IQRNS Corridors and Connectors, October 2018

STRATEGIC CORRIDORS & CONNECTORS IDENTIFIED IN THE INLAND QUEENSLAND ROAD NETWORK STRATEGY (IQRNS)

October 2018

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE IQ-RAP WORKING GROUP ON BEHALF OF ALL 28 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, 5 RDAS and RACQ PARTNERS AND THEIR COMMUNITIES

PEOPLE • 442,012 people (2017; 9% of QLD) • 32,199 Indigenous people (not including 2,220 in Doomadgee and Woorabinda who are in the IQ-RAP area and will have potential to benefit but have not contributed to the project) • 627,362 in 2036 • 16,117 unemployed (March 2018) • Unemployment 7.2% vs Qld 6.0% (March 2018) • 35% and 35.4% in lowest 2 socio-economic quintiles

LAND 2 • 1.26 million km • 73% of QLD i.e. 18x Tasmania • 16% of Australia

INDUSTRY • $43.5 billion GRP (2015/16), compared to: • $26 billion GSP in Tasmania • $21 billion GSP in the NT • Agriculture – cattle, grain, horticulture; mining – coal, gold, copper, lead, zinc, silver, rare earths; energy – coal, gas, renewables; tourism; construction; manufacturing

Local governments participating in the Inland Queensland Roads Action Project are highlighted Page 2

THE INLAND QUEENSLAND ROAD NETWORK CONNECTS REGIONS, STATES AND THEIR INDUSTRIES, EXPORTERS, MARKETS, COMMUNITIES AND TOURISTS.

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THE FOLLOWING ARE THE KEY CORRIDORS AND CONNECTORS THAT SUPPORT ECONOMIC SUPPLY CHAINS ACROSS QUEENSLAND

Queensland exported $70 billion of goods in the year ending February 2017. Coal, minerals, meat and other food products produced in regional Queensland made up the bulk of these exports. (QGSO)

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THE INLAND QUEENSLAND ROAD NETWORK STRATEGY HAS PRIORITISED PROJECTS ON KEY FREIGHT CORRIDORS AND CONNECTORS TO DRIVE PRODUCTIVITY + ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT + ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION THROUGH TOURISM + JOBS + MORE RESILIENT CONNECTIVITY + BETTER SAFETY OUTCOMES

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THE INLAND QUEENSLAND ROAD NETWORK STRATEGY PROPOSES INVESTMENT TO ACHIEVE FIT-FOR-PURPOSE STANDARDS ON 3,000 KM AND 300 BRIDGES THAT REQUIRE UPGRADING. THERE IS NO GOLD-PLATING, NO BLUE SKY.

RRTG Strategic estimate Future investment $m

$m 1-4yrs 5-10yrs 11-15yrs 15+yrs

Bowen Basin 1,252 82 500 670

Far North 862 46 254 374 188

Gladstone 61 17 44

North Queensland 334 32 140 162

East Zone sub-total 2,509 160 911 1,250 188

North West 1,008 93 369 423 123

Outback 797 69 281 404 43

South West 833 78 326 344 85

West Zone sub-total 2,638 240 976 1,171 251

Total Proposed Investment 5,147 400 1,887 2,421 439

Note that these costs are all in $2018. No allowance for discounting of future costs has been made in these figures and all are indicative estimates subject to planning and design considerations.

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THE IQRNS COMPARES FAVOURABLY WITH OTHER ROAD PROJECTS TO DEMONSTRATE VALUE FOR MONEY

Project1 Project Cost to Annual Gross Cost of Area4 No. of local Population5 Indigenous No. of people the Australian Regional project to Km2 govern- population unemployed7 Government2 Product (GRP) Aus Gov ments in 20166 within the local over 10 yrs the project governments’ in % terms area areas3 of GRP IQRNS (Addressing $1,830 million $43,464 0.4% 1,260,080 28 462,000 32,200 16,100 priorities over first million 10 years for a total cost of $2,287 million)

Tasmanian Road $400 million $5,855 0.7% 12,794 8 191,800 10,288 6,385 Package million

(ROSI)8

Bindoon Bypass $220 million $307 7.2% 1,220 1 5,300 124 161 million (ROSI)

NSW/ACT Package $100 million $692 1.5% 4,247 5 233,200 3,679 6,473 million (ROSI)

Cape York $208.4 million $220 18.9% over 21,591 8 8,300 7,145 723 Peninsula million 5 year life Development Road of project Package (2014-19) 1.9% over 10 years Total cost of $260.5 million

IQ-RAP partners are seeking Inland Queensland’s equitable share of ROSI and other funding programs to drive productivity in a $43.5 billion regional economy, create jobs, diversify local economies, build more resilient connectivity and ensure better safety outcomes. This can be achieved through the following investments.

