since the previous planning minister and current Leader of the Opposition, Matthew Guy, re zoned the Fishermans Bend urban renewal area as a Capital City Zone, the use of the name Montague has had a resurgence.
Read MoreCan you plan a Montague culture …
There has been a lot of discussion of “culture” this month, what with the Financial Services Royal Commission showing us, the public, how some organisational leadership has been allowing a culture of misdemeanors to inhabit their businesses.
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