Queensland Budget 2017-18

Posted on June 14th, 2017

Budget 2017-18

This year’s STATE BUDGET 2017 includes $788.1m infrastructure investment and reportedly 3200 new jobs in Central Queensland.

Job-creating projects include –

First Home Owners’ Grant to be extended by six months to 31 December 2017 to drive further construction and economic activity.

Livingstone Shire

$1.3m of a $3.4m local disaster co-ordination Centre Yeppoon
$9.4m out of $25m project for Yeppoon foreshore revitalisation
$1.2m Yeppoon State High School upgrade
$5m Yeppoon Sewage Treatment Plant upgrade
$7.9m of the $200m for the expansion of the Capricornia Correctional Centre which will ease overcrowding and support 100 construction and 70 ongoing jobs
$825,000 of a $1.15m Hartley Street, Emu Park, recreation reserve funding

Rockhampton Region

$25m for the South Rockhampton Flood Levy
$4.98m of the $15m over three years to redevelop the Rockhampton Riverbank
Approximately $5m for the CBD redevelopment
$8.9m for recovery and reconstruction projects
$2.27m to leverage roll out of the NBN and provide a smart working hub to grow the digital economy
$2.47m to develop an artificial hockey surface and associated infrastructure
$0.6m to build new water play features at Cedric Archer Park
$5.8m for the Rockhampton courthouse expansion project
$2.5m Rockhampton Special School for new classrooms
$2m to support relocation of Rockhampton Regional Council’s city art gallery
$1.1m to refurbish the Indigenous Centre at Rockhampton State High School
$1.0m for works at North Rockhampton State High School
$1.0m to refurbish classrooms and amenities at Allenstown State School
$7.5m on new accommodation, specialist homeless services and transitional housing
$0.368m for the Rockhampton Jockey Club for club amenities

Central Queensland

$9.974m out of $30m for fisheries reform, improve sustainability of fisheries and maintain top-level fisheries management
$5.7m to deliver specialist homelessness services CQ
$57.5m natural disaster relief recovery arrangements CQ
$9.8m Works for Queensland CQ
$35m over five years to boost trade and investment across Queensland, including specific initiatives targeting CQ
$25m to grow international education and training (IET)
$1.1 billion on rebuilding critical infrastructure post-Cyclone Debbie
$24.4m to regional councils for maintenance and minor infrastructure projects in CQ
$2.8m apprentice and trainee payroll tax rebate
$10.6m for Skilling Queenslanders for Work training to 1071 people, including 738 of who gained employment or further training
$310,000 mental health programme

Tourism

Queensland Tourism Industry Council – Tourism highlights from State Budget 2017-18
$12.3m for grants and a recovery fund targeted at rebuilding tourism infrastructure and the Go Local – Keep Queensland Going Strong campaign

Health

Communities, Child Safety and Disability

$14.3m to assist persons with a disability and their families to access support and services

Emergency Services

$0.5m to commence a $5m redevelopment of the Rockhampton Ambulance Station
$2.9m for the permanent fire and rescue station and co-located Regional Firecom upgrade
$1m for the North Rockhampton Specialised Operations training facility

Roads

$21m out of $75m for the ongoing Capricorn Highway duplication project between Rockhampton and Gracemere
$9m out of $30m for improvements to intersections and road train access
$10.9m to start duplication of the Bruce Highway at the Yeppoon Road to Parkhurst section.
$7.6m to complete widening of the Bruce Highway north of Bajool
$0.735m out of $2.2mfor new bike lanes on the Bruce Highway (Rockhampton to St Lawrence)

Energy

Additional frontline services in CQ:

67 extra nurses (up 5.6%)
47 extra doctors (up 19.9%)
132 extra teachers (up 4.7%)