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25.01.2022 A BIG THANK YOU to all our teachers on World Teachers Day! This year has been hard work, but our teachers, eductors, and support staff have given their all for our kids, and I couldn't be more proud or more grateful

25.01.2022 This is a must read, a beautiful and heartfelt local story! Chelsea SES getting the emergency services band together to support a couple of youngsters in our local community. This is what I absolutely love about our patch. The love, care and support for one another is phenomenal! A special shout out to the incredible Phil Wall for getting this all together. You are the best mate. Special thanks also to Edithvale CFA, Victoria Police, Coast Guard and the amazing Chelsea SES Unit. This is our community and what it is all about.

24.01.2022 Recently Lozzie, Paisley and I tucked into some of the best food going with Tommy Ruff Fish Bar! And on top of great food we have these awesome reusable bags for our essential shopping. How cool are these?!

23.01.2022 WOW!! Chelsea Heights Primary School is looking incredible! So great to have the kids back at school and these fantastic works nearing completion! Looking forward to the day soon when they're finished and open for the whole school community

23.01.2022 Quick live with Tim & Lozzie wishing our students and families the best for the returning school year.

22.01.2022 While cases are up, we see a drop in the daily average. Many are linked to existing outbreaks. As long as we know the extent of the virus and outbreaks, we are on track, with Step 3 still trending towards a date range of October 26. Importantly, Professor Sutton has talked about flexibility in the daily average of five, depending on whether we know everything about the outbreaks and the cases are not unknown sources. ... And with Victorians keeping up the testing rates, the Chief Health Officer and their team have greater confidence in how we are tracking towards easing of further restrictions.

21.01.2022 LEVEL CROSSING REMOVAL UPDATE From 9:00pm this Sunday 31 January, we'll be working around the clock along the rail line in Edithvale, Chelsea and Bonbeach until Monday February 8 to complete critical works on rail signaling and overheads, piling, utilities and drainage. Thank you so much to the community for putting up with these disruptions as we get the job the done and deliver this incredible project for our local area! ... Crossing Closures: Edithvale Road, Edithvale level crossing closed from 11pm Sunday 31 January to 7pm Wednesday 3 February. Bondi Road, Bonbeach level crossing closed from 1am Monday 1 February to 3am Monday 8 February. Chelsea Road, Chelsea level crossing closed on Monday 1 February, between 7am and 7pm. Argyle Avenue, Chelsea level crossing closed overnight from 7pm Monday 1 February to 7am Tuesday 2 February. Buses will also replace trains between Mordialloc, Frankston and Stony Point from 9pm Sunday 31 January to last service Sunday 7 February.

21.01.2022 Level Crossing Removals are underway in Chelsea The piling rig is in and we are building the foundations for the rail trench! Tune in below for all the details

20.01.2022 Today’s daily cases update! Still trending in the right direction. Stay safe out there today and hope everyone has a good weekend.

20.01.2022 MASSIVE NEWS VICTORIA! We are under 2 cases on the 14 day average and only have 1 mystery case! This is incredible and wanted to thank you all!

20.01.2022 Today’s metro & Victorian update with a slightly decrease in the 14 day average. There are 12 new cases today. Importantly the amount of unlike source cases continues to fall. Here’s just how far we have come in 2 WEEKS! October 4 - 11.9 on the 14 day average and 13 unknown source cases. ... September 20 - 36.2 on the 14 day average and 52 unknown source cases. See more

20.01.2022 Community Chats with Tim & Loz. Agenda Covid Update Local Government elections Mordialloc Freeway update Edithvale/Chelsea/Bonbeach crossings ... School’s Back tomorrow! See more

19.01.2022 Two weeks straight of zero cases across Victoria! Its incredible how far Victorians have come by bringing these cases down together!

18.01.2022 The trend continues to head in the right direction! Stay strong Victoria, we will see the average number of cases continue to drop further in the coming days!

