South West Queensland

Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2025-26

885
Health workforce (FTE)
9
Social homes in progress

Highlights

  • Social and community housing
  • Back to School Boost
  • Play On! vouchers
  • Country Roads Connect
  • Regional health services

Health & social services

Health workforce

885 FTE staff across South West Hospital and Health Service

Social housing

9 homes in construction or under contract

Capital works & projects

15 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.

Health1 project
CT Scanner at Charleville Hospital
Education3 projects
Quilpie State College access improvements$600,000
Mitchell State School multipurpose upgrades$518,000
Roma State College - senior campus refurbishment$1.5 million
Transport4 projects
The Gums Intersection upgrade business case
Eulo Bridge replacement business case
Loudon Bridge upgrade business case
Castlereagh Highway floodway upgrade - Dirranbandi to Hebel
Housing1 project
More housing for Roma
Infrastructure3 projects
Queensland Microgrid Pilot Fund$6.1 million
St George Airport Masterplan$100,000
Charleville Airport Master Plan$50,000
Community3 projects
Backing Indigenous Arts - Indigenous Art Centres$4.9 million
Roma Pool redevelopment (Denise Spencer Aquatic Centre)$5 million
Cunnamulla swimming pool upgrade$600,000

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

Statewide measures

Most budget measures are allocated statewide rather than to individual regions. The full budget overview lists all 87 tracked initiatives, many of which deliver services in South West Queensland. The Regional Delivery Plan (linked below) details specific capital works and programs for this region.

Source document

Regional Delivery Plan — South West Queensland (PDF)

Last updated: 2026-05-26. Factual information from published budget documents.