Outback Queensland

Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2022-23

$634.4M
Capital program
3
Tracked initiatives

Highlights

  • •$634.4M on infrastructure and capital works supporting around 2,300 jobs
  • •$334M for the Royal Flying Doctor Service 10-year deal
  • •$495M on health for North West, Central West and South West services

Health & social services

Social housing

$24.4M investment

Capital works & projects

12 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.

Health3 projects
Royal Flying Doctor Service 10-year agreement$25.2M (2022-23, $334M total)
Windorah Primary Health Centre$7.9M (2022-23, $12.4M total)
Building Rural and Remote Health Program - Phase 2 (incl. Normanton Hospital)$943.5M over 7 years (statewide)
Transport3 projects
Flinders Highway (Julia Creek - Cloncurry), Scrubby Creek pavement and floodway$27.8M (2022-23, $42.7M total)
Kennedy Developmental Road (The Lynd - Hughenden) progressive sealing$13.4M (2022-23, $50M total)
Gulf Developmental Road (Georgetown - Mount Garnet) (Package 1) pavement strengthening$7.3M (2022-23, $12.3M total)
Infrastructure5 projects
Network replacement and enhancements - Outback Queensland$84.7M (2022-23)
Digitally Connected Regions$31M (2022-23, $31.6M total)
Hughenden Water Bank project$25.6M (subject to business case)
Fred Haigh pump station electro-mechanical overhaul$3.8M (2022-23, $8M total)
Copperstring 2.0 project$16M
Community1 project
Mount Isa Family Fun Precinct redevelopment - Stage 2$1.3M (2022-23, $3.8M 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.

Queensland HealthHealthRegional Queensland
Royal Flying Doctor Service 10-Year Agreement$25.2MNewAnnounced

Regional and remote Queenslanders are guaranteed continued access to Royal Flying Doctor Service aeromedical care through a secure 10-year funding deal.

2022-23: $25.2M2023-24: $28.2M2024-25: $31.8M2025-26: $32.7M

General Government operating, $333.7 million over 10 years. $25.201 million is the 2022-23 expense line for the new RFDS Standing Offer Arrangement.

Queensland HealthHealthRegional Queensland
Priority Regional Water Infrastructure$199.5M totalNewCapitalAnnounced

Regional communities get investment in water security infrastructure such as the Cairns Water Security Program and Mount Morgan Pipeline.

General Government. $199.5 million towards priority regional water infrastructure projects (Budget Highlights). The individual project lines in BP4 show no separately disclosed 2022-23 budget-year amount (largely held centrally), so the budget-year figure is recorded as null.

Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and WaterRegional QueenslandEnvironment

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 Outback Queensland. The Regional Delivery Plan (linked below) details specific capital works and programs for this region.

Source document

Regional Delivery Plan — Outback Queensland (PDF)

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