• $294 m to fund the highest priorities in IQRNS over 4 years 2018/19 – 2022/23 ($106 million has already been committed towards the $400 million required) • That is an Australian Government investment of 0.17% of the region’s GRP over 4 years • Or potentially on an 80/20 split with the state government $235 m/ $59 m, it would be an Australian Government investment of 0.14% of the region’s GRP over 4 years • $1,887 m over the following 5 years from 2023/24 to 2028/29 • That is an Australian Government investment of 0.87% of the region’s GRP over 5 years • Or potentially on an 80/20 split with the state government $1,510 m/ $377 m, it would be an Australian Government investment of 0.69% of the region’s GRP

1 Australian and Queensland Government websites for the ROSI and CYPDRP: http://investment.infrastructure.gov.au/files/budget/Roads_of_Strategic_Importance_Factsheet_June_2018.pdf https://www.tmr.qld.gov.au/Projects/Name/C/Cape-York-Region-Package-Peninsula-Developmental-Road 2 As above 3 .id consulting pty ltd, National economic Indicators by local government, 2015/16 (This does not include the GRP of surrounding areas that will also benefit from the investment.) 4 Australian Bureau of Statistics 5 .id consulting pty ltd, National economic Indicators by local government, 2015/16 6 Queensland Government Statistician’s Office for Queensland projects; Australian Bureau of Statistics for other projects 7 Queensland Government Statistician’s Office for Queensland projects; Australian Bureau of Statistics for other projects 8 ROSI – Australian Government Roads of Strategic Importance Initiative, a new 10 year regional roads program announced in May 2018 Page 7

THE IQRNS MAKES A CONVINCING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL BENEFIT CASE FOR INVESTMENT

The IQRNS will deliver improved access to regional Queensland for freight, tourists and other road users, improved safety, reduced ongoing maintenance costs, improved community infrastructure, employment, training and business development opportunities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people.

Based on expenditure of $2,287 million over 10 years, the following economic and job impacts can be achieved.

EXAMPLES OF BENEFITS TOTAL IMPACT OVER 10 YEARS 1. Productivity improvements in the agricultural sector through shorter travel times with improvements in road quality, and a reduction on wear and tear on GRP vehicles and associated maintenance costs. Output Income Employment ($M) ($M) ($M) (FTE) 2. A reduction in the amount of weight loss of cattle due to stress on poor quality, and in particular unsealed roads, leading to higher return on Direct Impact $2,287 $887 $275 2,782 investment. Indirect Impact (Type I) $1,339 $616 $367 4,213 3. A reduction in horticultural wastage caused by poor road conditions, leading to higher return on investment. Indirect Impact (Type II) $1,903 $1,063 $482 6,773 4. Mining companies will be able to move their over-mass sized equipment from Total Impact $5,529 $2,566 $1,124 13,768 ports to mine sites with greater efficiency and safety.

5. Better roads will lead to greater efficiency and productivity for grain, horticultural, beef, mining and other exporters competing globally.

6. Jobs through planning, design, construction and maintenance of roads, particularly in Outback Queensland area where there is extremely high youth AVERAGE ANNUAL IMPACT and Indigenous unemployment. GRP 7. Increased business opportunities for suppliers to road projects and increases Output Income Employment to their employment, including Indigenous businesses and employment. ($M) ($M) ($M) (FTE) 8. Opening up of new tourism opportunities associated with the sealing and Direct Impact $229 $89 $28 278 widening of sealed roads to provide safer and more comfortable routes for tourists. This will lead to more tourism industry investment and the spread of Indirect Impact (Type I) $134 $62 $37 421 tourist expenditure across regions. Indirect Impact (Type II) $190 $106 $48 677 9. More resilient connectivity for the movement of goods and people, and delivery of emergency and other services in times of severe weather events, Total Impact $553 $257 $112 1,377 reducing the impacts and economic losses. 9 Source: AECGroup; 26.6.18 10. A reduction in dust and its impact on crops, cattle, visibility, amenity and safety. 11. More sustainable local governments and rural and remote towns through road works programs to create local jobs and reduce the decline in population.