18.01.2022 So much to be hopeful and proud about in Victoria! We are not far off now, with Step 3 changes only a couple of weeks away.

18.01.2022 The Mordialloc Freeway's Governor Road occupation FINISHES TOMORROW and it's been a HUGE one! Here are a few fantastic highlights and a view of the project from the ground level: Started laying permanent asphalt for the Freeway... Completed the retaining earth wall for the northern bridge abutment on Lower Dandenong Road Installed 46 of the 63 piles needed to support the twin 400 metre bridges over the Waterways wetlands, with piling on-track to finish in late-October Brought in 95,000 tonnes of material for the southern bridge abutment at Springvale road with approximately 40,000 tonnes to go Brought in 7,000 tonnes of material to build the Freeway foundations near the pedestrian underpass at Braeside Park Finished building the foundations of the entry and exit ramps on the southern side of Governor Road Next on the agenda is Old Dandenong Road between Boundary and Tootal Roads, which will be closed from 7am Thursday 5 November to 5pm Monday 23 November. Looking forward to being back on the road and back out there soon

17.01.2022 On side road PILING Here we are in Chelsea digging out the foundations for the rail trench that will let us remove EVERY Level Crossing in the suburb and deliver a new station. All on track and on schedule

17.01.2022 A massive milestone for Victoria! We have met the technical definition of eradication of the coronavirus, with 28 days in a row of 0 new cases! As we know from public health experts, the virus can still be out there undetected and lurking in our community. New Zealand met this milestone, but later saw the virus re-emerge at one point. We must be on guard at all times. It is why keeping our testing rates up, following the guidelines on social distancing and hygiene is ...so important. Well done to all Victorians! See more

16.01.2022 It’s been one massive year since we started work to build the new Mordialloc Freeway, linking the Mornington Peninsula Freeway and Dingley Bypass More than 600,000 hours of work has been completed since October 2019 and it shows!

16.01.2022 Sometimes I get asked about how we run the show on this page... Here’s the behind the scenes answer! A phone and an awesome crew. Don’t forget to say G’day if you see us out and about!

15.01.2022 BACK TO SCHOOL UPDATE We are doing such a good job getting these virus numbers down! We still have a bit to go, but we can all be proud of the hard work of each and every family for getting to this point. Back at School from Monday October 12: ... Primary students P-6 Year 7 students Year 11 and 12 students Specialist schools Back at School from October 26: Year 8 - 10 students This update is based on the advice of Chief Health Officer and our leading epidemiologists. Victorian’s have done so much to get to this point and for your hard work we say THANK YOU!!

15.01.2022 Happy Sunday Victoria!

13.01.2022 Another day of cases under 5, but really important for Victoria is MYSTERY CASES are at just 2 cases. While we will see new cases from time to time, if we know that they are linked to known outbreaks, then that is the critical thing. With only two mystery cases in the past 14 days, this is incredible news and affirms the decision to ease restrictions.

13.01.2022 Big News for the Mordialloc Freeway! The bridge abutments are taking shape at Lower Dandenong Road! The southern abutment is on track for completion and I am so keen to see the work progress!!

12.01.2022 Level Crossing Removal works coming up for Argyle Avenue Chelsea from the 16th - 20th November Thanks for putting up with disruptions everyone! Great to finally have these projects on the way!!

11.01.2022 Night works for the new asphalting on Lower Dandenong Road as part of the Mordialloc Freeway project are DONE! Finished up last week, that's 1 out of 9km's underway and the Freeway on track for completion next year. A big thank you and brilliant job to our hundreds of workers and apprentices making it all happen

11.01.2022 The Mordialloc Freeway has it's first bit of asphalt! We’ve started laying permanent asphalt for the Freeway between Centre Dandenong and Lower Dandenong roads, and between Lower Dandenong Road and the pedestrian underpass at Braeside Park. This first stretch is 1km long and set to be completed this year

