South West Queensland

Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2026-27

Tracked initiatives

Across budgets

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

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Highlights

•Support for Taroom Trough
•Longreach Water Security
•Diamantina Developmental Road upgrade
•Alpha-Tambo Road upgrade
•Charleville Hospital upgrades

Capital works & projects

10 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.

Health1 project

New CT scanner for Charleville Hospital—

Education1 project

Dirranbandi P-10 State School amenities replacement—

Transport3 projects

Country Roads Connect Program—

Diamantina Developmental Road reconstruction works (Quilpie-Windorah)—

Castlereagh Highway safety and flood immunity (St George-Hebel)—

Housing1 project

More homes for frontline workers (91 homes including three in Charleville)—

Infrastructure1 project

Residential Activation Fund (Charleville, Thargomindah, St George, Quilpie, Roma)over $26M

Community1 project

Upgrade parks in Paroo (John Kerr Park, Cunnamulla pool)$600,000

Environment1 project

Great Artesian Basin Water Security Program$46M

Economy1 project

Taroom Trough Development Plan Works (Queensland Fuel Security Plan)$19M

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

Region-specific budget initiatives

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.

Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Housing & Renting Regional Queensland

Replacement Fire Stations Hervey Bay and Kingaroy$2.9MNewCapitalAnnounced

New fire and rescue stations in Hervey Bay and Kingaroy improve emergency response and replace ageing facilities.

2026-27: $2.9M2027-28: $4.4M2028-29: $8.7M

Capital, $16.0M over 3 years for Hervey Bay and Kingaroy. BP1 cites $31.4 million for new fire stations in Hervey Bay, Kingaroy and Ayr.

Queensland Fire Department Safety & Emergency

Queensland Fuel Security Plan$19M totalNewAnnounced

Restores Queensland's ability to drill, refine and store fuel, reducing reliance on global supply chains and helping stabilise fuel prices.

$19M over 2 years (including $5M to DNRMMRRD plus internal funding, and $11.9M internal to State Development for the Taroom Trough Development Plan).

Department of State Development, Infrastructure and Planning Business & Economy Regional Queensland Cost of Living

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

Source document

Regional Delivery Plan — South West Queensland (PDF)

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