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25.01.2022 Extend the No.3 Tram Line! With Victoria suffering a jobs crisis - 1 in 5 workers are currently unemployed or underemployed - we need local projects that make s...ense and create jobs. Local tram extensions are a good example. I’m calling on the Andrews Government to find the extension of the No.3 tram line an extra 800 metres so it connects with East Malvern train station. Let’s create local jobs, connect our public transport modes and support the environment!

22.01.2022 Today, 23rd September is #DogsInPolitics Day (don’t ask me who came up with it!) Bonny and Brandy are a big part of my family - always up for a walk or a pat and always there to greet me after a long day. A shout out to all of the canine good boys and girls who lift us up and are there for us.

22.01.2022 At 2am in the morning - after gagging debate and blocking questions - Victorian Labor voted to extend State of Emergency powers for an extra 6 months. The vote was 20-19. I am proud that every Liberal and Nationals MP voted against this disgraceful power grab.... We will never stop fighting for the rights of Victorians against an overbearing and failed Andrews Labor government.

21.01.2022 Wishing all of our Year 12 students good luck as their exams start today. Remember to breathe and do your best - and that you are not defined by your ATAR. Fingers crossed for you all!

21.01.2022 A tale of two states. There’s only one virus so Daniel Andrews needs to release the health advice behind Victoria’s continuing restrictions.

20.01.2022 This Australia Day it’s important to focus on what unites us. We are not just residents of separate states, we are citizens of a nation! And let’s remember the freedoms - that so many sacrificed for - that we enjoy today.... Happy Australia Day!

20.01.2022 Michael O’Brien speaks to the media about the COVID-19 lockdowns and how it is affecting the mental health of younger people, the lack of small business support by the Andrews Labor Government, and how 1 in 3 Victorian vaccines are currently in storage and not being distributed.

20.01.2022 Labor’s Omnibus Bill is a threat to Victorians’ freedoms. Indefinite detention without even committing a crime is the mark of a socialist dystopia, not our democracy. Here’s the last 60 seconds of my speech explaining why the Liberals are opposed to Labor’s grab for power.... Register your opposition at: www.NoConfidence.com.au

20.01.2022 MALVERN EAST COVID-19 ALERT To all Malvern East residents - please note a high-risk location at Hedgley Dene Gardens on Sunday 27 September between 10.30am - 11.30am. If you visited this site at this time, please:... - watch for Coronavirus/COVID-19 symptoms; and - if symptoms occur, immediately get tested and stay at home while you wait for your results. For further information please go to: https://www.dhhs.vic.gov.au/case-locations-and-outbreaks

20.01.2022 Under Labor’s Stage 4 restrictions, last rites cannot be administered to the dying by priests or other faith leaders in person. Last rites should never have been restricted in this way. The dying should not be denied spiritual comfort in their final hours.... I am demanding that this cruel restriction be reversed immediately.

19.01.2022 2020 MALVERN CHRISTMAS GIVING DRIVE This year I am joining the Malvern Emergency Food Program in a Christmas Giving Drive to support those in need within Stonnington. It has been a tough year for many and this is a wonderful opportunity to help others less fortunate.... Non-perishable food items can be dropped at my electorate office at 313 Waverley Road, Malvern East during office hours until Friday 11 December. Let's finish this year on a positive note and do some good for people who need a hand.

17.01.2022 State of Emergency extension

17.01.2022 Victorians deserve a path back to our families, our friends, our jobs and our lives. Labor’s second wave - thanks to hotel quarantine - has locked us down and hurt so many of us. Hundreds of lives taken.... Thousands of businesses shut. Over 200,000 jobs lost. Millions locked in their homes. It’s time for a road to recovery. These are some of the restrictions that the Liberal Nationals say must be a priority. This isn’t a complete list - but it’s a start. Because Victorians have been made to suffer too much for too long thanks to the Andrews Labor government. It’s time for Victorians to start getting our lives back.

17.01.2022 Daniel Andrews’ double standards are as toxic as this virus. It’s a disgrace that Labor has locked up innocent Victorians under a curfew while those who break the law and spread the virus get off scot- free. This is the same Andrews hypocrisy that saw teenagers fined for learning to drive while 10,000 Black Lives Matter protesters were ignored.... Victorians have lost confidence in Andrews and Labor. The double standards they apply show they govern for their friends, not for all Victorians. www.noconfidence.com.au

16.01.2022 Glenferrie Road in Malvern is usually the busiest shopping strip in our electorate, today it's almost empty. Please support local business, they need you now more than ever. #shoplocal

16.01.2022 It takes courage to stand up to an overbearing Labor Government. Michelle Loielo is courageous. A small business owner and single mum of 3, Michelle and her pro... bono legal team are challenging Andrews’ curfew directive in the Supreme Court of Victoria. Andrews’ curfew is punitive. It is disproportionate. It is illogical. Michelle and her legal team will test whether it is also unlawful. With Shadow Attorney-General Edward O'Donohue MP, the Victorian Liberals fully support Michelle’s challenge to Labor’s curfew.

