The 2023–24 Queensland Budget supports good jobs, provides better services for all Queenslanders and protects our great lifestyle. In Ipswich it provides:

$1.3B on infrastructure

for productivity enhancing infrastructure and capital works, estimated to support around 3,600 jobs in this region.

$915.7M on health 

for the West Moreton Hospital and Health Service.

$315M on education

to maintain, improve and upgrade schools in Ipswich.

$89.5M for disaster recovery 

and betterment projects to local government assets impacted by disaster events between 2019
and 2023. Delivered in partnership with the Australian Government.

$59.2M for social housing

to expand and improve social housing in Ipswich.

$8.7M for Skilling Queenslanders for Work

to fund more training opportunities and increase workforce participation.

Delivering better services for the Ipswich region

Growth from March 2015 to March 2023

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909 extra nurses up 71.8%

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802 extra teachers up 26.2%

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230 extra teacher aides up 31.7%

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201 extra doctors up 66.5%

Delivering for the IPSWICH REGION

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First Home Owner Grant

6,305 grants worth $107.3 million paid to home buyers to help them buy their first home in Ipswich. 

(July 2015 to April 2023)

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Advance Queensland

$13.1 million in grants awarded to 258 applicants to drive innovation, build on our natural advantages, and help raise Ipswich’s profile as an attractive investment destination.

(July 2015 to March 2023)

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Apprentice and Trainee Payroll Tax Rebate

$9.3 million of rebates claimed by 375 businesses to reinvest into their business and support employment in Ipswich.

(July 2015 to May 2023)

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Back to Work

$9.9 million of payments have been paid to 459 employers in Ipswich to employ 843 eligible unemployed jobseekers.

(July 2016 to April 2023)

International drinks giant Frucor Suntory to call Ipswich home

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Credit: Frucor Suntory

International beverage manufacturer Frucor Suntory is establishing a new $400 million beverage manufacturing facility in Swanbank with support from the Queensland Government’s Invested in Queensland program. 

Part of the Japanese Suntory Group, Frucor Suntory is considered a market leader, particularly in the energy drinks category, and has a wide variety of beverages and brands in its portfolio. Once complete, the facility will have the immediate capability to produce up to 20 million cases of drinks each year, with the ability to be significantly scaled up in the future. 

The facility will include beverage processing, packaging, warehousing and distribution, strengthening the company’s ability to service its customers and the growing Australian market. The project will create approximately 450 construction and installation jobs, and once operational will support 160 long-term roles.

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

Last Updated: 13 June 2023