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Get involved with advocacy

There are a number of projects and programs residents and business owners can be involved in.

Supporting key local priorities

We are calling on the State Government and all candidates in the Victorian’ election to support key local priorities. All these are outlined in our 2022 Advocacy Platform(PDF, 87KB), which was endorsed by councillors at their meeting in July 2022.

We encourage residents to get in touch with Victorian Government representatives and candidates to show your support for our priorities.

We’ve produced information sheets outlining our "local advocacy asks" for residents interested in particular local areas:

Read the Northcote and Fairfield Advocacy Asks(PDF, 2MB) information sheet
Read the Preston Advocacy Asks(PDF, 1MB) information sheet

Who to contact

State Parliament

District (lower house seat)	Member	Area within Darebin (approximate)
Northcote	Kat Theophanous (profile) kat.theophanous@parliament.vic.gov.au	South of Bell Street
Preston	Nathan Lambert (profile) nathan.lambert@parliament.vic.gov.au	North of Bell Street and on the west side of Darebin Creek, in Preston or Reservoir
Bundoora	Colin Brooks (profile) colin.brooks@parliament.vic.gov.au	East of the Darebin Creek, in Kingsbury or MacLeod

Federal Parliament

Electorate (lower house seat)	Member	Area within Darebin
Cooper	Ged Kearney (profile) ged.kearney.mp@aph.gov.au	All suburbs of Darebin

Outside Darebin

If you live outside Darebin, enter your postcode on the AEC site to find your MP and on the VEC site to find your state MP.

Get involved - contacting your MP

Join a local group in taking action against climate change. If you need more information please email climateemergency@darebin.vic.gov.au

Find out more about what we are doing to create a Sustainable Darebin.

You can also download our MP letter template(PDF, 104KB) that includes some prompts to assist you writing a letter.

Climate Emergency

Climate Emergency – together we can make a difference and stop irreversible damage. Visit our Get involved in environmental advocacy page for more details.

"Say 'No' to Racism" training

We are working towards a racism-free Darebin where our community's diversity is valued, celebrated, respected, embraced and leveraged.

Darebin has a number of initiatives advancing this goal including provision of a "Say 'No' to Racism" training package encouraging bystanders to take action when they witness racism occur in the community.

The training package includes:

An overview of racism and its impacts of the community
Reasons why bystanders should take action
Practical tools and skills that enable and empower people to take action
The link between collective action and creating a culture where racism is not tolerated

To register for the training package or to find out more, please get in touch.

More information

Phone: 03 8470 8630
Email: diversity@darebin.vic.gov.au