I want to share with you some pretty big news. Premier
@JacintaAllanMP
has asked me to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change, a national first.
Dan Andrews served as Premier of Victoria for 3,217 days.
Never had a creepy sexualised cartoon about him from anyone.
Jacinta Allan has served as Premier for 28 days.
Has had a bizarre and creepy sexualised cartoon about her from the Herald Sun.
We all see what’s going on here!
Let’s finish it off VICTORIA! 💪
August 5
725 New Cases
7,227 Active cases
September 5
76 New Cases
1,956 Active cases
Let’s finish this off and get back to the wonderful state we love and cherish.
#springst
#auspol
Well done
@JamesMerlinoMP
on driving the policy agenda on a dedicated quarantine facility for returning Australians! 👏 Great work from Victoria, which has been pushed by
@DanielAndrewsMP
for months!
Why did it take SO long for the Federal Government to just do their job?! 🤦♂️
Victoria’s Attorney-General
@JaclynSymes
is an absolute legend. More than 24 hours of sitting and scrutiny, answering everything put forward in a thorough and courteous way. A wonderful representative and an outstanding person. 🙏
Where the bloody hell is the Federal Government?
States helping with the vaccine rollout, but the Feds won’t help Victorian workers!
🙅♀️Vaccine rollout behind schedule.
🙅♂️ No dedicated quarantine site.
🙅Aged care still not fully vaccinated.
🤦♂️ ONLY 2.3% of 🇦🇺 is fully vaccinated!
As Dan Andrews said today “equality is not negotiable” in Victoria! 🏳️⚧️ 🏳️🌈
We stand with Chelsea local business Alice Rebel's Cafe & Bar and encourage everyone to get around them and their team. ☺️
Today Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
asked me add to my responsibilities of Parliamentary Secretary for Schools, with the role of Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health & Social Inclusion. 😊
I’m so humbled and honoured to serve in these incredible roles. 🙏
This is why NO ONE listens to the VIC Liberal Opposition Leader, including his own Liberal MPs. Victorian hubs have delivered MORE Astra Zenaca than EVERY state and territory combined! The only thing keeping Michael O’Brien in the leadership is COVID-19 gathering restrictions!
Daniel Andrews claims we don’t have enough vaccine.
Completely false.
Labor’s political undermining of Astra Zeneca - a safe, effective vaccine made right here in Melbourne - is a public health disgrace.
Labor’s politics is keeping us longer in lockdown.
#springst
The HOLD MY BEER of VIC politics goes to... 🍻🥁
Contestant 1:
Liberal VIC MP Louise Staley for wild conspiracies about Dan Andrews. 🤪
Contender 2:
Liberal VIC MP Bev McArthur for calling for less support & GST money from the Feds...as a Victorian! 🤨
❤️ Staley or 🔁 McArthur
@Raf_Epstein
@LouiseStaley
@DanielAndrewsMP
This is disgusting. Instead of focussing on the COVID-19 pandemic and defeating the virus, the Victorian Liberals come up with more gutter politics.
🚨The State of Emergency in 2 minutes!🚨
🚩 It allows the
@VictorianCHO
to ensure people stay home if they have coronavirus, or make sure businesses have COVID Safe plans.
🚩 It’s NOT the current State of Disaster and curfew lockdowns, which ends on Sep 13!
#springst
#auspol
Victorians are the absolute best! More than 1 MILLION are fully vaccinated now! 😎 🥳
This is our ticket to a more certain and hopeful future. We have got this legends. 👍
And 2,259,057 have had their first dose and will be fully vaccinated in the weeks ahead! Let’s do this!
@AlboMP
@ZelenskyyUa
Thank you
@AlboMP
for representing Australia so incredibly well internationally. Such an important visit to demonstrate our nation’s strong commitment to a free and sovereign Ukraine. 🇦🇺 🇺🇦
Really important update from
@DanielAndrewsMP
on the extensive work being undertaken to safely get our kids back to schools in Term 4. 🏫 🧒 👦 Thank you to the legends at the Department of Education & the Department of Health for all the work you are doing. 👏 👏 👏
Outstanding VICTORIA! 🙌 We have got this!
Record level of testing with over 57,000 tests and 23,921 vaccine doses administered! Awesome!
And only 3 new local cases.
Reported yesterday: 3 new local cases and no new cases acquired overseas.
