Brisbane North

Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2026-27

4
Tracked initiatives
220
Social homes in progress

Across budgets

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

Highlights

  • The Prince Charles Hospital expansion
  • Social and community housing
  • Energy Roadmap

Health & social services

Social housing

220 homes in construction or under contract

Capital works & projects

11 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.

Health2 projects
Prince Charles Hospital expansion (at least 93 new overnight beds)
New Medical Imaging Service in Brighton (MRI, CT, X-ray, ultrasound)
Education1 project
Newmarket State School new building
Transport3 projects
Gateway Motorway, Bracken Ridge to Pine River upgrade
Linkfield Road Overpass upgrade
Beams Road rail level crossing project
Housing2 projects
Land Activation Program (450 new homes on former Energex site, Banyo)
Youth Foyer in Chermside (40 self-contained units)
Safety1 project
Boondall Police Facility Upgrade$52M
Infrastructure1 project
Suncorp Stadium upgrades
Community1 project
Games On! Grassroots Infrastructure (Aspley Hornets, Grange Thistle, Sandgate Hawks and others)

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.

New and Upgraded Police Stations$495.9M totalContinuingCapitalAnnounced

New and upgraded police stations and beats in growing communities including Logan, Boondall, Edmonton, Hervey Bay and Mount Isa.

Capital, $495.9M total investment. Year-by-year profile not separately broken out in BP4.

Dam Improvement and Water Security Program$545M totalNewCapitalAnnounced

Restores dam capacity at North Pine and Lake Macdonald equivalent to a new dam more than double the size of the Bjelke-Petersen Dam, giving farmers and families more water security; Paradise Dam and Borumba Dam are progressed under separate funding.

Capital. The $545M total over 6 years covers North Pine and Lake Macdonald dam upgrades only and does NOT include Paradise Dam or Borumba Dam, which BP1 p.18-19 treats as separate projects ($59.8M for Paradise Dam in 2026-27; $324M for Borumba Dam investigations in 2026-27, delivered via water GOCs). BP2 cites $276.2M towards dam improvement projects in 2026-27.

Games On! Grassroots Sport Infrastructure$250M totalContinuingCapitalAnnounced

Upgrades to local sporting clubs across Queensland through Round 2 of Games On!, plus a major Suncorp Stadium upgrade funded by the Queensland Legacy Fund.

$250 million Games On! program (Round 2). Complemented by the $300 million Queensland Legacy Fund (centrally held) for grassroots sport and Suncorp Stadium.

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

Source document

Regional Delivery Plan — Brisbane North (PDF)

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