Southern Downs

Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2025-26

2
Tracked initiatives
5,797
Health workforce (FTE)
28
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

5,797 FTE staff across Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service

Social housing

$15.1 million investment

28 homes in construction or under contract

Capital works & projects

15 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.

Health1 project
Goondiwindi staff accommodation upgrade$6.9 million
Education2 projects
Queensland College of Wine Tourism - Stanthorpe—
Maintenance at Warwick TAFE$869,300
Transport2 projects
Gore Highway improvements—
Cunningham Highway safety improvements—
Safety4 projects
Swan and Emu Creek Rural Fire Brigade Station$1 million
Warwick police facility upgrade$21 million
Whetstone Rural Fire Brigade Station replacement$700,000
Warwick and Stanthorpe Safe City CCTV network upgrades$300,000
Infrastructure1 project
Warwick Saleyards upgrades$795,000
Community4 projects
Warwick's WillowTree 37$1 million
Goondiwindi Neighbourhood Centre$2 million
Allora Community Precinct redevelopment$600,000
Warwick Indoor Recreation and Aquatic Centre filtration replacement$2 million
Environment1 project
Wild dog barrier fence renewal works - Goondiwindi region$1.1 million

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

Region-specific budget initiatives

Timely Investment Infrastructure Maintenance (Health)$675MNewCapitalAnnounced

Addresses maintenance backlogs in hospitals so facilities remain safe and functional. The $2.647 billion over five years (plus $200 million per year ongoing) funds maintenance, replacement and refurbishment of Queensland Health's existing assets. This responds to findings in the Queensland Audit Office Health 2024 report and the Sangster Review.

2024-25: $671.9M2025-26: $675.0M2026-27: $550.0M2027-28: $550.0M2028-29: $200.0M

Capital, over 5 years from 2024-25 plus $200M per annum ongoing

Queensland HealthHealth
New and Upgraded Police Facilities$16MNewCapitalAnnounced

New and upgraded police stations at Burleigh Heads, Nambour, Logan Central, Mount Gravatt, Boondall, Ferny Grove, Redcliffe, Edmonton, Goodna and Palm Island. Land is also being acquired for future stations at Yarrabilba, Rainbow Beach and Caboolture West. The $277 million capital program replaces ageing facilities and serves growing communities.

2025-26: $16.0M2026-27: $56.0M2027-28: $76.0M2028-29: $89.0M

Capital ($277M) plus operating ($10M) over 5 years from 2025-26 plus $3.3M per annum ongoing. The yearProfile covers 4 of 5 years (2025-26 to 2028-29, totalling $237M); the 5th year (2029-30, approximately $53.3M) falls outside the forward estimates window shown in BP4.

Queensland Police ServiceSafety & Emergency

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

Source document

Regional Delivery Plan — Southern Downs (PDF)

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