DELIVERING safety where you live
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Supporting Dalby Child Safety staff with a car and satellite phone.
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Delivering three new early intervention and rehabilitation programs in Toowoomba.
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Replacing the Kingaroy Fire and Rescue Station.
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Replacing the rural fire brigade station at Bell Town.
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Enhancing the support provided to victims of crime across the state by the Victim Liaison Service.
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Acquiring land for a replacement permanent and auxiliary fire and rescue station at Highfields.
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Supporting Toowoomba's Protea Place, a crucial service that assists vulnerable women on the Darling Downs.
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Providing 12 months of intensive rehabilitation support to all youth in and exiting detention as part of the Staying on Track Program.
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Providing additional flight hours for POLAIR capability in South East Queensland, including in the Darling Downs.
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Providing grants to small businesses and local governments across the state to implement measures that enhance community safety and prevent crime in public commercial and business precincts.
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Installing security cameras in the main streets of Jandowae and Miles.
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Investing to deliver a new professional Victims Advocate Service to provide dedicated support to victims of crime across the state, through the justice process.
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Delivering safety improvements and widening the D’Aguilar Highway at Nanango.
DELIVERING health services when you need them
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Delivering the new Toowoomba Hospital, as part of the Hospital Rescue Plan.
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Delivering greater access to health care with 64 new junior doctors engaged by Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service.
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Delivering a safe, compliant, and modern health facility at Millmerran Multipurpose Health Service utilising a contemporary design, as part of the Hospital Rescue Plan.
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Constructing a new Kingaroy Hospital helipad to replace the ageing bitumen-surfaced helipad, as part of the Timely Investment Infrastructure Maintenance program.
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Delivering additional car parking spaces for patients, carers, visitors and staff at the new Toowoomba Hospital as part of the Hospital Rescue Plan.
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Delivering health services when you need them with more paramedics and initiatives to reduce ambulance ramping below 30 per cent by 2028.
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Delivering more health workers for the Darling Downs, with additional funding to grow the workforce across Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service.
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Progressing the planning stage for the Chinchilla Hospital, as part of the Hospital Rescue Plan.
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Progressing the planning stage for the Jandowae Hospital, as part of the Hospital Rescue Plan.
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Progressing the planning stage for the Murgon Hospital, as part of the Hospital Rescue Plan.
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Replacing staff accommodation in Tara, providing appropriate, safe, and fit-for-purpose accommodation, as part of the Hospital Rescue Plan.
DELIVERING a better lifestyle through a stronger economy
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Delivering safe and reliable drinking water to the Cherbourg community by upgrading its ageing treatment and distribution infrastructure, as part of the National Water Grid Fund in partnership with the Australian Government.
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Installing telemetry devices in the Murray Darling Basin to improve data collection, monitoring, and water management efficiency, delivered in partnership with the Australian Government.
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Delivering 326 social homes in construction or under contract on the Darling Downs, in partnership with the Australian Government.
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Delivering cost of living relief through the Back to School Boost program with $100 for every Queensland primary school child across the state, to cover the cost of school essentials every year.
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Providing essential maintenance for Tarong and Kogan Creek Power Stations through the Electricity Maintenance Guarantee.
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Delivering housing and homelessness services to vulnerable Queenslanders on the Darling Downs to assist them to secure long-term housing and access other specialist support services including temporary accommodation, outreach and connection to broader community services.
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Delivering housing for frontline government employees like teachers, nurses and police officers so they can provide essential services to communities on the Darling Downs. In 2025–26, 15 homes are planned for delivery including 11 in Kingaroy, 3 in Murgon and 1 in Dalby.
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Delivering more affordable and accessible sport for all Queensland kids with $200 Play On! voucher program to help reduce the cost of participation.
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Progressing planning work to deliver a new weir to improve water supply reliability along Barambah Creek.
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Progressing the 400 megawatt Brigalow Gas Peaking Plant near Chinchilla.
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Progressing the 506.2 megawatt Wambo Wind Farm with Cubico Sustainable Investments.
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Reducing the deposit gap for first home buyers in Queensland so they can enter the property market sooner.
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Constructing a direct supply main on Greenwattle Street into Glenvale Reservoir to ensure flowrate and pressure.
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Repairing and replacing roadways at the Cherbourg Council Depot as part of the permanent Works for Queensland Program.
DELIVERING a plan for Queensland’s future
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Boosting water security for the region by delivering Barlil Weir on Barambah Creek in the South Burnett.
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Delivering a new Equestrian Centre of Excellence at the Toowoomba Showgrounds as part of the 2032 Delivery Plan.
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Delivering upgrades to the Tanduringie Creek Bridge.
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Upgrading Cherbourg Town Hall with security, disability access and kitchen renovations.
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Delivering a bike safety track and cross country trail at Ramsay State School.
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Improving the multipurpose court at Jondaryan State School.
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Delivering safety improvements on the Gore Highway and Toowoomba-Athol Road.
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Boosting road safety with upgrades to Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Road.
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Upgrading roads in the region, including Highfields Road, Kratzke Road, and O'Brien Road.
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Delivering Dirranbandi to Hebel Road.
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Commencing the business case for a T-intersection at The Gums, where the Surat Development Road and Leichhardt Highway intersect.
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Developing a business case to raise the approaches to Loudoun Bridge near Dalby on the Moonie Highway.
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Delivering safety upgrades impacting schools in Wilsonton, Newtown, and Highfields, and working with Council to explore options around the Stuart Street and North Street intersection and other traffic management issues.
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Supporting planning and soil assessments for future site use for Highfields and Districts Netball Association.
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Providing new covered access pathways at Gabbinbar State School.
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Improving accessibility at Wondai Art Gallery with additional undercover infrastructure.
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Building a new skate park in Wooroolin as part of the Games On! Grassroots Infrastructure Program.
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Addressing critical maintenance projects for Queensland Museum Cobb+Co to assist in the delivery of museum activities and exhibitions.
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Managing and mitigating significant public safety, health, and environmental risks at high-risk abandoned mine sites, including on the Darling Downs.
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Upgrading the playground at Goombungee State School.
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Enclosing an existing covered area to create a new multipurpose hall at Toowoomba North State School.
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Boosting Queensland’s manufacturing capability with a new manufacturing hub in Toowoomba.
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Completing a business case for a second road into Highfields from Toowoomba.
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Delivering a new multipurpose hall at Dalby State High School.
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Delivering education facilities for the Buwu Program at Cherbourg State School as part of the Closing the Gap Priorities Fund initiatives.
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Putting the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games back on track with a plan to deliver what’s needed for Queensland’s future, with transport and infrastructure, tourism and grassroots sporting facilities across the state.
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Delivering the new Toowoomba Hospital
A new Toowoomba Hospital will be delivered as part of a multi-billion-dollar commitment in the 2025-26 Queensland Budget, to help meet growing demand for healthcare services in the Darling Downs region.
Last updated: June 2025