- 23,921 vaccine doses were administered
- 57,519 test results were received
More later:
#COVID19Vic
#COVID19VicData
Another
#libspill
in the middle of a 1 in 100 health crisis? Really?! 🤨 🤦♂️
Opposition never suited a group of self serving people more…
This kind of dysfunction would have been deadly and disastrous if they were in charge!
Opposition Leader John Pesutto must immediately explain whether he knew that his Shadow Minister for Health owned shares in a Corporate GP Network whilst advocating for them to receive a tax break. Just keeps getting worse and worse for the Victorian Liberals!
#springst
Some pretty hectic reactions here to an important role and Australian first.
It will be about modelling positive role models for boys and men and ensuring we break away from gendered based stereotypes and building respectful relationships.
As boys and men we need to lead this.
I want to share with you some pretty big news. Premier
@JacintaAllanMP
has asked me to serve as the Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change, a national first.
COMPARE THE PAIR 🤔
🔴 VIC Andrews Labor Government:
✅ Following the health advice
✅ Seeking more support from Fed Govt
✅ $459M business support
🔵 VIC Liberal Opposition:
❌ Asking the Fed Govt to cut support to Victoria & GST funding
❌ Undermining health advice
Victoria has once again stepped up and ordered 166 million Rapid Antigen Tests, in addition to the 44 million that we have already secured. 👍
We stepped up to help the Federal vaccine rollout and will do it again with these Rapid Antigen Tests to keep our communities safe. 💪
@Raf_Epstein
@JoshFrydenberg
We are in crazy times when Victorian Liberal MPs are openly and publicly campaigning for less support for Victorians from the Federal Government. Really?
People are hurting!!!
ALL levels of government should be supporting their communities and do all we can to help Victorians.
Ending gendered based violence starts with respect.
And it starts with us men and boys.
As Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change, I am looking forward to working with all of you on this journey.
We know that the time to act on men’s violence against women is now and it starts with us men and boys.
We must make Victoria a safer place for women and children and work to end the tragedy of deaths of Victorian women at the hands of men.
VICTORIA & 🇦🇺 stay strong!
Latest
#COVID19
new cases and (lives lost overall)
🇬🇧+2,460 (41,586)
🇫🇷+6,544 (30,764)
🇪🇸+8,964 (29,594)
🇮🇹+1,370 (35,563)
🇨🇦+1,606 (9,153)
🇦🇺+91 (781)
We’ve got to suppress it and stop more waves, to save our economy and more lives.
#springst
#auspol
One of the more bizarre elements of the level crossing removals in Parkdale, has been the sudden interest in overseas Facebook accounts “angry” and “sad” reacting our Facebook posts. All reacting in seconds and at once in the hundreds. 🤨 Bizarre.
This is the most vile and disgusting gutter politics we’re seeing in Victoria. Instead of working to support the efforts of Victorians to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic, the Victorian Liberals are spreading conspiracies about Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
#istandwithdan
#gutterliberals
So the Liberals are saying they can be trusted with the health of Victorians, after undermining the public health advice for two years, wanting the virus to rip without a vaccine, undermining vaccines and previously slashing health funding and going to war with our paramedics! 🫠
What a whirlwind few days it’s been!
Welcome to the world Orla Rosie Richardson 🌹who made her very long awaited debut on Friday morning at 10.39am weighing in at 7lbs. Just like the rest of this pregnancy, the birth didn’t go quite according to plan - but Lozzie was a superstar!
Thinking of our health workers, who are fronting up on a Sunday at our testing and vaccination hubs across Victoria!
530,000 tests have been taken since the start of this outbreak and over 600,000 doses delivered!
We couldn’t say thank you enough! 🙏
Disappointing when people resort to attacking your partner and the mum of your little girls, rather than engaging in respectful discussion.
Respect starts with all of us and trying to have a crack at family is pretty poor.
We are always up for the chat.
This is why you can’t “just open up” as this virus overwhelms hospitals and risks lives.
Latest
#COVID19
new cases and (lives lost)
🇬🇧+3,497 (41,623)
🇫🇷+10,561 (30,910)
🇪🇸+4,708 (29,747)
🇮🇹+1,499 (35,603)
🇨🇦+515 (9,170)
🇦🇺+42 (803)
Suppressing the 🦠 saves lives and the economy.
