Media centre
Read the City of Melbourne’s media protocols and find contact details for media advisers and weekend media enquiries.
Please note that all media requests for the Lord Mayor and councillors should be directed to the relevant media adviser.
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Media releases
New partnership to help businesses go global
New tool to combat rising temperatures in city
YIRRAMBOI to showcase First Nations creatives
Better parking to keep Melbourne moving
More remarkable Victorian women to be honoured
Strong return of office workers to Melbourne’s CBD
Better, brighter, greener new buildings in Melbourne
New Melbourne Clean Team to target city hotspots
Melbourne welcomes international students with open arms
Taking green waste service to new heights
All singing, all dancing Moomba Monarchs
New tool to help city traders adapt and grow
Media contacts
General media enquiries: media@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Weekend on-call number: 03 9658 8736
Media team contacts are for legitimate media queries only. For all other queries, please visit the City of Melbourne Contact Us page.
Media staff
Sallese Gibson, Media Manager
Email: sallese.gibson@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Tel: 0479 179 468
Portfolio responsibilities
- Queen Victoria Market Precinct Renewal
- Invest Melbourne
- Rates and valuations
- Emergency Management
- Council budget / reporting
- Council elections, policy, governance
- Firelight Festival
- Melbourne City Recovery Fund
- Melbourne City Revitalisation Fund
Patrick Phillips, Senior Media Advisor
Email: patrick.phillips@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Tel: 0427 723 437
Portfolio responsibilities
- Major infrastructure projects, including Greenline
- Capital works and city design
- Transport, including parking and cycling
- Property and council real estate
- Planning and heritage
- Building and construction
- International students
Tom Whitty, Senior Media Advisor
Email: tom.whitty@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Tel: 0481 064 023
Portfolio responsibilities
- Graffiti and cleaning
- Rough sleeping and homelessness
- City safety and security
- Arts and culture
- Business support
- Small business, retail and hospitality
- Christmas Festival
- New Year’s Eve
Maddie Kellaway, Media Advisor
Email: maddison.kellaway@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Tel: 0403 984 481
Portfolio responsibilities
- Health and wellbeing
- Children and family services
- Environment, including trees, parks and water
- Sustainable building
- Precinct activations
- Community and recreation
- Waste and recycling
- Smart cities, data and innovation
- Melbourne Fashion Week
- Moomba
- Aboriginal Melbourne
Hannah Lewon, External Communications Officer
Email: hannah.lewon@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Tel: 0468 675 991
Portfolio responsibilities
- Libraries
- Grant programs and sponsorship
- Busking and street entertainment
- Pedestrian data
- Tourism
- Night-time economy
- Animal management (domestic)
- Melbourne Awards
- Lord Mayor’s Small Business Awards
Kosta Pandos, (Acting) Head of External Communications
Email: kosta.pandos@melbourne.vic.gov.au
Tel: 0481 099 298