Gold Coast
The 2024–25 Queensland Budget supports Queenslanders. On the Gold Coast it provides:
$1,300 electricity bill support
for Queensland households – an upfront $1,000 Cost of Living Rebate from the Queensland Government and a $300 rebate paid in quarterly instalments from the Australian Government.
$2.4B for health
for the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.
$116M for education
to maintain, improve and upgrade schools on the Gold Coast.
$2.8B for the Big Build
for productivity-enhancing infrastructure and capital works, estimated to support 7,200 jobs on the Gold Coast.
Delivering for the GOLD COAST
Free Kindy
Up to 7,093 children eligible for free kindy on the Gold Coast, for 15 hours per week, 40 weeks per year.
(January 2024 to May 2024)
Fee-Free TAFE
9,858 fee-free TAFE courses commenced by people on the Gold Coast wanting to train, retrain or upskill in priority industries.
(January 2023 to March 2024)
First Home Owner Grant
5,253 grants worth $91 million paid to home buyers to help them buy their first home on the Gold Coast.
(July 2016 to April 2024)
Apprentice and Trainee Payroll Tax Rebate
$24.8 million of rebates claimed by 1,195 businesses to reinvest and support employment on the Gold Coast.
(July 2015 to April 2024)
Delivering better services for the Gold Coast
Growth from March 2015 to March 2024
1,908 extra nurses up 69%
763 extra teachers up 17.1%
506 extra doctors up 55.4%
149 extra ambulance officers up 40.3%
Faster travel to come on the Coomera Connector
Works are progressing on one of Queensland’s most significant infrastructure projects, the transformative 16km Coomera Connector Stage 1. The project will deliver shorter travel times and more transport options – accommodating an estimated 60,000 daily trips as an alternative option to the Pacific Motorway for local journeys around the northern Gold Coast. It will feature additional bridge crossings, and a shared pedestrian and bike path to enable new active transport opportunities.
The Coomera Connector Stage 1 is being delivered in three construction packages:
- Stage 1 North: Shipper Drive, Coomera to Helensvale Road, Helensvale
- Stage 1 Central: Helensvale Road, Helensvale to Smith Street Motorway, Molendinar
- Stage 1 South: Smith Street Motorway, Molendinar to Nerang-Broadbeach Road, Nerang.
Stage 1 North, under construction, will open progressively from late 2025, with community consultation completed for the other stages.
The now $3.026 billion project includes an additional $864 million committed by both the Queensland and Australian governments on a 50:50 basis, bringing Queensland’s total contribution to $1.513 billion.
QUEENSLAND BUDGET 2024–25 AT A GLANCE
Total concessions including cost-of-living relief measures available in 2024–25
$11.2B
Investment in school and early education facilities
$1.3B
Total health funding in 2024–25
$28.9B
Total Big Build over 4 years
$107.3B
Community Safety Plan for Queensland
$1.3B
Jobs supported by the Big Build program in 2024–25
72,000
Putting Queensland Kids First Plan
$502M
Percentage of Big Build spend outside of greater Brisbane in 2024–25
68.5%
Homes for Queenslanders
$3.1B
Total capital investment to support the Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan over 4 years
$26B