Southern Downs

Regional delivery — Queensland Budget 2026-27

1
Tracked initiatives
35
Social homes in progress

Across budgets

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

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Highlights

  • •Emu Swamp Dam
  • •Social and community housing
  • •Country Roads Connect

Health & social services

Social housing

35 homes in construction or under contract

Capital works & projects

10 projects from the Regional Delivery Plan.

Education1 project
Texas P-10 State School amenities refurbishment$850,000
Transport2 projects
Country Roads Connect Program—
New England Highway (Warwick-Wallangarra) safety improvements—
Safety3 projects
Swan and Emu Creek rural fire brigade station replacement—
Upgrades to Safe City CCTV networks in Warwick and Stanthorpe$300,000
Rural Fire Service Queensland fire trucks—
Infrastructure3 projects
Emu Swamp Dam (progress works, Stanthorpe water security)$3M
Parkridge Estate Electrical Trunk Infrastructure (Goondiwindi, Residential Activation Fund)$1.3M
Southern Downs smart reticulation and network monitoring$8.5M
Community1 project
Goondiwindi Neighbourhood Centre$2M

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 PlanningHousing & RentingRegional Queensland

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

Source document

Regional Delivery Plan — Southern Downs (PDF)

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