@SixLittleHearts
Thinking of you and your family at this very difficult time. Your “Meet Jody” section on your website is such a beautiful thing to read and the world can see your love, passion and care for your family, kids and life. I hope you are getting the best care and support at this time.
Every day, Victoria is fighting to beat this virus, get vaccinated and keep safe.
At every turn, the Vic Liberals have attacked public health advice and now are politicising mental ill health.
While at the same time opposing long term funding of mental health reform!
#springst
At least the news of
@DanielAndrewsMP
level crossing removal policy is travelling the world, from Parkdale to thousands of kilometres away! We can confirm that we are ONLY removing level crossings in Victoria at this stage! 😅
Devastated to see the historic Parkdale Station affected by fire today.
We have been outside this morning to see the impact and will do all we can to work with all local authorities to try to protect, restore and preserve as much as possible of the 100 year old station.
Share the love Victoria! 🙌 We’ve got this! 💪
Massive 5 days as we see more than 185,000 people get tested and over 157,000 get vaccinated across Victoria and GP networks! 🤩 👏
It is a hard slog at the moment, but communities across our patch are doing everything they can!
1 in 5 kids have additional needs in our Victorian schools. Each student deserves the best in life and in education, regardless of their circumstances! 🫶
The thought of “being blessed” has nothing to do with this and the parents or guardians who raise and care for them. 1/9
This is the first position of its kind in Australia and will focus largely on the influence the internet and social media have on boys’ and men’s attitudes towards women and building respectful relationships.
80 level crossings gone for good! 👋
Flashback to when Dan Andrews and I announced Chelsea would be level crossing for free a few years back! 😊
And under Jacinta Allan’s leadership, we will have a level crossing Frankston line by 2029! 😎
Behind the scenes as we get ready for Election Day! 🥰
Orla helping daddy with the finishing touches and Lozzie smashing through booth kits! 😎
You can still vote early today until 6pm, or we will see you out there on Election Day!
Well done
@HawthornFC
and what outstanding leadership. This is what being a good role model looks like.
Started with Coach Sam Mitchell and backed in by leaders on the field.
Proud to have the Hawks moving into the Kingston patch soon!
There is no place for racism!
Wow! More than 4 MILLION VICTORIANS have come forward to get vaccinated now. 🤩
What an effort, with over 2.4 million now fully vaccinated from that group!
Each and every day tens of thousands of people are getting it done to protect themselves, their families and communities.
Utterly devastated and heartbroken at the news of Jane Garrett’s passing. Such an incredible force for progressive politics, Jane fought hard for what she believed in and was deeply committed to Labor values.
We’ll always ensure our LGBTIQA+ communities across Victoria feel welcome, supported and celebrated for being exactly who they are.
We condemn any efforts to make LGBTIQA+ Victorians and allies feel unsafe for being who they are, including LGBTIQA+ performers and young people.
Always great to get out and about in the patch.
If we can be of any support or assistance to you and your family. Feel free to get in contact with us. 😊
I am excited to work alongside Minister for the Prevention of Family Violence,
@VickiWardMP
This is not easy work, but it is important, and we can’t afford not to address it and waste a moment.
Thanks to the Victoria Police officers putting themselves in harms way to keep us all safe. 🙏 💙
Images of cowardly attacks on police members is utterly disgraceful.
Victoria has a minimum 6 month prison sentence for attacks on our emergency services and should be applied here!
Massive first week as Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change, an Australian first! 🇦🇺
Amazing to join Premier
@JacintaAllanMP
and Prevention of Family Violence Minister
@VickiWardMP
to announce an expansion and scale up to the Respectful Relationships curriculum!
The Shrine of Remembrance is such a sacred place, where we commemorate those Australians who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our nation. It should never be a place of protest or politics, ever!
Sledging someone by the Pokémon they might look like has such millennial vibes!
Having grown up on Channel 10’s Cheez TV before school, this gave me some nostalgia! 😌
By the way, where can I get myself some “soy infused beer” these days? 🧐
@TimRichardsonMP
@JacintaAllanMP
The only male behavior you need to change is your diet and exercise routine
Very puffy, could just be too much drinking of soy infused beer & liquor 🍺
Australia has many real problems and soft, jiggly puff shaped men like you are a huge part of what’s wrong w/ this nation
A trip from Cheltenham to Clayton can take up to 40 mins.
