Gold Coast
The 2023–24 Queensland Budget supports good jobs, provides better services for all Queenslanders and protects our great lifestyle. On the Gold Coast it provides:
$2.3B on infrastructure
or productivity enhancing infrastructure and capital works, estimated to support around 6,500 jobs in this region.
$2.1B on health
for the Gold Coast Hospital and Health Service.
$89.7M on education
to maintain, improve and upgrade schools on the Gold Coast.
$65.7M for social housing
to expand and improve social housing on the Gold Coast.
$11.3M for homelessness services
to provide essential housing and support services for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness on the Gold Coast.
$5.9M for Skilling Queenslanders for Work
to fund more training opportunities and increase workforce participation.
Delivering better services for the Gold Coast region
Growth from March 2015 to March 2023
1,670 extra nurses up 60.4%
711 extra teachers up 15.9%
405 extra doctors up 44.4%
41 extra firefighters up 16.7%
Delivering for the GOLD COAST REGION
First Home Owner Grant
5,092 grants worth $88.6 million paid to home buyers to help them buy their first home on the Gold Coast.
(July 2015 to April 2023)
Apprentice and Trainee Payroll Tax Rebate
$18.7 million of rebates claimed by 1,060 businesses to reinvest into their business and support employment on the Gold Coast.
(July 2015 to May 2023)
Advance Queensland
$24.4 million in grants awarded to 884 applicants to drive innovation, build on our natural advantages, and help raise the Gold Coast’s profile as an attractive investment destination.
(July 2015 to March 2023)
Back to Work
$8.2 million of payments have been paid to 459 employers on the Gold Coast to employ 669 eligible unemployed jobseekers.
(July 2016 to April 2023)
More support for vulnerable Queenslanders
The Queensland Government is investing $122.7 million in a new secure mental health rehabilitation unit at the Gold Coast University Hospital.
The new facility is the Gold Coast’s first secure mental health unit, which will provide 40 beds for some of Queensland’s most vulnerable patients, including people with severe and complex mental health disorders who would benefit from a more secure setting. The mental health unit has been designed in consultation with both people with lived mental health experience as well as their carers. Their input included advice on cultural guidance, delivery of services and recovery-orientated practices.
Work commenced on the project in February 2023, and will support around 300 full-time equivalent construction jobs across the life of the project. Additionally, opportunities for more than 140 full-time equivalent jobs are expected when the unit is operating at full capacity.
QUEENSLAND BUDGET 2023-24 AT A GLANCE
Total concessions in 2023-24
$8.2B
Total capital program over 4 years
$89B
Total health funding in 2023-24
$25.8B
Jobs supported by the capital program in 2023-24
58,000
Investment in regional Queensland supported by coal royalties
over $16B
Percentage of capital spend outside of greater Brisbane in 2023-24
65.5%
Additional funding for social housing infrastructure and housing and homelessness support over 5 years
over $1.2B
Total capital investment to support the Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan over 4 years
$19B