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Lauren Kathage

LaborVictorian Legislative Assembly

Lauren Kathage

Member for Yan Yean, Labor

Acting Speaker.

About

About Lauren Kathage

Lauren Kathage is the Australian Labor Party member for Yan Yean in the Victorian Legislative Assembly. She currently serves as Acting Speaker. Yan Yean is represented in the Northern Victoria region, which has five members.

Elected
2022 state election
Previous member
Danielle Green, who retired
Before parliament
Over twenty years in community work, including housing and homelessness
Region
Northern Victoria
Born
South Australia
Raised
Queensland

Summarised by AI from Lauren Kathage, Parliament of Victoria and Wikipedia, plus our own records. Sources last checked 11 November 2026.

Promises

What Lauren Kathage is promising

Quoted from their own Facebook and Instagram ads, most repeated first.

  1. Emergency department

    Labor is building a New Emergency Department for The Northern Hospital.

    See the adFrom Lauren Kathage

Ads

What Lauren Kathage spends on ads

Facebook and Instagram ads from their page, as published in Meta's Ad Library.

Spent on ads
$200–$1.3K
Ads seen
11
Running now
10

Paid for by Victorian Labor, Lauren Kathage MP, according to the ads' disclaimers.

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Biggest ads

Ranked by what Meta says was spent on each design, across every copy of it.

What the ads are about

Topics read from the ads we've analysed so far, by number of ads.

  • Infrastructure transport3 ads
  • Health1 ad

Votes

How Lauren Kathage voted

Recorded votes in the Victorian Legislative Assembly since 20 December 2022, from Hansard.

All votes in the Victorian Legislative Assembly
299votes cast
81%of 368 divisions held
0votes against their party line

  1. Control of Weapons Amendment (Police Search Powers) Bill 2026: introduction and first reading

    Voting yes supported introducing the Control of Weapons Amendment (Police Search Powers) Bill 2026, which would amend the Control of Weapons Act 1990 to give police greater powers to search persons for weapons. The motion was defeated, so the bill was not introduced.

    Voted noDefeated 29 to 51

  2. Community leaders

    Voting yes supported keeping the original wording of the motion titled Community leaders, which rejects the proposed amendment to omit that word.

    Voted yesPassed 52 to 27

  3. Automated External Defibrillators (Public Access) Bill 2026: introduction

    Voting yes supported the Automated External Defibrillators (Public Access) Bill 2026 being introduced to Parliament, which only starts its formal progress and does not agree to its contents.

    Voted noDefeated 31 to 48

  4. Education and Training Reform Amendment (Apprenticeships, Traineeships, Schools and Other Matters) Bill 2026: second reading

    Voting yes supported the Education and Training Reform Amendment (Apprenticeships, Traineeships, Schools and Other Matters) Bill 2026 being read a second and third time, which agrees with its main idea and passes it.

    Voted yesPassed 52 to 27

  5. Local Government Legislation Amendment (Stronger Communities) Bill 2026: second reading

    Voting yes supported the Local Government Legislation Amendment (Stronger Communities) Bill 2026 being read a second time, agreeing to government amendments 1 to 3, and passing its third reading.

    Voted yesPassed 50 to 29

  6. Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026: third reading

    Voting yes supported the Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026 passing its third reading, which means passing the bill.

    Voted yesPassed 50 to 0

  7. Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026: second reading

    Voting yes supported the Associations Incorporation Reform Amendment Bill 2026 passing its second reading, which agrees with the bill's main idea.

    Voted yesPassed 50 to 29

  8. Crimes Amendment (Recruitment of Children for Criminal Activity) Bill 2026: council’s amendments

    Voting yes supported the Crimes Amendment (Recruitment of Children for Criminal Activity) Bill 2026 having the Council's amendments agreed to, which adds those amendments to the bill.

    Voted yesPassed 72 to 2

A member can miss a division for many reasons: illness, leave, ministerial duties, being in the chair or a pair arrangement. "Against their party" means at least three quarters of the rest of their party voted the other way; votes where any party split (usually free or conscience votes) don't count. Votes on procedure aren't listed.

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