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Regional Budget Statements

This series of 11 Regional Budget Statements outlines the Government's ongoing investment in the regions and its delivery on key service and infrastructure commitments for 2012-13.

Regional highlights

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Fitzroy Darling Downs Wide bay Mackay Townsville Cairns Outback Queensland Gold Coast Gold Coast Ipswich Ipswich Sunshine Coast Sunshine Coast Brisbane Brisbane

Statewide highlights

Grow a four pillar economy

  • $20 million to implement a Tourism Investment Strategy, focussing on destination marketing and inward tourism attraction.
  • $10 million over two years to safeguard marine resources.
  • $7.6 million over four years for agriculture and horticulture research and development to increase the productivity of Queensland's key export sectors.
  • $3 million for regional Queensland events.
  • $11 million for land, weed and pest management, sustainable agriculture and water quality initiatives.
  • $6 million over four years to employ an additional 15 biosecurity officers.
  • $2 million to attract new aviation businesses and routes into Queensland, including six new flights each week from China.
  • Increase the First Home Owner Grant on new homes from $7,000 to $15,000, supporting housing construction.
  • Increase the payroll tax exemption threshold from $1 million to $1.6 million, over six years, to help 20,000 businesses and support thousands of jobs in Queensland.

Revitalise frontline services

  • State funding for specialist disability services will increase by 3 per cent from $931 million in 2011-12 to almost $959 million in 2012-13.
  • $15 million to assist elderly parent carers of people with a disability.
  • $44 million to provide better access to emergency and specialist care.
  • $51.6 million to improve and upgrade health facilities in regional and remote areas.
  • $34.7 million to provide 300 new police as part of an additional 1,100 frontline police over the next four years.
  • $53.6 million over four years to roll out the equivalent of a full-time teacher aide to an additional 150 Prep classes each year in areas of greatest need.
  • $28.9 million over four years to enhance maternal and child health services to provide additional access to home visits and community clinics in the first 12 months following birth.
  • $750,000 over three years to the Women's Legal Service to support vulnerable Queensland women.

Deliver better infrastructure and better planning

  • $2 billion for recovery and reconstruction projects, in partnership with the Australian Government.
  • $1 billion over 10 years to upgrade the Bruce Highway, focussing on improving safety and flood immunity, subject to a cost sharing agreement with the Australian Government.
  • $1.3 billion to construct, expand and redevelop hospitals across Queensland.
  • $200 million over two years to address State School maintenance priorities.
  • $60 million ($495 million over four years) to help local governments and communities manage the impacts of rapid growth in the resources sector.

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Last reviewed:
17 September 2012