Brisbane South
Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2026-27
Across budgets
Tracked across 2 budgets (2025-26 to 2026-27).
Highlights
- •Princess Alexandra and QEII Hospital expansions
- •Wacol Youth Remand Centre
- •New special school at Berrinba
Capital works & projects
13 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.
Source: Regional Delivery Plan. Not all projects have published amounts.
Region-specific budget initiatives
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.
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.
Every dollar of the Mental Health Levy is directed into mental health services, delivering 30 new perinatal mother and baby beds, better mental health care in emergency departments, and more inpatient beds in regional Queensland.
General Government operating from the Queensland Mental Health Levy, $394.4M over 4 years plus $104.7M per annum ongoing. A separate $52.5M capital component over 3 years delivers perinatal beds. The Perinatal Mother and Baby Beds initiative ($153.9M) is a carve-out funded from within this uplift, not additional.
New mother and baby mental health beds help new parents experiencing perinatal mental illness stay with their babies while receiving specialist care, in six locations across the state.
$153.9M over 4 years plus $42.8M per annum ongoing, funded from within the $394.4M Mental Health Funding Uplift per BP4 p.54 — not additional. Amount/totalAmount left null to avoid double-counting against the uplift.
Nine new special schools across Queensland give families of children with disability more local choice and support for their education.
Capital, $862.4M total investment. Year-by-year profile not separately disclosed; overlaps with the New School Infrastructure program.
First home buyers with as little as a 2% deposit can buy a home with the government taking an equity share of up to 30% (new homes) or 25% (existing homes), for properties up to $1 million.
$165M capital plus $2M operating in 2026-27, part of a $330 million total package for the shared equity scheme
Funds the roads, water and sewerage needed to unlock thousands of new home sites across the state, with at least $1 billion reserved for regional communities.
Round 2 doubled to $1 billion, part of the $2 billion Residential Activation Fund. Year-by-year profile not separately disclosed in BP4.
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.
Keeps the 76-bed Wacol Youth Remand Centre operating to manage youth remand demand across the state.
General Government operating, $51.2M over 2 years
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.
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.
Progresses an arena and housing precinct at Woolloongabba through early works and a market process with the private sector.
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 South. The Regional Delivery Plan (linked below) details specific capital works and programs for this region.
Source document
Regional Delivery Plan — Brisbane South (PDF)Last updated: 2026-06-24. Factual information from published budget documents.