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Helping the homeless Paradise 4 Kids is hitting the road in St Albans to help provide hot meals to the homeless and those in need. P4K director Jane Pallot said the aim was to provide people who are on the streets with a hot meal at least once a week. “In Victoria, job losses, rent rises, and benefit lags have severely impacted the vulnerable in the community,” she said. “There is a food insecurity crisis, people cannot put food on their tables. For this reason, P4Ks established a community kitchen, to go out into the streets of Brimbank and feed and nourish people in need. “Come rain, hail, or shine, we will head out and offer food relief, social connection, and referral pathways out of homelessness and poverty, to people experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness and disadvantage.” The community kitchen is council approved and the group will work with other providers who are already helping those in need find support. The community kitchen will run on Tuesdays from 7.45pm from the St Albans Market carpark. To donate, sponsor or volunteer contact Jane at jane@pallot.tv.
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COVID numbers give hope Victoria was holding its breath on Monday as the state waited for news of lockdown restrictions easing on Tuesday. On Monday, 11 new local cases were announced, all of which were linked to known outbreaks and were in quarantine throughout their infectious period. It is the second day in a row that all cases have been in quarantine while infectious, increasing hopes that restrictions will ease tonight. Victorians were plunged into lockdown on July 15, following a number of positive
cases across the state as a result of two virus incursions from Sydney. Premier Daniel Andrews said on Sunday that a downward trend in cases was a positive sign, but that he couldn’t announce what would happen with restrictions yet. “These numbers are the trend that we wanted to see, these numbers are more than promising, but we just have to wait and see what comes through tomorrow and Tuesday to be certain,” he said. “I will foreshadow, there will still be rules after midnight Tuesday, it’ll be important that we all follow them.” The health department has identified six
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exposure sites in Brimbank. Calder Park BP outbound, McDonald’s Delahey and The Helping Hands Mission op shop in Sunshine are tier one exposure sites. Anyone who visited Calder Park BP outbound on July 11 between 11.15am and 11.45am, Helping Hands Mission on July 12 between 10.30am and 12.30pm or McDonald’s Delahey between 10pm on July 13 and 6.30am on July 14 or 11pm on July 15 and 2.30am on July 16 must get tested and isolate for 14 days. Aldi Keilor Central was identified as a tier two site on July 14 between 5.30pm and 6.40pm. Anyone who visited the store during that time
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must get tested and isolate until they receive a negative result. Coles Ardeer was listed as a tier two site. Anyone who visited the store on July 14 between 7am and 7.40am, and 9.20pm and 10.15pm, must get a test and isolate until they get a negative result. BR International Logistics in Derrimut has been named as an exposure site for six days. Anyone who was at the site between midnight on July 13 through to 11.59pm on July 19, must get tested and isolate until receiving a negative result. St Albans Meadows Primary School had a positive case linked to the site.
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