Townsville
The 2023–24 Queensland Budget supports good jobs, provides better services for all Queenslanders and protects our great lifestyle. In Townsville it provides:
$1.2B on infrastructure
for productivity enhancing infrastructure and capital works, estimated to support around 3,400 jobs in this region.
$1.3B on health
for the Townsville Hospital and Health Service.
$57.2M on education
to maintain, improve and upgrade schools in Townsville.
$70.3M for social housing
to expand and improve social housing in Townsville.
$36.9M 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.
$17.7M for homelessness services
to provide essential housing and support services for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in Townsville.
Delivering better services for the Townsville region
Growth from March 2015 to March 2023
335 extra nurses up 15.7%
210 extra doctors up 35%
65 extra ambulance officers up 25.4%
32 extra teacher aides up 6.8%
Delivering for the TOWNSVILLE REGION
Back to Work
$42.1 million of payments have been paid to 1,613 employers in Townsville to employ 3,914 eligible unemployed jobseekers.
(July 2016 to April 2023)
First Home Owner Grant
2,403 grants worth $40.5 million paid to home buyers to help them buy their first home in Townsville.
(July 2015 to April 2023)
Skilling Queenslanders for Work
$35.3 million allocated to develop skills and provide training to 5,138 people in Townsville, with 2,938 people securing a job as a direct result of their participation in the program.
(July 2015 to April 2023)
Advance Queensland
$24.8 million in grants awarded to 496 applicants to drive innovation, build on our natural advantages, and help raise Townsville’s profile as an attractive investment destination.
(July 2015 to March 2023)
Australian-first demonstration facility for critical minerals
The Queensland Government is investing $75 million to establish common user infrastructure in Townsville to support the development, extraction and production of critical minerals. This Australian-first demonstration facility will support Queensland’s significant growth potential in the rapidly emerging critical minerals industry.
The new Queensland Resources Common User Facility will be located at the Cleveland Bay Industrial Park. It will initially trial production processes for vanadium, but the overall design will include equipment that can be adapted to process a range of other critical minerals and rare earths in the future.
The facility aims to accelerate the development of commercial mining projects, promote investment in advanced mineral manufacturing opportunities and enable development of supply chain and supporting industries in Queensland. It’s a key action under the Queensland Resources Industry Development Plan and supports the delivery of the Queensland Energy and Jobs Plan.
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