A message from the Minister for Finance

This Budget is delivering for Queensland with relief you can rely on through responsible decisions for now and in the future.

This Budget continues restoring respect for Queenslanders’ money while also delivering on all our commitments, despite significant pressures due to global uncertainty, rising inflation and interest rates, and decisions taken in the Federal Budget.

Since coming to Government, we have been open for business, repairing our international reputation, supporting our exporters and providing investment certainty and stability to strengthen our economy, which is delivering benefits for all Queenslanders.

While the Federal Budget has left both households with uncertainty and State Governments with additional costs, we remain committed to a Budget that plays our part in easing costs on families and businesses from both global uncertainty and national cost pressures, all with no new or increased taxes.

This is a Budget that is protecting jobs, growing the frontline, investing in our skilled workforce and the infrastructure for Queensland’s future, and putting a handbrake on the growth of the senior executive, to continue restoring respect for Queenslanders’ money after the financial mismanagement of the former Government.

That’s why a focus of this Budget is building a stronger economy by restoring our sovereign capabilities. This includes restoring our ability to drill, refine and store fuel, open new gas exploration, and extract, process and export our highly sought critical minerals to the world.

Only by making the responsible decisions for now and in the future are we able to continue making Queensland safer, building Queensland’s future and delivering better services through a stronger economy.

Hon Ros Bates MP
Minister for Finance, Trade, Employment and Training