With the Suburban Rail Loop that will all change to JUST 10 MINS. 🤩
Awesome to join Meng Heang Tak MP and Transport Infrastructure Minister Jacinta Allan to announce these travel time savings today!
#springst
I also thrilled to be continuing as Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention alongside the incredible Minister for Mental Health
@IngridStitt
THE MORDIALLOC FREEWAY OPENS TODAY! 🛣 🥳
The 9km Mordialloc Freeway was on maps for decades, talked about for many years and has now been delivered by the Andrews Labor Government.
From 11am on Sunday 21 November the new road will be open!
Such an awesome feeling to be fully vaccinated! 🥰
Lozzie and I had our second Astra Zenaca vaccine dose at Frankston Vaccination Hub and couldn’t be happier. 💉 💪
Thank you to the wonderful nurses and health workers for all they are doing to support our communities. 🙏
This is all you need to know about the
@DanielAndrewsMP
injury! 🚑
“The patient requested to attend a local hospital in order for the attending crew to remain within the area once cleared from the case.”
So even with a broken back, he was putting others first!
#springst
What a wonderful day to be back in the Victorian Parliament, serving the amazing Kingston and Greater Dandenong communities. ☀️
It was awesome to catch up with our Deputy Premier
@JacintaAllanMP
and Heang Tak MP, to chat about our positive plans to help our communities thrive. 😊
Now 14 out of 22 members of Victoria’s ministry are women. Over 63%!
The Andrews Labor Government is leading the way, along with Gender Responsive Budgeting and ‘Safe and Strong’ Victoria's Gender Equality Strategy! 👏
#springst
It was an honour to be at Government House as Deputy Premier today and to be sworn in as the Minister for Commonwealth Games Delivery.
I’m now really looking forward to rolling my sleeves up and working alongside the Premier with a strong and fabulous team around us.
#springst
Victoria! 🥰 What a wonderful effort! More than 2,000,000 legends are now fully vaccinated!
Thank you to each and every person who has come forward to get it done! This protects you, your family, friends and our community! Thank you! 🙏
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has lashed federal Liberal politicians and candidates campaigning against allowing transgender women and girls to compete in sports with other women, calling them "desperate people who are into wedge politics".
#auspol
#ausvotes
#danielandrews
An emotional Sam Mitchell opened his press conference with this after one of Hawthorn’s players was vilified in a racial social media post today.
"Any one of those who ever wears brown and gold, we don't want you."
@FOXFOOTY
However, I will no longer be serving in the Health Infrastructure space, and I want to thank the Minister for Health Mary-Anne Thomas MP for her leadership, wonderful work and mentoring over this time.
Decades in the making! Warrigal Road is level crossing free and open tonight!
Awesome to be delivering for our community in the
@JacintaAllanMP
Labor Government!
And thanks to the hundreds of workers who have made this possible. You have all been amazing. 🙌
Or this Facebook post on Parkdale’s level crossing removal early concept designs. It had “0” sad reacts and then suddenly hundreds, all from overseas accounts, at once! Almost like an effort to counter the strong positive reaction to these wonderful level crossing removals! 🤷♂️
🎉☺️ PARKDALE STATION NOW OPEN! 🥳🎉
Up nice and early to see history in the making! Make sure you come down and check out the magnificent new Parkdale station today. 🚂
Today is Parkdale’s day, and we couldn’t be prouder to have delivered this amazing new station. 😍
Strong leadership here and no ambiguity from our Minister for Climate Action
@LilyDAmbrosioMP
!
Labor will not bring nuclear and all its terrible impacts to Victoria.
It is hard to comprehend the repulsive inhumanity of killing children by fire or killing a woman and dumping her body in a bin destined for landfill.
As a society we are repulsed and devastated. We are angry and demand action. We must pursue every possible avenue to stop this.
“CSIRO found nuclear power is up to eight times more expensive than large-scale wind or solar power. They also estimated a development timeline of at least 15 years for nuclear power.”
#springst
#auspol
[MEDIA RELEASE] DUTTON’S CLIMATE POLICY: LET IT BURN☢️
"The Coalition's nuclear proposal is a clear case of radioactive greenwashing and a scheme for more climate pollution, it’s that simple." says our CEO
@MckenzieAmanda
#AusPol
#Nuclear
#PeterDutton
@jordanbpeterson
Or maybe we can acknowledge that ending gendered based violence against women starts with us men and boys.
