Wide Bay-Burnett

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.

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.

Critical safety works continue on the Bruce Highway to make Queensland's main north-south road safer and more flood-resilient for the communities and industries that depend on it.

$243M Queensland investment in 2026-27 within the $9 billion program jointly funded with the Federal Government under an 80:20 partnership

New trains for Queensland's rail network are being built in Maryborough, securing local manufacturing jobs in the Fraser Coast region.

$410M committed in 2026-27 within the $9.5 billion program

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.

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

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.

$330.5 million over five years improves water quality entering the Great Barrier Reef and reduces farm run-off, supporting Reef-dependent tourism jobs.

General Government operating, $330.5M over 5 years across three departments (Environment $262.0M, Primary Industries $60.7M, Natural Resources $7.8M, partly met internally). 2026-27 figure shown is the Environment department's expense component.

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.

Establishes a manufacturing hub in Maryborough to support local manufacturers, develop skills and build supply chains in the Wide Bay region.

$925,000 over 2 years, met internally by the department