Where Queensland State Budget billions will flow

A more than $8 billion investment to deliver one million homes over 20 years and a $100 voucher for every primary school child in Queensland are among the announcements in this year’s State Budget.

Premier David Crisafulli said the Budget, which was handed down this afternoon (June 24), would also deliver more police, better resourced courts, effective early intervention and rehabilitation and better support for the prevention of domestic and family violence.

Premier Crisafulli said it provided for generational infrastructure for 2032 and beyond and delivered targeted relief and long-term measures to put downward pressure on cost of living.

“A $100 Back to School Boost for every primary school student will help cover the cost of school essentials and the $200 Play On! Voucher Program will deliver accessible and affordable kids sport, offering cost of living relief for Queensland families.”

He said an $8.1 billion housing budget would boost home ownership and deliver more social and community housing, while a $5.6 billion investment in new social and community housing and a $2 billion Residential Activation Fund would help deliver one million homes by 2044.

Budget snapshot:

Community Safety:

$5.2 billion for more police, better resourced courts, effective youth early intervention and rehabilitation, and better support for prevention of domestic and family violence.
Includes $347.7 million to roll-out the Making Queensland Safer Laws across police, courts, legal services and the custodial system.
$560 million allocated to deliver new early intervention and rehabilitation programs.
$290.3 million for new and upgraded police stations, facilities and beats.
$147.9 million for critical police equipment including Taser 10s, Body Worn Cameras, Tactical First Aid kits and Tyre Deflation Devices.
A new $50 million Victims Advocate Service.
$2.387 billion over six years for additional prison capacity.
$31.8 million over four years for improved security management of dangerous sex offenders to keep Queenslanders safe.
More than $134 million for modernised facilities, vehicles, and equipment for Queensland Fire Department.
$3.1 million to build new facilities for the Dickson Men’s Shed and Stationary Aid at James Drysdale Reserve at Bunya.
$2.5 million out of a $5 million total spend for Gateway Care in Caloundra to help welfare recipients with low-cost groceries.
$1 million for renovations to the Nambour Everyday Foundation Community Supermarket premises to expand their current services including providing affordable grocery options for families in need by offering low-cost food, meal programs and school pantry initiatives.
$4.3 million out of a $6.4 million total spend to complete the construction of a new neighbourhood centre in Rockhampton.

Health:

$33.1 billion overall health budget, which will provide more ambulances, more health workers and more free healthcare.
Includes $18.5 billion for more than 2600 extra hospital beds including three new hospitals and 10 hospital expansions and more regional health services.
$1.7 billion allocated to reduce ambulance ramping through more paramedics and better ED triaging.

Infrastructure and Transport :

$116.8 billion infrastructure pipeline, including investment in roads and a safer Bruce Highway over the next four years.
Includes $9 billion Bruce Highway Targeted Safety Program that restores 80:20 funding for the Bruce Highway and delivers safety upgrades.
The Safer Roads, Better Transport Plan including Barron River Bridge, the Bribie Island Bridge, the Caloundra Congestion Busting Plan and Mooloolah River Interchange.
The Wave with seamless public transport all the way to the Sunshine Coast Airport – with heavy passenger rail to Birtinya and metro all the way to the Sunshine Coast Airport through Maroochydore CBD, with an additional $40 million to accelerate planning for stages 2 and 3 in this year’s Budget.
Faster Rail between Logan and the Gold Coast with $5.75 billion jointly funded with the Australian Government.
$100 million Country Roads Connect program to boost the safety and flood resilience of regional unsealed roads.
$27.5 million for the Schools Transport Infrastructure Program to improve the safety and operation of schools across Queensland.
$15 million for the Keeping Our Waterways Safe program (formally War on Wrecks), with a focus on action and enforcement activity.
$2.2 million to remove the fee for a new Disability Parking Permit.

Housing:

$8.1 billion budget, which includes a new boost to buy home ownership program, boosted home owner grants, and new social and community housing over the next four years.
Boost to Buy program will help reduce the deposit gap for first buyers, in a new shared equity scheme where the Government provides an equity contribution of up to 30 percent on new homes, for a minimum 2 percent deposit. Expressions of interest will open on July 1 for individuals earning up to $150,000 and couples earning up to $225,000 to purchase homes of up to $1 million.
$5.6 billion for new social and community housing to deliver 53,500 new homes by 2044.
$592 million boost for frontline housing and homelessness support including 20 per cent increase to specialist homelessness services.