9 12. Safer roads for all members of the community, to reduce the unacceptable Disclaimer: Whilst all care and diligence have been exercised in the preparation of this report, AEC Group Pty Ltd does not warrant the accuracy of the information contained within and accepts no liability for any loss or damage that may be suffered as a result of reliance on this information. divide in road death statistics between metropolitan and rural areas. Page 8

INVESTMENT INTO THE INLAND QUEENSLAND ROAD NETWORK WILL ALSO MAKE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON SAFETY AND ROAD TRAUMA STATISTICS

Road deaths per 100,000 persons in major cities vs regional and remote Australia (BITRE)

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Inland Queensland Roads Action Project (IQ-RAP) partner councils that have invested in the Inland Queensland Road Network Strategy (IQRNS), and their towns, are highlighted in bold red. In accordance with Roads of Strategic Importance (ROSI) funding being allocated separately into northern and southern Australia, this document identifies key corridors and critical connectors for industries, communities and tourists in the north and south and the corridors that connect southern and northern Australia. Costings are approximate and there is some duplication where corridors cover the same section of the network.

# on North or Key corridors/ National/ Passes GRP in the IQRNS local IQRNS Refer to IQRNS Refer to Linking with ports/ Industries and Tourism drive map south of supply chains of State/ Local through IQRNS local governments key corridor towns IQRNS critical connectors IQRNS QLD airports with freight routes the Tropic national, state or Network Federal government on the key RRTG (that are not already on a RRTG Regular Public of regional (For more Electorates: areas on the corridors Other connecting appendices key corridor) appendices Transport (RPT) Capricorn significance details see corridors/ towns in black IQRNS approx. appendices) investment over 10 years 1 North Flinders and Barkly National  Herbert GRP:  Townsville  Townsville North - P29  Townsville - Battery North – P29 Ports:  Mining product Overlander’s National Highways  Kennedy $18,633 million  Charters  Charters  Crimea - Burdekin Falls  Townsville  Supplies to the Way - Routes: Towers Towers/ Crimea North West Dam North West  Darwin mining and Townsville to Approx 1,094 km A6  Flinders  Torrens Creek – P33, 34  Hughenden - Winton – P33, 34  Karumba (via energy sectors Tennant Creek from Townsville to A2  Richmond  Hughenden  Richmond - Croydon Cloncurry)  Cattle Camooweal  McKinlay  Richmond  Richmond - Winton Outback-  Horticultural  Cloncurry  Julia Creek  Julia Creek - Burketown P37, 38 RPT Airports: produce  Mount Isa  Cloncurry  Cloncurry – Dajarra  Townsville  Fuel Investment  Mount Isa  Mount Isa – Dajarra, Far North –  Hughenden  Business, required:  Camooweal Boulia P24  Richmond government, $246 million  Tennant Creek  Camooweal - Gregory  Julia Creek household

 Darwin Downs  Cloncurry supplies  Mount Isa  Darwin

2 North Peak Downs State  Capricornia GRP:  Isaac  Mackay Bowen Basin  Clermont - Alpha Bowen Basin Ports:  Cattle This is not a Highway  Flynn $7,353  Moranbah – P20, 21 – P20, 21  Mackay  Grain recognised drive Route: Million  Nebo  Hay Point  Horticultural tourism route Approx 124 km S70  Clermont produce but tourists do from Moranbah to RPT Airports:  Supplies to the use the route Clermont  Mackay mining and for regional Investment  Moranbah energy sectors travel. required:  Fuel $46 million  Business, government, household supplies

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# on North or Key corridors/ National/ Passes GRP in the IQRNS local IQRNS Refer to IQRNS Refer to Linking with ports/ Industries and Tourism drive map south of supply chains of State/ Local through IQRNS local governments key corridor towns IQRNS critical connectors IQRNS QLD airports with freight routes the Tropic national, state or Network Federal government on the key RRTG (that are not already on a RRTG Regular Public of regional (For more Electorates: areas on the corridors Other connecting appendices key corridor) appendices Transport (RPT) Capricorn significance details see corridors/ towns in black IQRNS approx. appendices) investment over 10 years 3 North Capricorn Way State  Flynn GRP:  Banana  Rockhampton Bowen Basin  Westwood - Taroom Bowen Basin Ports:  Cattle Capricorn Way  Maranoa $5,022  Central  Gracemere – P20, 21  Duaringa - Bauhinia – P20, 21  Port Alma  Grain – Rockhampton Capricorn Highway Route: million Highlands  Stanwell  Dingo - Mt Flora  Gladstone (via  Horticultural to Barcaldine A4  Barcaldine  Westwood Outback -  Alpha - Clermont Outback - Biloela) produce Approx 530 km  Duaringa P37, 38 P37, 38  CQ Inland Port  Supplies to the from Westwood to  Dingo mining and Barcaldine  Blackwater RPT Airports: energy sectors Investment  Emerald  Emerald  Fuel required:  Alpha  Barcaldine  Business, $169 million  Barcaldine government, household supplies

