Victorian public school teachers are set to go on strike for the second time this year after rejecting a pay deal offered by the state government. Multiple outlets report that teachers have voted against the state’s proposed agreement, leading to industrial action. The strike follows an earlier work stoppage earlier in the year, with this action described as the second strike within the same period. The proposed pay deal is characterised across reports as an offer made by the state government, which teachers did not accept. The decision to strike reflects ongoing disputes over wages and conditions in the public education sector. While the reports focus on the rejection of the pay proposal and the resulting strike timing, they do not provide further detail in the provided excerpts about specific figures in the offer, the duration of the strike, or any subsequent negotiation process. Overall, all sources agree on the core sequence: the state government makes a pay deal, teachers reject it, and teachers proceed to strike again.