维多利亚州一个自称"社会主义学校"的反叛教师团体宣布将在11月州选举中向8名工党议员发起挑战，其中包括教育部长本·卡罗尔[1]。该团体候选人布伦丹·劳斯将在尼德里选区直接挑战卡罗尔[1]。
劳斯的政治主张聚焦教育资金问题，呼吁停止公共资金支持高收费私立学校、废除Naplan、以及全额资助校服、郊游、教材和午餐[1]。他批评维多利亚学校系统多年来资金不足，认为工党在教育问题上与学校工作人员对立[1]。劳斯表示："公众形成了共识，公立教育值得获得更好的待遇。在教育问题上，工党不仅脱离现实——他们与自由党和国家党站在一起，反对工会。"[1]此外，维多利亚社会主义党也宣布将参加维多利亚州下议院所有席位的竞选[1]。
A group of rebel teachers aligned with socialist politics has announced plans to contest the upcoming November Victorian state election, targeting eight Labor members of parliament including Education Minister Ben Carroll [1]. Candidate Brendan Louth will stand against Carroll in the Niddrie electorate [1].
Louth's campaign platform calls for halting public funding to expensive private schools, abolishing the Naplan standardized testing regime, and providing full government funding for school uniforms, excursions, educational materials, and student meals [1]. Speaking to the education funding divide, Louth stated: "There's a consensus that public education deserves better. On the issue of education, the ALP is not just out of touch – they're on the other side of the picket line, with the Liberals and One Nation" [1]. The challenger argues that Victoria's public school system has suffered from chronic underfunding and that the Labor government has positioned itself against school workers on key policy matters [1].