4 North Savannah Way State/ local  Kennedy GRP:  Tablelands  Cairns Far North –  Croydon - Richmond Far North – Ports:  Cattle Savannah Way $2,009  Croydon  Kuranda P24  Normanton - Dimbulah P24  Cairns  Horticultural – Cairns to  Kennedy Highway Routes: million  Etheridge  Mareeba  Karumba (via produce Broome  Gulf A1  Carpentaria  Atherton North West North West Normanton)  Supplies to the Developmental  Burke  Ravenshoe – P34 – P33, 34 mining and Road  Mount Garnet RPT Airports: energy sectors Investment  Georgetown  Cairns  Fuel Approx 1,476 km required:  Croydon  Normanton  Business, from Kuranda to the $152 million  Normanton  Burketown government,

NT border  Burketown household  Doomadgee supplies

 NT  WA

5 1. North 2. Outback Way State/  Kennedy GRP:  Winton  Winton Outback -  Boulia – Bedourie Outback - RPT Airports:  Cattle Outback Way – local $121 million  Boulia  Boulia P38  Boulia – Dajarra, Mount P37, 38  Winton  Supplies to the Winton to Kennedy  Alice Springs/ NT Isa  Boulia mining and Laverton, WA Developmental Route:  Laverton/ WA  Winton – Hughenden  Alice Springs energy sectors Road S62  Winton – Richmond  Laverton  Fuel Investment  Business, Donohue Highway required: government, $75 million household Approx 602 km supplies from Winton to the NT border

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7 North and Landsborough, National  Maranoa GRP:  Murweh  Brisbane/ SEQ South West  Longreach – Jundah South West Ports:  Cattle This route south Warrego, National  Kennedy $7,279 million  Maranoa  Toowoomba – P41, 42  Winton – Richmond – P41, 42  Brisbane  Horticultural incorporates Highways Route:  Barcaldine  Dalby  Winton – Hughenden  Darwin produce sections of the A2  Longreach  Miles Outback -  Cloncurry - Dajarra Outback -  Gladstone, Port  Supplies to the drive tourism  Winton  Roma P37 P37, 38 Alma (via mining and routes of the Approx 1,227 km Investment  Cloncurry  Mitchell Barcaldine) energy sectors Warrego Way, from Roma to required:  Mount Isa  Morven North West North West  Fuel Matilda Way, Cloncurry $176 million  Augathella – P33 – P33, 34 RPT Airports:  Business, Overlander’s  Barcaldine  Brisbane government, Way

 Longreach  Toowoomba household  Winton  Roma supplies  Kynuna  Barcaldine  McKinlay  Longreach  Cloncurry  Winton  Cloncurry  Darwin

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# on North or Key corridors/ National/ Passes GRP in the IQRNS local IQRNS Refer to IQRNS Refer to Linking with ports/ Industries and Tourism drive map south of supply chains of State/ Local through IQRNS local governments key corridor towns IQRNS critical connectors IQRNS QLD airports with freight routes the Tropic national, state or Network Federal government on the key RRTG (that are not already on a RRTG Regular Public of regional (For more Electorates: areas on the corridors Other connecting appendices key corridor) appendices Transport (RPT) Capricorn significance details see corridors/ towns in black IQRNS approx. appendices) investment over 10 years 8 North and The Great Inland State  Maranoa GRP:  Maranoa  Sydney/NSW South West  Clermont – Alpha South West Ports:  Cattle Great Inland south Way  Flynn $15,200 million  Central  Hebel or – P41, 42  The Lynd – Quartz Blow – P41, 42  Sydney  Horticultural Way - Sydney Routes:  Capricornia Highlands Mungindi Creek  Brisbane produce to Cooktown (the eastern A55  Kennedy  Isaac  Dirranbandi Bowen Basin Bowen Basin  Gladstone (via  Supplies to the alternate to the A7  Leichhardt  Charters  St George – P20, 21 – P20, 21 Rolleston) mining and Bruce Highway and S63 Investment Towers  Surat  Port Alma (via energy sectors the fastest route S62 required:  Tablelands  Roma North - P29 Emerald)  Fuel connecting Sydney/ 1 $271 million  Mareeba  Injune  Mackay and Hay  Business, NSW with North  Rolleston Far North – Point (via government, and Far North  Springsure P24 Clermont) household Queensland)  Emerald  Townsville (via supplies

