A range of rebates and concessions will even result in free electricity for some Queenslanders.
Cameron Dick will hand down his fourth budget on Tuesday after weeks of slow-drip details. Despite the grins,he’s said it’s his toughest one yet. Here’s why.
No,not the TV show. But arguably more important.
Rising construction costs have been blamed for budget blowouts totalling $150 million at Queensland Health projects across the state.
Among other “fiscal pressures” just around the corner,the government is under the pump to upgrade vital water infrastructure,Wednesday’s budget update says.
The hot property market lifted the state’s budget last year. This time coal royalties are forecast to boost Queensland’s bottom line.
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick’s Wednesday budget update will show a multibillion-dollar coal revenue boost driven by high prices and higher royalty tiers.
“In extraordinary times ... this is an extraordinary result,” the Treasurer tells parliament.
The state government quietly boosted the funding of two state watchdogs hit hard by COVID-driven workloads,but calls from other accountability agencies went unanswered in Tuesday’s budget.
The Queensland government narrowly avoided the distraction of budget day protests from frontline workers negotiating wage rises,as it lifted a years-long hiring freeze on other positions.
The new levy,revealed in Tuesday’s state budget,will generate ongoing funding for mental health services in the state expected to total more than $1.4 billion across the next four years alone.