Education:

$21.9 billion total budget, includes funding for every family to receive $100 for each primary school student attending Prep to Year 6, to help cover the cost of school essentials.
15 new schools and campuses funded, including two primary schools, one high school, six special schools, a Health Sciences Academy, Youth Justice and Crime Prevention schools.
$222.1 million for the Government’s More Teachers, Better Education Plan, including to improve safety in classrooms, with better support for teachers, teacher aides and behavioural support specialists.
$12.7 million to strengthen early childhood regulation and ensure quality and safety in early childhood education and care services.
$78 million for a new TAFE Centre of Excellence in Caloundra.
$13.6 million to expand the Great Barrier Reef International Marine College in Cairns.
$61.1 million for the new Rockhampton TAFE Excellence Precinct.
$60 million for a new TAFE Centre of Excellence in Moreton Bay.
$2 million for a new Marine Centre of Excellence for the Southern Moreton Bay Islands.
$21.4 million to renew and revitalise existing training facilities.
$79.1 million for the Transforming Queensland manufacturing program.
$80 million for Skilling Queenslanders for Work.
$7 million for the Workforce Connect Fund.
$20 million for the Returning To Work program with grants to help cover the cost of transitioning back to work for women after having children, caring for family or illness.
$10 million for Free Apprenticeships for Under 25s, to remove tuition fees and make trade training more accessible and affordable.
$50 million to leverage the National Skills Agreement, which will strengthen TAFE Queensland, grow the training workforce, and close the skills gap for First Nations people.
Funding to support the Regional Jobs Committee program for another 2 years to help close skills gaps in critical industries.

Energy:

$5 billion for Queensland’s State-owned energy businesses to invest across the energy supply chain.
Bring total investment in CopperString to $2.4 billion by 2028-29.
$1.6 billion over five years to support the Electricity Maintenance Guarantee.
$435 million in 2025-26 to progress three pumped hydro projects.
$479 million in 2025-26 for CS Energy to develop the 400-megawatt Brigalow Gas Peaker Project at Kogan Creek.

Brisbane 2032:

$4.7 billion for the Games Delivery Plan to progress venues and villages.
Includes $3.8 billion provisioned for the total venues program over the forward estimates, including the new main stadium at Victoria Park, out of the total $7.1 billion funding envelope.
$847 million allocated to fund the decisions to proceed with Sunshine Coast Stadium, Sunshine Coast Mountain Bike Centre, Moreton Bay Indoor Sports Centre, Barlow Park Stadium, and Logan Indoor Sports Centre projects.
Increased funding of $308.5 million over four years for the Games Independent Infrastructure and Coordination Authority.
An initial provision of $950 million over four years out of a total State investment of $3.5 billion for the delivery of athlete villages with the private sector, including the Brisbane Athlete Village and RNA showground upgrade, the Sunshine Coast Athletes Village incorporating the Sunshine Coast arena, and the Gold Coast and Rockhampton Athlete Village.

Business and Industry:

$180.5 million to strengthen our regions and advance the Defence, Biomedical and Biofuels industries through the newly established Sovereign Industry Development Fund.
$130 million in new programs, grants and initiatives to support Queensland small businesses and their staff.
$19 million Apprenticeship Pilot Program and new grants programs for construction and professional care businesses.
$40 million Secure Communities Partnership Program.
$16.8 million to extend the Small Business Support Network to June 2028.
$79.1 million for a new Transforming Queensland Manufacturing Program to boost innovation and high-value job creation.
$10 million for a new Manufacturing Hub in Toowoomba and an additional hub on the Sunshine Coast to strengthen regional manufacturing capabilities.
$4.8 billion to save the Queensland Train Manufacturing Program and grow Queensland’s manufacturing capabilities.
$5.1 million to enhance mineral exploration to identify new resource opportunities across Queensland.
$8.5 million towards preparation activities for the operation of the Queensland Resources Common User Facility to support project development and accelerate investment in critical minerals.
$117.8 million for the delivery of expanded Natural Resource Management funding to boost biodiversity programs.

Tourism:

$40.2 million to deliver the first of 45 new ecotourism experiences promised by Destination 2045, including upgrades to the Smithfield Mountain Bike Trail, supporting the proposed Whitsunday Skyway attraction, and getting the Wangetti Trail back on track.
$133 million to enhance the management of national parks, support councils to strengthen resilient coastlines, welcome 150 additional Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service and Indigenous Land and Sea Rangers – including 40 specialist Fire Management Rangers.
$39.6 million over three years to support new or expanded wildlife hospitals in Moreton Bay, Currumbin, Cairns, Southport, and the Redlands.
$35 million to deliver the Zero Litter to the Bay initiative, diverting hundreds of tonnes of litter from the Moreton Bay by 2030.
$130 million to establish a three-year Resource Recovery Boost Fund to help councils divert waste from red bins to yellow and green bins, as well as $70 million for resource recovery infrastructure in partnership with the Australian Government under the SEQ City Deal, to increase resource recovery rates and facilitate organics recycling.

Primary Industries:

$817.2 million over Primary Industries Budget.
Includes to $60.9m for more biosecurity officers, invasive species management including varroa mite.
$24m to supercharge Fire Ant eradication.
$88.2 million to boost safety at Queensland beaches with the Shark Management Plan.
$51.9 million for farm and drought resilience programs.

The Arts:

Overall $75.8 million Arts Budget, including $24.4 million over four years for Queensland’s Cultural Centre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, State Library of Queensland and Queensland Museum Tropics.
$9.4 million allocated to support regional workers and deliver more arts experiences across Queensland.

Veterans:

$9 million to support veterans and their families, including a State-first Queensland Veterans’ Strategy.
$8 million to fund significant commemorative events honouring veterans.
$2 million to establish Premier’s Veterans’ Fund for improved wellbeing.
$7.4 million for Anzac Square and Memorial Gardens in Brisbane.