Brisbane South

Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2026-27

10
Tracked initiatives
203
Social homes in progress

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

Health & social services

Social housing

203 homes in construction or under contract

Capital works & projects

13 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.

Health4 projects
Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Hospital expansion (112 new beds)
QEII Hospital multi-storey car park (up to 1,379 spaces)
New Medical Imaging Service for Eight Mile Plains (MRI and CT scanner)
Expansion of Mother and Baby Units (30 new perinatal beds across the state including Brisbane)
Education2 projects
Sunnybank Special School new building
Western Suburbs State Special School new administration and learning centre
Housing1 project
Boost to Buy home ownership scheme
Safety3 projects
Mount Gravatt Police Facility Upgrade$30M
Wacol Youth Remand Centre Extension$51.2M
Arthur Gorrie Correctional Centre expansion (200 additional cells, 400 beds)
Infrastructure2 projects
Gardner Road extension (Rochedale, Residential Activation Fund)
Queensland Tennis Centre upgrade (Tennyson, Games venues)
Environment1 project
RSPCA Wildlife Hospital at Wacol support$1M

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.

Mental Health Funding Uplift$80.6MNewAnnounced

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.

2026-27: $80.6M2027-28: $104.5M2028-29: $104.7M2029-30: $104.7M

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.

Perinatal Mother and Baby BedsNot yet costedNewAnnounced

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$862.4M totalNewCapitalAnnounced

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.

Boost to Buy Shared Equity Scheme$165MExpandedCapitalAnnounced

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.

2026-27: $165M

$165M capital plus $2M operating in 2026-27, part of a $330 million total package for the shared equity scheme

Residential Activation Fund Round 2$1B totalExpandedCapitalAnnounced

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$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.

Wacol Youth Remand Centre$24.8MContinuingAnnounced

Keeps the 76-bed Wacol Youth Remand Centre operating to manage youth remand demand across the state.

2026-27: $24.8M2027-28: $26.4M

General Government operating, $51.2M over 2 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 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.