Legislative Assembly · District of Kalkallo
Courtney Millett
Last verified 29 Sept 2026
Seat context — Kalkallo›
Kalkallo is a safe Labor seat in Melbourne's outer-north growth corridor, covering Craigieburn, Mickleham, Kalkallo, Yuroke, Beveridge and Wallan. It was created in the 2021 redistribution and first contested in 2022, when Ros Spence, previously member for the predecessor seat of Yuroke, won it with 53.9% of first preferences and 66.5% two-party-preferred against the Liberals' Bikram Singh. She is recontesting, and since 4 August 2026 is Minister for Youth Justice, Corrections, Victim Support and Community Sport. The 2026 field found is four candidates: Spence, the Greens' Payal Tiwari, One Nation's Troy Steans and the Victorian Socialists' Courtney Millett. No Liberal candidate has been found, although Wikipedia's 2026 candidates table lists Steans under the Liberals, which conflicts with the party's own page.
Background
Platform
Where they stand, issue by issue — grounded in 2026 Victorian polling, not assumed. Every position is tagged with how we know it.
Public housing and rent freezes, stronger public services, workers' rights, fully funded public schools, a care-based social policy, anti-racism and Palestinian human rights.
"I believe in rebuilding a society based on the interests of the working class - one based on care rather than punishment, solidarity rather than racism, and public investment rather than privatisation."
What Victorians say matters most
5 poll-led issuesCost of living and crime have ranked 1st or 2nd in every Victorian poll since mid‑2025, with debt and housing close behind — see schema §3 for the polling this grouping is based on (DemosAU, Ipsos Issues Monitor, Roy Morgan). The 0-10 'priorityScore' on each candidate's issue entries is NOT a measure of true importance or an independent ranking of what a candidate actually cares about. It reflects how much detail and specificity exists in what that candidate has actually said publicly on that issue -- a named policy mechanism and a verified voting record score higher than a one-line stated priority, regardless of the issue's real-world weight. Render this distinction in the UI wherever the score appears; do not label it just 'Priority' without the qualifier.
Cost of living
Wants stronger public services, including childcare, healthcare and aged care, and stronger workplace protections.
The party's fiscal policy would fund services with a 10% annual wealth tax on billionaires and a 20% bank profits tax.
Crime and community safety
Wants a society based on care rather than punishment and solidarity rather than racism.
Housing affordability and supply
Wants large-scale public housing, rent freezes and a crackdown on investor speculation.
The party's housing policy would cut all residential rents 25% then freeze them for five years, and build at least 15,000 public housing units a year for ten years.
State government debt and fiscal management
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Infrastructure and public transport delivery
A summary of the party's transport policy says it would make public transport free; nothing is attributed to Millett personally.
Also on the record
6 substance issuesThese don't top “biggest issue” polling, but carry real 2026 policy weight and genuine differences between parties.
Education and training
Wants fully funded, inclusive public schools.
A summary of the party's education policy says it would provide universal preschool and childcare and end NAPLAN testing.
Health and healthcare access
Wants stronger public healthcare and aged care.
A summary of the party's health policy says it would fully fund public healthcare and expand free community clinics.
Urban planning and housing density
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Climate and energy transition
A summary of the party's energy policies says it would move to 100% publicly owned renewable energy; nothing is attributed to Millett personally.
Treaty and First Nations affairs
A summary of the party's First Nations policy says it wants a treaty with material change beyond symbolic recognition; nothing is attributed to Millett personally.
Regional and rural Victoria
Not detailed in sources reviewed.
Local & party context
2 fieldsNot scored the way the eleven issues above are — these are fixed facts about the seat and the party, not positions with more or less emphasis behind them.
Their priorities match the Victorian Socialists' statewide platform. SSelf-stated — VS-MILLETT, VS-POLICIESVictorian Socialists, "Courtney Millett"View sourceVictorian Socialists, "Policies"View source
No point of divergence was found.
Track record & prior candidacies
Their profile mentions no prior candidacy. SSelf-stated — VS-MILLETTVictorian Socialists, "Courtney Millett"View source
They are not among the candidates in the 2022 Kalkallo results; the Victorian Socialists' candidate was Sergio Monsalve Tobon (4.8%). VVerified — WIKI-KAL-RESWikipedia, "Electoral results for the district of Kalkallo"View source
Campaign, money & endorsements
Campaign logistics
Endorsements & Donations
Per the Victorian Electoral Commission's funding guidance (vec.vic.gov.au, accessed 2026-09-29 via search snippets of its independent-candidate and registered-party funding pages), a candidate is eligible for public election funding if they receive at least 4% of first-preference votes in their contest, or are elected. Funding is reimbursed against an audited statement of campaign expenditure, and advance funding must be repaid in full if the threshold is missed.
Millett has not previously contested an election. The Victorian Socialists' 2022 Kalkallo candidate polled 4.8%, just above the 4% mark.