 Clermont Charters Towers)  Central QLD  Castlereagh  Belyando  Cairns Inland Port Highway Crossing  Carnarvon  Charters Towers QLD RPT Airports: Highway  Greenvale  St George  Dawson Highway  The Lynd  Roma  Springsure –  Mt Garnet  Emerald Emerald Road  Atherton  Cairns  Gregory  Mareeba  Cooktown Developmental  Road Kuranda   Kennedy Cairns Developmental  Cooktown Road

Approx 1,182 km from Hebel to Kuranda

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# on North or Key corridors/ National/ Passes GRP in the IQRNS local IQRNS Refer to IQRNS Refer to Linking with ports/ Industries and Tourism drive map south of supply chains of State/ Local through IQRNS local governments key corridor towns IQRNS critical connectors IQRNS QLD airports with freight routes the Tropic national, state or Network Federal government on the key RRTG (that are not already on a RRTG Regular Public of regional (For more Electorates: areas on the corridors Other connecting appendices key corridor) appendices Transport (RPT) Capricorn significance details see corridors/ towns in black IQRNS approx. appendices) investment over 10 years 9 North and Western Inland National/  Maranoa GRP:  Paroo  Melbourne South West  The Lynd – Quartz Blow South West Ports:  Cattle From Barringun south Way state  Kennedy $5,359 million  Murweh  Shepparton – P41, 42 Creek – P41, 42  Melbourne  Horticultural to Barcaldine is  Barcaldine  Cobar  Gladstone produce a section of the (the western Routes:  Flinders  Griffith Outback - Far North –  Port Alma (via  Supplies to the drive tourism alternative to the A71  Atherton  Bourke P37, 38 P24 Barcaldine) mining and route the Bruce Highway and A2 Investment  Mareeba  Barringun  Townsville (via energy sectors Matilda Way. the most direct 19 required:  Cunnamulla North West - Torrens Creek)  Fuel route from 18 $179 million  Charleville – P33, 34  Cairns  Business, Melbourne/ VIC to A6  Augathella government, Far North, Cape 62 Far North –  Barcaldine RPT Airports: household York, North, 1 P24  Muttaburra  Cunnamulla supplies Central West and  Torrens Creek  Charleville South West  Hughenden  Barcaldine Queensland)   Hughenden The Lynd   Kidman Way Almaden   Mitchell Highway Dimbulah   Landsborough Mareeba   Barcaldine - Kuranda Aramac – Torrens  Cairns Creek Road  Flinders Highway  Hann Highway (on the Kennedy Developmental Road)

Approx 1,830 km from Barringun to Kuranda

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# on North or Key corridors/ National/ Passes GRP in the IQRNS local IQRNS Refer to IQRNS Refer to Linking with ports/ Industries and Tourism drive map south of supply chains of State/ Local through IQRNS local governments key corridor towns IQRNS critical connectors IQRNS QLD airports with freight routes the Tropic national, state or Network Federal government on the key RRTG (that are not already on a RRTG Regular Public of regional (For more Electorates: areas on the corridors Other connecting appendices key corridor) appendices Transport (RPT) Capricorn significance details see corridors/ towns in black IQRNS approx. appendices) investment over 10 years 10 North and Matilda Way National/  Maranoa GRP:  Paroo  Melbourne South West South West Ports:  Cattle Matilda Way – south state  Kennedy $2,360 million  Murweh  Shepparton – P41, 42 – P41, 42  Melbourne  Horticultural Melbourne to (the most direct  Barcaldine  Cobar  Cairns produce Karumba route from Routes:  Longreach  Griffith Outback -  Karumba  Supplies to the Melbourne/ VIC to  Winton  Bourke P37, 38  Gladstone, Port mining and the North West and Investment  Cloncurry  Barringun Alma (via energy sectors the southern Gulf required:  Carpentaria  Cunnamulla North West Barcaldine)  Fuel region) $104 million  Charleville – P33, 34  Business,  Augathella RPT Airports: government,  Kidman Way  Barcaldine  Cunnamulla household  Mitchell Highway  Longreach  Charleville supplies  Landsborough  Winton  Barcaldine  Burke  Cloncurry  Longreach Developmental  Burke and Wills  Winton Road Junction  Cloncurry

