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DELIVERING safety where you live

  • Upgrading the Mount Forbes Rural Fire Station including building a large training room, Incident Control Centre and amenities, in partnership with Mount Forbes Rural Fire Brigade and Ipswich City Council.

  • Delivering CCTV for small businesses in Beaudesert and Canungra.

  • Delivering the replacement of the current Beaudesert courthouse.

  • Delivering the upgrade of the rural fire brigade station at Biddaddaba.

  • Delivering the replacement of the auxiliary fire and rescue station at Boonah.

  • Delivering funding across the state to deliver an electronic monitoring (GPS tracker) pilot of high risk domestic and family violence offenders.

  • Delivering comprehensive early intervention and rehabilitation programs statewide to address youth offending and reduce the number of victims.

  • Delivering targeted early intervention and rehabilitation programs to reduce youth offending across the Scenic Rim.

  • Delivering Adult Crime, Adult Time for young offenders across the state, who commit the most serious offences.

  • Delivering the rural fire brigade station at Mount Alford.

  • 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.

  • 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 health services when you need them

  • Delivering a new CT Scanner for Beaudesert Hospital.

  • Progressing the planning stage for the Boonah Hospital, as part of the Hospital Rescue Plan.

  • Delivering more than 2,600 extra beds across the state including 3 new hospitals and 10 hospital expansions and more regional health services.

  • Investing to stabilise bed capacity to improve patient flow across the state, with 515 beds across the Queensland Health system.

  • Constructing a new acute clinical services building on the existing site as part of the Ipswich Hospital Expansion (Stage 2), with 200 new overnight beds, as part of the Hospital Rescue Plan.

  • Delivering the legislated but previously unfunded midwife to patient ratios across the state.

  • Delivering more health workers for Scenic Rim, with additional funding in 2025–26 to grow the workforce to 17,779 (FTE) across Metro South Hospital and Health Service.

  • Delivering the government’s new Open Hospitals website to share data in real time and drive cultural change across the state.

  • Delivering health services when you need them with more paramedics and initiatives to reduce ambulance ramping below 30 per cent by 2028.

  • Delivering more elective surgeries across Queensland by partnering with the private sector through the Surgery Connect Program to reduce waitlists and ensure patients are seen sooner.

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DELIVERING a better lifestyle through a stronger economy

  • Delivering water security with the Water for Warrill Irrigation Project through an options analysis.

  • Delivering cost of living relief by abolishing stamp duty on all new homes across the state for first home buyers.

  • 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.

  • Reducing the deposit gap for first home buyers in Queensland so they can enter the property market sooner.

  • Delivering cost of living relief for first home buyers across the state by extending the First Home Owner Grant to $30,000 for 12 months.

  • Building an off-road car park, upgrading public toilets, and constructing new pedestrian crossings and footpaths to improve access and safety at Tamborine Mountain Gallery Walk.

  • Expanding and improving social and community housing within the Scenic Rim region, working towards the delivery of 53,500 social and community homes by 2044.

  • Increasing and improving fixed wireless telecommunications resilience in communities in the Scenic Rim affected by, or at risk of, natural disasters.

  • Delivering one million homes across Queensland by 2044, as part of the Securing Our Housing Foundations plan.

  • Delivering more affordable and accessible sport for all Queensland kids with $200 Play On! voucher program to help reduce the cost of participation.

  • Developing a strategic plan to address future infrastructure needs for the Kooralbyn township.

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DELIVERING a plan for Queensland’s future

  • Upgrading the sports courts and facilities at Tamborine Mountain State High School.

  • Duplicating the Mount Lindesay Highway between Johanna Street and South Street in Jimboomba to improve safety and reduce peak hour congestion and travel time. Delivered in partnership with the Australian Government.

  • Upgrading Biddaddaba Road.

  • Installing lighting at Kalbar Showgrounds.

  • 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.

  • Delivering inclusive change facilities at Coronation Park (Boonah) and Selwyn Park (Beaudesert), featuring showers, toilets, and benches, as part of the South East Queensland City Deal in partnership with the Australian Government and the Scenic Rim Regional Council.

  • Supporting Destination 2045: Delivering Queensland’s Tourism Future, including funding for aviation attraction, event attraction, and new product development across the state.

  • Delivering the First 5 Forever family literacy initiative in the Scenic Rim.

  • Delivering a record investment into Queensland’s education system to fully fund state schools across the state for the first time in Queensland, in partnership with Australian Government.

  • Delivering $250 million for a community Olympic and Paralympic legacy fund to boost participation in grassroots sport across the state in the lead up to the Games.

  • Supporting the Tamborine Mountain Sports Association with funding to advance the Master Plan or undertake discrete projects, as part of the Games On! Grassroots Infrastructure Program.

  • Upgrading the school playground at Gleneagle State School.

  • Upgrading the school playground at Hillview State School.

  • Constructing a new indoor multi-sports facility in Beaudesert with two courts, a viewing deck, amenities, and parking facilities.

  • Refurbishing Block E amenities at Rathdowney State School.

  • Rectifying the transpiration pit at St Bernard State School.

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Last updated: June 2025

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