11.01.2022 Wonderful to celebrate our newest Australian citizens, along the awarding of Citizen of the Year, Outstanding Citizen of the Year and Community Group of the Year at the Kingston Council Australia Day event. Wonderful to meet Tracey from Edithvale, who spoke beautifully about the opportunities Australia has provided her, as she took the pledge of citizenship today. Thank you for the wonderful work you are doing as a nurse! We welcoming 40 new Australian citizens today and ...paid tribute to the 84 new citizens that had to do their ceremonies online during 2020. And here are the incredible award winners for the City of Kingston! Community Group of the Year - Pantry 5000 for their incredible support of those doing it tough in our community over a number of years. During 2020 they went over and above, with the many volunteers working tirelessly to support people in need, with hundreds of food and packages delivered each week. Citizen of the Year - Daniel Maitland who was inspired by his sister Bec, to support the Stroke Foundation and raised nearly $20,000! They completed a 28km relay as part of the Stride4Stroke initiative alongside the legends at Training with Mates! So inspiring and demonstrating what community is all about. Outstanding Citizen of the Year - Yvonne Hong from Pets of the Homeless. Such inspiring work by Yvonne and her team to care for the pets of people who are experiencing homeless and struggling in our community. They are literally supporting and saving the lives of pets and their owners, with a range of support services they provide. Really need to get behind more of their viral work. City of Kingston, Mayor Steve Staikos

10.01.2022 Good morning Victoria! 29 days running now and really looking forward to further easing of restrictions next week. As always, we need to keep our testing up if we have even mild symptoms. Have a great weekend.

10.01.2022 JUST 1 NEW CASE TODAY! A brilliant start to the weekend! And our mystery cases stand at just 2! Incredibly more than 23,000 Victorians came forward for testing yesterday when they had symptoms, which is just awesome. Testing is critical, along with all the safety measures we do routinely now, to keeping this virus in check. So thank you!

10.01.2022 Incredible news, building on an incredible effort by our whole community. THANK YOU and have a great weekend everyone!

10.01.2022 The Level Crossings are GONE and Cheltenham Station is OPEN!! A little while ago, we ‘remotely’ opened our new Cheltenham station while we were staying home and keeping our community safe. Now restrictions are easing and it is so great to be getting back out into the community and opening this station for real! ... Although the Level Crossings are gone and the Station is open, we are still hard at work on car parking, landscaping, and other finishing touches on this project. On track for full completion next year!

09.01.2022 Lozzie reckons I’m not winning any fashion awards, with my Paisley face socks, but love the Chelsea Seagulls and can’t wait to see them back in full flight. Beautiful day for it and hope you and your family are doing okay.

09.01.2022 What a day! Remember daylight savings starts tomorrow too, so wind those clocks forward! Thanks to everyone making the sacrifices now, so we have a great summer ahead! Only 2 active cases in Kingston now, with 1 each in 3196 & 3192. In the past two weeks 4,476 Kingston residents can forward for testing! Well done. The 14 day average for metro is now 12 cases! ... At 241 Vic active cases, this is the lowest level since the end of June. The cases trend is well on track for easing of further restrictions in two weeks. See more

07.01.2022 Loving seeing the AFLW back! Great to see Steph Chiocci and Chloe Molloy smashing it for the Pies. With sell out crowds in the coming games, the AFLW is dominating and can’t wait to take Paisley along!

06.01.2022 Melbourne Cup Day couldn’t start any better! This is starting to look like my cricket scores over the last 4 days, 0 0 0 0 Hope everyone has a wonderful day! For me, it will be painting the fence!

06.01.2022 In Parliament for the next couple of weeks as part of my role on the Parliamentary Committee that assesses the Victorian Budget and response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Premier is up first today answering questions. It is such a critical time for all Victorians as we recover from the impacts of the pandemic and build back even better, to set our State and communities up for the future. Might get a few sneaky questions on the Suburban Rail Loop and upgrades to our schools and hospitals.

