Hi, I’m Kat Theophanous - the Labor Member of Parliament for Northcote in the Victorian Legislative Assembly.
The Allan Labor Government is making sure Victoria has a strong live music scene – supporting Victorian musicians, music venues and festivals, with new grants backing local jobs for musicians and helping our treasured venues and festivals.
More Victorian women will soon have access to free and comprehensive care and support under the one roof, with five of the Allan Labor Government’s Women’s Health Clinics opening across Victoria from June.
The Allan Labor Government is improving the health and wellbeing of communities across the state, through the allocation of infrastructure funding to 28 Men’s Sheds as part of the latest round of the Men’s Shed Funding Program.
The Allan Labor Government is establishing a new renting taskforce to crack down on rental providers and estate agents who do the wrong thing.
The Allan Labor Government is helping to improve habitats for native wildlife across Victoria’s iconic urban rivers and creeks through new funding boost for environmental restoration projects.
Thousands of solar panels will soon roll out across Victorian apartment buildings – slashing power bills by around $500 a year thanks to the Albanese and Allan Labor Government’s Solar for Apartments program.
The Allan Labor Government is backing the return of the Northcote Rise Festival, which is set to bring a welcome boost to local small businesses and the community this weekend.
The Allan Labor Government is supporting 66 not-for-profit groups that lease rail land, buildings and other assets from VicTrack through a new Community Grants Program.
The release of a landmark survey dedicated to Victorian women’s health has confirmed what women already know: their pain is real – and regularly overlooked.
It is now easier for people across Melbourne’s west to realise their dream of starting or growing their family – with the Allan Labor Government’s nation-first public fertility care now available at the Joan Kirner Women’s and Children’s Hospital.
The Northcote community can look forward to a new fitness facility with the redevelopment of the Northcote Aquatic and Recreation Centre now complete, thanks to the Allan Labor Government.
Minister for Water Harriet Shing today visited Merri Creek to announce the opening of the $10 million Green Links Grant Program, which aims to revegetate up to 200 hectares of land in both Melbourne and Geelong to enhance waterways for native animals including birds, frogs, fish and platypus.
Women and girls in Melbourne’s inner north will have more opportunities to get involved in community sport, with modern, accessible and female-friendly facilities on the way for the Deep Rock Sporting Precinct.
With two weeks until Melbourne’s newest music festival The Eighty-Six makes its debut, local businesses across Melbourne’s northern suburbs are preparing for a major economic boost, thanks to the Allan Labor Government.
Players from the Preston Druids Cricket Club and Darebin Women’s Sports Club can look forward to more runs on the board, thanks to the redevelopment of their local cricket training facility, backed by the Victorian Government.
The Andrews Labor Government has awarded more than $4.4 million worth of grants to Victorian youth and volunteer groups to further improve the state’s natural environment.
Hundreds more Victorians will soon have a place to call home in Preston thanks to the Andrews Labor Government, with a new development set to boost both social and market housing in Melbourne’s in-demand northern suburbs.
More communities will be able to harness the power of rooftop solar generation – improving their energy reliability and lowering their bills – by connecting to a neighbourhood battery delivered by the Andrews Labor Government.
After 13 years, Northcote Rise is bringing back the long awaited High Street Festival, backed by the Victorian Government. Member for Northcote Kat Theophanous MP today announced the Good Feels on the Rise Festival will take place on 18 February 2024, thanks to a $450,000 grant from the Victorian Government to the Northcote Business Association with the festival to be managed by local Northcote business, Perfect Events.
The Eighty-Six festival will play host to Super Saturday, with a massive program of free gigs as more than 200 musicians and bands take over live music venues, restaurants, bowls clubs, band rooms, record stores and more on 28 October.
