Bree's Barron River Bulletin: Budget Edition

 

 

State Budget: At a Glance

 

✅ A brand-new Barron River Bridge 

✅ Major upgrades to Western Arterial Road and Bruce Highway

✅ Kuranda Range Road safety and resilience upgrades 

✅ Community infrastructure upgrades to halls across Cairns northern beaches and hinterland

✅The completion of Wangetti Trail 

✅ $166M+ for the Cairns Water Security Project 

✅ $15.5M to expand Smithfield Mountain Bike Trail Park 

✅ $100 Back to School Boost for every child

✅ $200 Play On! Sports Vouchers to support families

✅ $16.2M for essential asset maintenance including Kuranda Weir and Barron Gorge Power Station 

✅ $560M statewide for early intervention youth crime programs 

✅ $8.5M for Cairns Fire Communications Centre replacement

✅ $181M to expand and refurbish Cairns Hospital 

✅ Additional $67M for Cairns Hospital

✅ $19M for adolescent & young adult mental health beds in Cairns 

✅ $60M for Cairns Health & Innovation Centre (Stage 1) 

✅ $29M for the long overdue Cairns Ambulance Operational Centre redevelopment 

✅ $3M for E Block Pharmacy & Cancer Care at Cairns Hospital 

✅ $9M to support veterans and their families

✅ $6M for Games On! Manunda Sports Precinct upgrades 

✅ $19.2M for Great Barrier Reef Joint Field Management Program 

✅ $24 Million Great Barrier Reef Urban Technology Innovation Fund 

✅ $1.4M to expand the School Savvy Program across FNQ 

✅ $44.7M over five years to boost local business productivity, including new regional startup hubs and innovation grants 

✅ Expansion of the Great Barrier Reef International Marine College

✅ The biggest investment in NRM'S to invest in on-ground activity

✅ 150 more land and sea rangers

✅ Regional Reset program for high-risk youth 

✅ Youth Justice School for young people on justice order 

✅ More police recruits and frontline officers

✅ POLAIR aerial crime-fighting expansion in FNQ

✅ 561 social and community homes in FNQ under construction or contracted

✅ Housing Boost To Buy program, First Home Owners Grant program and axed Stamp Duty Tax

Budget Speech

Delivering for Far North Queensland

 

 

 

Bree James MP