06.01.2022 Always Was, Always Will Be. That's the theme of this year's NAIDOC week - an important time for recognition and celebration of our State and country's rich cultural history. First Nations people have occupied and cared for Australia for over 65,000 years, and that history can teach us so much about our beautiful, unique country. There are a range of events as part of NAIDOC week - for more information and to find an event near you, visit: http://www.naidoc.org.au

05.01.2022 Before and After the post-Iso haircuts for Toby and I Who's had the bigger transformation?

05.01.2022 There’s BIG smile under this mask and it’s because we’re starting work on the rail trench and Removing Level Crossings in Chelsea, Edithvale, and Bonbeach!! The piling rig is up and working, digging 14 meters deep, and building the foundations of the rail trench here near Swanpool Avenue. Exciting times and big things ahead! Thanks for putting up with the disruptions so far

04.01.2022 Get around McHappy Day today and support kids who are doing it tough and their families. You can pick up things silly socks, with funds raised supporting Ronald McDonald House Charities. As you might know, Paisley and I love a sneaky burger and every $2 dollars from a Big Mac goes to a good cause.

03.01.2022 Because a few have been asking, here’s what Halloween will look like this year While we can’t celebrate in the normal ways we would, there are alternative options: Have a Halloween party outside in a public place. You can catch up with a group of up to ten people (including yourself). Babies under 12 months age aren’t included in the ten-person limit. An outdoor public place means an area accessible to everyone, including local parks and beaches.... Do a Halloween scavenger hunt by giving children a list of Halloween-themed things to look for as they walk outdoors from house to house admiring Halloween decorations at a distance. Just like eye-spy! The limit of ten people (including yourself) applies to scavenger hunts. Carve or decorate pumpkins with members of your household. Decorate your house. Have a virtual costume party or party with friends and family on video chat. Have a Halloween movie night with your household. Create an around the house trick or treat or scavenger hunt for your household Handing out lollies or candy Coronavirus is still with us and celebrating at home is the safest way to mark Halloween this year. If you do trick or treat, you need to stay safe. It is safer not to hand out lollies or candy to trick-or-treaters this Halloween. This is because the virus can spread on surfaces, including food or packaging. Under current restrictions traditional trick or treating where you knock on someone’s door is not permitted. If you can’t resist handing out lollies this year you can do so by having candy available outside of your home. Don’t use communal bowls for lollies or candy. Putting lollies in a shared bowl will mean everyone is touching the same food and surfaces which isn’t safe. Instead, put individually wrapped lollies or candy in bags for non-contact collection. Place bags on your fence, at your front gate or outside your home for collection. Wash your hands with soap and water for at least 20 seconds before preparing the bags or individually wrapped lollies or candy. And of course remember: This Halloween there are some actions you can take to keep your friends, family and community safe, while still enjoying yourself. If you have any symptoms of coronavirus (COVID-19) get tested and stay at home. By staying at home this Halloween, you help to keep your friends, family and community safe. Wear a face mask with your costume, but remember that a costume mask that is part of your Halloween costume is not a substitute for a face mask. Consider making your own mask and decorating it. Keep at least 1.5 metres between yourself and people you don’t live with. This means no hugging or kissing when greeting people. Don’t share food or drinks.

03.01.2022 Where should we take the pic Loz? You should take it in the wardrobe so you can be the politician, the witch and the wardrobe! Still no idea what she’s talking about but I hope everyone has a dreadfully spooky Halloween

03.01.2022 After so much work to get this done, it is an honour to represent our students with disabilities, their parents, educators, and their school communities, and stand up as the Parliamentary Secretary for Schools to deliver this funding. The Disability Inclusion package announced in the Victorian Budget will change the lives of our students who need that additional support in the classroom. It will double the number of students receiving extra support in the classroom to 55,000 ...and enable better support for students who may have previously been ineligible for targeted support such as those with autism, dyslexia or complex behaviours. And the new strengths based approach will put the focus into what our kids can do and how we can work together to support them to achieve their goals. I couldn't be more proud.