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Queensland State Budget 2009-10

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Budget in your region

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Budget at a glance

Key priorities of the 2009-10 Budget are delivering jobs for Queensland, strengthening community services and returning the Budget to surplus.

  • Estimated $18.2 billion in capital spending – supporting some 127,000 full-time jobs.
  • 25% payroll tax rebate on the eligible wages of apprentices and trainees in 2009-10, in addition to these wages being exempt from payroll tax.
  • An increase to the first home buyer vacant land concession.
  • 8.2% increase in funding to health services.

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2009-10 State Budget

Better frontline services

Keeping Queenslanders in jobs and delivering better frontline services will be at the core of this year’s State Budget.

Across Queensland, the Budget will provide for:

  • 645 new doctors, nurses and allied health professionals
  • 203 new police officers
  • 50 new ambulance officers
  • 350 new teachers and teacher aides.

Green Army: protecting jobs and the environment

The Green Army is a groundbreaking new $57 million program providing 3,000 jobs over the next three years.

Find out more by heading to the Green Army website or calling our hotline on 1800 249 215.

Saving on your power bill

The Government is delivering on its promise of 200,000 solar hot water systems to Queenslanders at affordable prices. The average home can save up to $300 a year on their electricity bill while helping to build the local solar industry.

For more information contact the Queensland Hot Water Program Hotline on 1800 243 585 or visit the Office of Clean Energy’s website.

Helping small business: payroll tax rebate

Apprentices and trainees are essential to building Tomorrow’s Queensland.

The Government has already made apprentices and trainees exempt from payroll tax. Now from 1 July, businesses will also receive a 25% rebate on payroll tax for apprentice/trainee equivalent employees in 2009-10.

For more information call the Office of State Revenue on 1300 300 734.

A flying start for Qld kids

The biggest ever rollout of kindergartens in the State’s history is now underway.

More than $300 million is being invested in 240 new and extended kindergartens across Queensland over the next five years.

For information visit the Department of Education and Training’s website.

Fixing our schools

Schools across Queensland will benefit from an extra $45 million invested in maintenance in 2009-10.

This funding will go towards repairing floors, roofs, toilets and other important work.

Protecting our tourism industry

Protecting Queensland jobs and creating new ones has never been more important.

Tourism contributes around $9 billion to our State’s economy and employs around 119,000 Queenslanders.

The Government is investing nearly $38 million over three years in new tourism initiatives — to boost regional tourism, benefit local operators, and protect local jobs.