 Normanton  Normanton Approx 1,806 km  Karumba from Barringun to Karumba

11 South Warrego Way National/  Maranoa GRP:  Maranoa  Brisbane/ SEQ South West  Quilpie – Bundeena South West Ports:  Cattle Warrego Way – state  Kennedy $1,670 million  Murweh  Roma – P41, 42  Thylungra – Eromanga – P41, 42  Brisbane  Horticultural Brisbane to  Warrego  Quilpie  Mitchell  Windorah – Bedourie produce Birdsville Highway Routes:  Barcoo  Morven Outback -  Windorah - Jundah Outback - RPT Airports:  Supplies to the  Diamantina A2  Charleville P37, 38 P37, 38  Roma energy sector Developmental State 49 Investment  Quilpie  Charleville  Fuel Road required:  Thylungra  Quilpie  Business, $119 million  Windorah  Windorah government, Approx 850 km  Morney  Birdsville household from Roma to  Birdsville supplies Morney

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# on North or Key corridors/ National/ Passes GRP in the IQRNS local IQRNS Refer to IQRNS Refer to Linking with ports/ Industries and Tourism drive map south of supply chains of State/ Local through IQRNS local governments key corridor towns IQRNS critical connectors IQRNS QLD airports with freight routes the Tropic national, state or Network Federal government on the key RRTG (that are not already on a RRTG Regular Public of regional (For more Electorates: areas on the corridors Other connecting appendices key corridor) appendices Transport (RPT) Capricorn significance details see corridors/ towns in black IQRNS approx. appendices) investment over 10 years 12 South Leichhardt Way State  Maranoa GRP:  Banana  Melbourne (via Bowen Basin Bowen Basin Ports:  Cattle Leichhardt Way  Flynn $1,890 million the Newell) – P20, 21 – P20, 21  Brisbane  Grain – Melbourne to  Leichhardt Routes:  Forbes  Horticultural Goondiwindi to Highway A5  Dubbo RPT Airports: produce Rockhampton A4  Narrabri  Brisbane  Supplies to the Investment  Moree  Rockhampton mining and Approx 265 km required:  Miles energy sectors from Taroom to $60 million  Taroom  Fuel Westwood  Theodore  Business,  Banana government,  Dululu household  Westwood supplies  Rockhampton 13 South Burnett Highway/ State  Maranoa GRP:  Banana  Brisbane/ SEQ Bowen Basin Bowen Basin Ports:  Cattle Part of this Australia’s Country  Flynn $1,890 million  Nanango – P20, 21 – P20, 21  Brisbane  Grain highway is on Way Route:  Goomeri  Gladstone (via  Horticultural the drive A3  Eidsvold Biloela) produce tourism route  Monto  Supplies to the known as Approx 74 km from Investment  Biloela RPT Airports: mining and Australia’s Biloela to Dululu required:  Dululu  Brisbane energy sectors Country Way $52 million  Rockhampton  Rockhampton  Fuel from Sydney to  Business, Rockhampton. government, household supplies

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INVESTMENT INTO THE INLAND QUEENSLAND ROAD NETWORK STRATEGY WILL DRIVE MORE EQUITABLE OUTCOMES FOR REGIONAL QUEENSLAND

IQ-RAP partners, and their industry supporters, are seeking Inland Queensland’s equitable share of ROSI and other funding programs to drive productivity in a $43.5 billion regional economy, create jobs, diversify local economies, build more resilient connectivity and ensure better safety outcomes. This can be achieved through the following investments.

• $1,887 m over the following 5 years from 2023/24 to 2028/29 • That is an Australian Government investment of 0.87% of the region’s GRP over 5 years • Or potentially on an 80/20 split with the state government $1,510 m/ $377 m, it would be an Australian Government investment of 0.69% of the region’s GRP

IQ-RAP PARTNERS INDUSTRY SUPPORTERS

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