Sunshine Coast

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.

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.

Brings rail all the way to the Sunshine Coast Airport, with Stage 1 construction commencing to connect the fast-growing Sunshine Coast region.

Capital, $460M in 2026-27 within a $5.5 billion project jointly funded with the Federal Government. Later stages (Rail Stage 2, Metro Stage 3) are in early planning with amounts not yet disclosed.

Four new TAFE Centres of Excellence in Rockhampton, Caloundra, Petrie and Moreton Bay train workers in in-demand trades.

$201.1M total over 3 years. Year-by-year profile not separately disclosed in BP4.

Restores dam capacity at North Pine and Lake Macdonald equivalent to a new dam more than double the size of the Bjelke-Petersen Dam, giving farmers and families more water security; Paradise Dam and Borumba Dam are progressed under separate funding.

Capital. The $545M total over 6 years covers North Pine and Lake Macdonald dam upgrades only and does NOT include Paradise Dam or Borumba Dam, which BP1 p.18-19 treats as separate projects ($59.8M for Paradise Dam in 2026-27; $324M for Borumba Dam investigations in 2026-27, delivered via water GOCs). BP2 cites $276.2M towards dam improvement projects in 2026-27.

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.