Brisbane Central

Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2026-27

4
Tracked initiatives
313
Social homes in progress

Across budgets

Tracked across 2 budgets (2025-26 to 2026-27).

Highlights

  • Construction of the new Brisbane Stadium at Victoria Park
  • Queensland Cancer Centre of Excellence
  • Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital and Prince Charles Hospital expansions

Health & social services

Social housing

313 homes in construction or under contract

Capital works & projects

13 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.

Health2 projects
Princess Alexandra Hospital expansion (249 new beds)
Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital transit lounge expansion (46 treatment spaces)
Education2 projects
Buranda State School new three-storey block$35M
Red Hill Special School renewal works (Ithaca campus consolidation)$61.2M
Transport3 projects
Cross River Rail
Exhibition Station upgrade
Albion Station upgrade
Housing1 project
Gabba Entertainment and Housing Precinct (early works)
Safety1 project
Making Queensland Safer laws justice resourcing (Brisbane)$6M
Infrastructure3 projects
Brisbane Stadium (Victoria Park)
Suncorp Stadium upgrades
National Aquatic Centre
Community1 project
World Science Festival Brisbane

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

Region-specific budget initiatives

Hospital Rescue Plan$2.206BContinuingCapitalAnnounced

Builds three new hospitals (Bundaberg, Coomera, Toowoomba) and the Queensland Cancer Centre and expands ten others, adding more than 2,600 hospital beds across the state.

2026-27: $2.206B

Capital. $2.206 billion in 2026-27 for Major Hospital Infrastructure (new hospitals and major expansions) of a $17.271 billion total project cost (BP3 Capital Statement, Queensland Health). The broader 2026-27 Queensland Health capital program advancing the Plan is $4.040 billion (BP2 p.4); the yearProfile shows only the 2026-27 Major Hospital Infrastructure spend.

Screen Queensland Studios, Brisbane$3.1MNewAnnounced

Supports film and television production jobs in Queensland by funding the operation of Screen Queensland's Brisbane studios.

2026-27: $3.1M2027-28: $3.0M2028-29: $3.8M

General Government operating, $9.9M over 3 years

2032 Games Venues and Brisbane Stadium$765MContinuingCapitalAnnounced

Construction is underway on the new Brisbane Stadium at Victoria Park, with works progressing on other Games venues and athlete villages for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

2026-27: $765M

Capital, $765.0M budgeted in 2026-27 to progress Games venues and athlete villages, within the $7.1 billion joint venues funding. A further $916.8M over four years covers the first six minor venues and $1.853 billion over four years for villages.

Gabba Entertainment and Housing Precinct$44.6MNewAnnounced

Progresses an arena and housing precinct at Woolloongabba through early works and a market process with the private sector.

2025-26: $1M2026-27: $44.6M

General Government operating, $45.6M over 2 years; $54.9M total over 3 years from 2025-26

Statewide measures

Most budget measures are allocated statewide rather than to individual regions. The full budget overview lists all 101 tracked initiatives, many of which deliver services in Brisbane Central. The Regional Delivery Plan (linked below) details specific capital works and programs for this region.

Source document

Regional Delivery Plan — Brisbane Central (PDF)

Last updated: 2026-06-24. Factual information from published budget documents.