Darling Downs

Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2022-23

$821.1M
Capital program
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Tracked initiatives

Highlights

  • •$821.1M on infrastructure and capital works supporting around 2,600 jobs
  • •$374.6M for the Wambo Wind Farm near Dalby
  • •New Toowoomba Hospital
  • •$1.2B on health for Darling Downs and South West services

Health & social services

Social housing

$24.2M investment

Capital works & projects

12 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.

Health3 projects
Toowoomba Hospital redevelopment (electrical infrastructure and cardiac upgrades)$24.4M (2022-23 combined, $49M total)
Toowoomba Day Surgery (2-theatre unit at Baillie Henderson Hospital)$21.9M (2022-23, $42M total)
Building Rural and Remote Health Program - Phase 2 (incl. Tara Hospital)$943.5M over 7 years (statewide)
Transport1 project
New England Highway (Toowoomba - Warwick) safety improvements$8.5M (2022-23, $11.5M total)
Safety1 project
Dalby police facility upgrade$9.8M (2022-23, $14M total)
Infrastructure2 projects
Kogan North Gas Fields development$13.6M (2022-23)
InterLinkSQ Intermodal Terminal$8.1M (2022-23, $16.1M total)
Environment4 projects
Wambo Wind Farm near Dalby$68.2M (2022-23, $374.6M total)
Chinchilla Battery (100 megawatt battery storage)$37.4M (2022-23, $150M total)
Karara Wind Farm near Warwick$16.9M (2022-23, $250M total)
Kogan Renewable Hydrogen Project$8.6M (2022-23, $28.9M total)
Economy1 project
Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund$18.1M (2022-23, $92M total)

Source: Regional Delivery Plan. Not all projects have published amounts.

Region-specific budget initiatives

Building Rural and Remote Health Program - Phase 2$943.5M totalNewCapitalAnnounced

Rural and remote communities get replacement hospitals and health facilities and better accommodation for health staff.

General Government capital, $943.5 million over 7 years from the Sustaining Capital Program. BP4 does not separately disclose a 2022-23 budget-year figure for this measure, so the budget-year amount is recorded as null.

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Statewide measures

Most budget measures are allocated statewide rather than to individual regions. The full budget overview lists all 50 tracked initiatives, many of which deliver services in Darling Downs. The Regional Delivery Plan (linked below) details specific capital works and programs for this region.

Source document

Regional Delivery Plan — Darling Downs (PDF)

Last updated: 2026-06-21. Factual information from published budget documents.