When 22% of women and girls have been subjected to sexual violence and 1 in 2 women have been sexually harassed, we must do better in Australia.
We all have a role to play.
There’s something else that’s been baking during Stage 4 lockdown - we are excited to announce Paisley is going to be a big sister in March 2021!
Lozzie has been a trooper, but has been very unwell and hopefully that’ll ease up soon 🤞🤰🏼👶 🍼
#Springst
#mordialloc
We are doing really well team Victoria! 💪
We need to keep getting tested, even with mild symptoms, to truly track the virus.
But this is really awesome news! 🙌
#springst
#auspol
GET READY! THE FRANKSTON TRAIN LINE WILL LEVEL CROSSING FREE BY 2029! 🏗 🚊 🚧 🚉
That’s right! The Andrews Labor Government will now remove 27 level crossings from the Frankston Line by 2029!
MORDIALLOC & ASPENDALE will be level crossing free and get new train stations! 🤩
Weekend update for Victorians! We have 12 new local cases, which are all linked to known outbreaks.
Of these cases, 10/12 were in isolation for their full infectious period!
✅ Thanks to the nearly 40,000 Victorians for getting tested, as we went past 8,000,000 tests recently!
Reported yesterday: 12 new local cases and 0 new cases acquired overseas.
- 19,281 vaccine doses were administered
- 39,846 test results were received
More later:
#COVID19Vic
#COVID19VicData
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And we are off! 🤩
The Push-Up challenge gets underway today, and I have already got through my 3,249 skips for the day. 💪
For those of you joining the challenge at home, today’s target is 52 reps of your chosen exercise. 🙌
Thinking of Tim Membrey and wishing him all the best. Well done to
@stkildafc
for discussing mental health and sharing this with our community.
Whether it is a footy workplace, or any other workplace, we must ensure people can get the help they need when they need it most.
Lenny Hayes provides an update on Tim Membrey who's been ruled out of today's game due to a personal issue.
➡️ Listen to today's call on the 𝗦𝗘𝗡 𝗔𝗽𝗽!
#AFLSaintsGiants
#AFLFinals
🏆
Another critical announcement! A brand-new project to saturate anti-violence awareness and action – providing valuable learning for communities across our state and nation.
Premier
@JacintaAllanMP
has announced a new, Australian-first anti-violence program that will be based in Ballarat. The “saturation model” will involve the entire community, including schools and sporting clubs, in a bid to drive down rates of family violence.
@abcnews
TRAINS ARE BACK! NEW STATIONS ARE OPEN! 🚉
Our brand new Edithvale, Chelsea & Bonbeach stations are looking fantastic!
So wonderful to see the 50th level crossing removal and new stations delivered for our local community.
It was great to speak with
@cnni
about becoming Australia’s first Parliamentary Secretary for Men’s Behaviour Change.
Ending gendered based violence starts with us men and boys and we are looking forward to working across our communities to make a difference.
#springst
#auspol
.
@DanielAndrewsMP
"There are 700 kids who have got COVID in New South Wales. There are kids that are in hospital in New South Wales that have got COVID. No children in our country are vaccinated. As a parent to every other parent, that should be motivation enough".
So awesome to have our Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
in the patch with
@SonyaKilkenny
and I to check out the progress of the level crossing removals! 🏗 🚧
We’re so excited that the Edithvale, Chelsea & Bonbeach crossings are part of the 50 crossings we committed to remove by 2022!
I am honoured that Premier
@JacintaAllanMP
has asked me to continue serving as Parliamentary Secretary Health Infrastructure, and as Parliamentary Secretary for Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.
Good morning Parkdale! 👍 🌅
Chatting all things level crossings, delivering thousands of more nurses and paramedics, upgrades to our schools and Metro Rail Tunnel & Suburban Rail Loop! 🙌
Give a big shout out to
@DanielAndrewsMP
in his recovery from a broken back! We look forward to Dan returning soon as we get through COVID-19. 🙌
Also today, the Victorian Liberals are attacking him personally about his accident as he still recovers. 😡
#istandwithdan
#springst
Premier
@DanielAndrewsMP
sums it up well...this is about saving lives and livelihoods!
Sadly, the Liberals chose the politics of fear and division, over unity and purpose. 😞
With more than 25M cases worldwide and nearly 850,000 deaths, we MUST stop the spread.
#springst
#auspol