Moreton Bay
The 2023–24 Queensland Budget supports good jobs, provides better services for all Queenslanders and protects our great lifestyle. In Moreton Bay it provides:
$925.3M on infrastructure
for productivity enhancing infrastructure and capital works, estimated to support around 2,700 jobs in this region.
$4.9B on health
for the Metro North and West Moreton Hospital and Health Services.
$120.3M on education
to maintain, improve and upgrade schools in Moreton Bay.
$52.9M for social housing
to expand and improve social housing in Moreton Bay.
$9.7M for Skilling Queenslanders for Work
to fund more training opportunities and increase workforce participation.
$4.9M for homelessness services
to provide essential housing and support services for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Moreton Bay.
Delivering better services for the Moreton Bay region
Growth from March 2015 to March 2023
862 extra nurses up 58.7%
664 extra teachers up 17.4%
150 extra doctors up 35.2%
79 extra ambulance officers up 39.9%
Delivering for the MORETON BAY REGION
First Home Owner Grant
6,849 grants worth $115.3 million paid to home buyers to help them buy their first home in Moreton Bay.
(July 2015 to April 2023)
Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements
An estimated $52.6 million of the total grants paid and payable to local government authorities in Moreton Bay for reconstruction, betterment and other projects to recover from natural disaster events that occurred between 2019 and 2023. The program is jointly funded by the Queensland Government and the Australian Government.
(July 2018 to June 2023)
Back to Work
$20 million of payments have been paid to 886 employers in Moreton Bay to employ 1,526 eligible unemployed jobseekers.
(July 2016 to April 2023)
Advance Queensland
$5.2 million in grants awarded to 308 applicants to drive innovation, build on our natural advantages, and help raise Moreton Bay’s profile as an attractive investment destination.
(July 2015 to March 2023)
New learning centre for Kallangur State School
Credit: Department of Education
With an investment of $11.8 million from the Queensland Government’s Growth Learning Spaces program, Kallangur State School’s new learning centre will cater for the growing school community.
The 2-storey learning centre will have 8 classrooms and feature outdoor learning areas, practical learning areas, staff facilities and amenities. Included in works at the school are refurbishments to 3 teaching blocks, to modernise the rooms and increase classroom sizes.
In keeping with the school’s 93-year tradition of community connection, the project is involving local businesses and workers, and is also boosting training hours for tradespeople and apprentices. Work on the new learning centre is expected to be completed in August 2023, and refurbishments are likely to finish in early 2024.
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