Ipswich
Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2026-27
Across budgets
Tracked across 5 budgets (2022-23 to 2026-27).
Highlights
- •Ripley Health Services expansion (90 overnight beds)
- •Ipswich Hospital expansion
- •New secondary school in Ripley Valley
- •New primary school in Greater Flagstone
- •New special school at Ipswich West
Capital works & projects
13 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.
Source: Regional Delivery Plan. Not all projects have published amounts.
Region-specific budget initiatives
More hospital care closer to home, with over 200 new beds operationalised across Hervey Bay, Cairns, West Moreton (Ripley), Gold Coast, Logan, Central Queensland and Wide Bay, plus more emergency and elective surgery capacity.
General Government operating, $750M in 2026-27
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.
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.
New schools for growing communities, including a secondary school in Ripley Valley, a primary school in Greater Flagstone, Gracemere High School stage two, and new special schools in Townsville and Wynnum-Manly.
Capital, $700M over 5 years (including $254.1M held centrally). Forms part of the $2.3 billion 22 new schools program.
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.
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.
Doubles the capacity of Womensline and Mensline so more people experiencing domestic and family violence can get help when they call.
$31.3M to double Womensline and Mensline capacity; complemented by a continued $7.8M HOPE Hub investment. Year-by-year profile not separately disclosed.
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 Ipswich. The Regional Delivery Plan (linked below) details specific capital works and programs for this region.
Source document
Regional Delivery Plan — Ipswich (PDF)Last updated: 2026-06-24. Factual information from published budget documents.