Tonight I visited the Seaside Writers and sat in on one of their fantastic fortnightly meetings.

Our meeting was highly engaging and opened with a poetry reading by the group's appointed poet laureate Gill. 

It was great to chat with these writers not only about the opportunities they offer new and experienced writers, but also about local issues ranging from infrastructure to hospitality. 

Five new positive COVID-19 cases have been detected in South Australia with the cases linked to the Northern Territory outbreak.

To ensure we stay ahead of the highly transmissible Delta variant, new restrictions and recommendations will come into effect later today.

The following restrictions apply in Metropolitan, Barossa, Fleurieu Peninsula, Mt Barker and Adelaide Hills areas in South Australia.

We have reached a critical point in our fight against COVID-19 and it's vital that South Australia takes pre-emptive action to keep our state safe and strong. 

Outbreaks of the highly transmissible Delta strain occurring in multiple Australian jurisdictions are putting us at risk.  

From midnight tonight, restrictions will be reintroduced in South Australia and reassessed after seven days. 

Strict measures have come into force as new Mediterranean fruit fly outbreaks have been declared in Warradale after the discovery of maggots in backyard fruit.

A new fruit fly eradication response is immediately underway with baiting and ground treatment at the new outbreak sites in Warradale, with a 1.5 kilometre red outbreak area and 7.5 kilometre yellow suspension area established.

In Warradale, the red outbreak areas include Brighton, Dover Gardens, Hove, Marion, North Brighton, Oaklands Park, Seacombe Gardens, Seacombe Heights, Somerton Park, South Brighton, Sturt and Warradale.

Dear Resident,

Given your interest in the Hove Level Crossing Removal Project, I wanted to give you an update and clear up some misinformation that has been circulating in our local community.

Firstly, let me be really clear... no decision has been made on which solution is best for this problem nor has procurement commenced for the design and construction for the project.

As you’d be aware, grade separations of road and rail are a key safety focus of the National Rail Safety Regulator and as such we have been looking at how we can make this crossing and its surrounds safer. In February 2021 Infrastructure Australia (IA) released the Infrastructure Priority List which included “Adelaide Level crossings congestion and safety” priority initiative that identifies the priority for removal through Grade separation.

The Hove Level Crossing has around 35,000 vehicles through it each day and the boom gates are down around 20% of the time during the peak. With development and a growing population along the coast these numbers are only predicted to increase.

Bob, Mal and Phil are dedicated Vietnam veterans and active members of the Vietnam Veterans Federation (SA Branch)'s executive committee.

This afternoon we caught-up to discuss how the Federation has grown over recent years with 50 new members as well as the support services they continue to provide our Vietnam veterans.

I know many members of our community have been following with great interest in the Marshall Government's work to deliver progressive environmental reform.

Today marks the commencement of the State Government's ban on the sale and distribution of a number of single-use plastic products here in South Australia.

It was a pleasure to visit a number of locals schools in our community with Hon John Gardner MP, Minister for Education. These included Hamilton Secondary College, Oaklands Estate Kindergarten and Seaview High School.

This was also a fantastic opportunity to see first-hand the significant capital works progress underway at Hamilton Secondary College and Seaview High School, which forms part of the State Government's major school upgrades program.

At Banks & Brown, a local Warradale café, I sat down in an outdoor garden to host my first Coffee with Corey event of 2021.

A group of local residents joined me, including Carol Douglas, who's the Chair of Warradale Primary School's Governing Council and told me about the school council's fantastic work. 

Congratulations to the winners of this year's Gibson Christmas Card Competition!

As I do every year, I ran this competition in local primary schools and received an overwhelming number of illustrations on the theme "My Colourful Christmas".