16.01.2022 Andrews claims his way is the only way. He’s wrong. Labor’s unrealistic targets and unnecessary restrictions are damaging Victorians.... We must learn to live with COVID just as NSW has done. It’s time to re-open Victoria. Read my realistic roadmap here

15.01.2022 Australia Day is about celebrating our incredible country. Our history - all of it, the good and the bad - forms part of who we are today and provides us with lessons to guide our future. We have achieved so much as a nation that should be celebrated, especially over the past year. Wherever you are today, a very happy Australia Day!

15.01.2022 The Andrews Labor Government’s lockdown restrictions have forced thousands of sole traders to close down. But Labor has also excluded sole traders from the Business Support Fund. It adds insult to injury.... Gardeners, hairdressers, personal trainers and many other sole traders have been forced out of their jobs with no state government support. Without sole traders, Victoria stops. The Liberal Nationals are fighting for small business. Sign our petition at: www.SupportSoleTraders.com to tell Daniel Andrews he can’t ignore Victoria’s sole traders any longer.

13.01.2022 VICTORIA'S CONTACT TRACING UNDER LABOR: THE EXPERT VIEW "Woeful - Prof Peter Collignon, Infectious Diseases Expert, ANU

12.01.2022 The Liberal Nationals believe it is time to start getting Victoria moving again - safely. Here’s where we should start.

10.01.2022 Tonight I joined Chris Kenny on Sky News Australia to discuss Victoria’s lockdown, the need for a clear pathway out of it and why I will oppose Daniel Andrews’ grab for an extra 12 months of State of Emergency powers.

10.01.2022 Peter Hartcher describes the obscenity of this Victorian Labor government. They are entirely responsible for Victoria’s second wave - and the deaths and devestation it has caused. But still they cling to their jobs.... Victorians will not forget. Nor will they forgive.

09.01.2022 This is a message for Sharon, and her son. Sharon posted on my page saying her son is having a really tough time right now. I am really sorry to hear that. Thes...e times are really tough on all of us in different ways. So please help me send a shout out full of love and support to Sharon and her son, and share the top three things you do to get through tough times like these My top 3 are: kick the footy, walk the dogs, and google dad jokes to annoy my kids with.

09.01.2022 Michael O'Brien and Shadow Minister for Health, Georgie Crozier speak to the media about Victoria's current lockdown restrictions, the failure by the Andrews Labor Government to support small businesses and challenging the government to provide a roadmap to ease restrictions.

08.01.2022 A great day for cricket in my #Malvern electorate with the opening of the new cricket practice facility at Toorak Park. Georgie Crozier MP and Katie Allen MP were also on hand for the event. I’ve been pleased to support the Prahran Cricket Club in upgrading this ground and today the facility takes another step forward

07.01.2022 No, I don't support the Andrews Labor Governments Omnibus Bill 2020. I cannot support laws that allow for the detention of Victorians who authorised officers "r...easonably believe" may commit an offence. That wording is dangerous, ambiguous and I don't support this extreme powers. I am asking Victorians to tell Daniel Andrews just how unacceptable this is. Visit www.noconfidence.com.au and tell Daniel Andrews directly you do not support these changes.

06.01.2022 Remember when the Victorian Labor Minister for Health assured us in January that our health system is well prepared to manage infectious diseases? Arrogance + incompetence is a deadly combination.

06.01.2022 Victorians have been locked down thanks to Labor’s 2nd wave. With COVID numbers falling, it’s time for a realistic roadmap to re-open Victoria sooner and safer.... Modellers and epidemiologists say Andrews has got it wrong. Here’s what should be announced tomorrow.

05.01.2022 Victorians have been denied their family, their friends, their jobs, their small businesses, their liberties and even their lives, tragically. We deserve better than this, because we have done everything that has been asked of us, we have made the sacrifices that have been required of us. Today was supposed to be the day the Premier gave Victorians hope.... Instead, he has truly taken away that hope and many Victorians are more despairing than ever before. Well, we deserve better than that.

04.01.2022 My op-ed in today’s Herald Sun on Labor’s plan to keep Victorians locked down.

04.01.2022 Amazing performance of Come From Away Australia tonight...and how good is it to see people back in the city and back in the theatre?! Congratulations to all of the cast + crew on a great performance - highly recommended if you want your spirits lifted!

04.01.2022 Michael O’Brien speaking to the media about the valuable contribution Victorians have made in limiting the spread of COVID-19. He challenges the Andrews Labor Government to provide a clear roadmap out of lockdown and provide better clarity around supporting small businesses.

04.01.2022 Today more evidence emerged from emails and taped meetings that Daniel Andrews lied to Victorians about ADF support on offer in Victoria. Andrews said ADF suppo...rt wasn’t on offer. Emails and tapes prove otherwise. Victoria’s second wave has nothing to do with bad luck. It’s all due to bad decisions by the Andrews Labor Government including the botched hotel quarantine and botched contact tracing. How can any Victorian have confidence in a Labor Government incompetent enough to cause our second wave and dishonest enough to cover up their guilt.