Budget 2016-17 What the statewide initiatives Regional Action Plan mean for the SUNSHINE COAST AND

CHEAPER FARES SUNSHINE COAST The is reforming public transport fares in South-East Queensland. AND MORETON BAY The Queensland Budget 2016-17 Advancing our economy through job-creating provides for lower fares in response to the Fare Innovation, Investment and Infrastructure Review Taskforce Report. Regional Action Plan The following fare solution will apply from January 2017: The Sunshine Coast and is one of Queensland’s premier tourist destinations, renowned for their beaches, parks and nature reserves. With a strong • Lower fares across all zones service sector and vibrant tourism industry, the region's economy continues to diversify • Reducing the number of zones and innovate to meet the challenges of the future. We know we have more work to from 23 to 8 do to support the region’s rapidly growing population, by increasing employment opportunities, providing key economic and transport infrastructure and ensuring • Extending the morning off- enhanced delivery of essential services such as health and education. Specifically, peak time from 3am to 6am to increase access to services this Budget includes Cheaper Fares, reducing the cost of public transport and: offering the 20% off-peak discount

• Free weekend travel for children on a child go card

• Keeping the "1, 2 and free" incentive for seniors. Health New First Home Owners Infrastructure $3.9B $40M $1.6B for Sunshine Coast, Metro North for a 12 month boost to the Queensland First for infrastructure and West Moreton Home Owners' Grant from $15,000 to $20,000 improvements, which are Hospital and Health Services. to help young Queenslanders achieve the estimated to support dream of owning their new first home sooner. 4,500 jobs.

over four years to increase visitation from Asia and drive $33.5M tourism job growth in regional Queensland. $71.8M for maintenance and capital works projects for schools. over four years to fund the Queensland: an Age-Friendly Community strategy to expand 4,500 $8.3M and improve services throughout Queensland. estimated to be supported by the infrastructure program www.budget.qld.gov.au Economic Snapshot What the statewide initiatives SUNSHINE COAST AND MORETON BAY mean for the SUNSHINE COAST AND MORETON BAY

Innovation Investment Infrastructure Domestic and Family Violence $405M $10.7B $198.2M for initiatives which invest for initiatives which encourage for the State capital program over five years to continue in innovation under the investment under the in 2016-17 which supports implementing the $405 million Advance $405 million Advance 31,000 jobs. The Government Government’s response Queensland package. This Queensland package. This is committed to providing to the Not Now, Not Ever: includes the $25 million includes the $40 million critical infrastructure that Putting an End to Domestic Advance Queensland Industry Attraction Fund to improves employment, and Family Violence in Acceleration package, attract business investment economic and social Queensland report. The which will enhance Advance from interstate and support outcomes through the State Government is committed Queensland through a local businesses to reinvest or Infrastructure Plan. New to reducing the devastating whole-of-economy approach expand, and the $22.7 million and innovative approaches effects of domestic to innovation, including Advancing Small Business to infrastructure planning, and family violence in industry accelerators, Queensland Strategy to make financing and delivery will Queensland. regional innovation hubs Queensland the place for small continue to be an important and the Platform Technology business to start, grow and focus in the constrained Program. employ locals in the Sunshine fiscal environment. Coast and Moreton Bay.

The Queensland Government Sunshine Coast University employs 27,808 people in Hospital Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay who support: Delivery of the new Sunshine Coast University Hospital and Sunshine Coast Health Institute (the 113,445 hectares of national and regional parks skills, academic and research centre) is continuing in 2016-17. 73 State Heritage sites The project, estimated total cost of $1.872 billion, is 8 hospitals and health facilities being delivered through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) and is scheduled to open in April 2017, with 9 customer service centres approximately 450 of its built capacity of 738 beds. 1,113 km of roads The Sunshine Coast University Hospital will offer 1 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnership a comprehensive range of hospital facilities regional office and services to patients, enable staff to access teaching and research opportunities and will assist 26 fire stations approximately 10,000 residents of the Sunshine Coast each year to receive care close to home, rather 38 police stations than travelling to . 9 courthouses 131 schools Economic Snapshot SUNSHINE COAST AND MORETON BAY

Apprentice and trainee rebate for payroll Population in the region tax claimed by 265 businesses in the 2036 region to reinvest 2015 $361,000 back into their business in the financial year to April 2016

60,571 businesses in the region 771,986* 1,142,000 in June 2015 *people as at 30 June 2015, growing at an annual average rate of 2.5% over the past 10 years

Top 5 industries 8,306 21,259 in the region residential residential by number of workers dwellings approved dwellings for construction sold in the 13.1% in the region region Health care and social assistance 12.2% Retail trade in the 12 months ending 31 March 2016 in the 12 months ending 31 December 2015 10.2% Construction Infrastructure 9.3% budget for Accommodation and food services Sunshine Coast 7.1% Professional, scientific and technical and Moreton Bay serivces 49% Queensland Health Agricultural 28% Transport and Main Roads 11% Energy and Water Supply production 6% Education and Training $482M 2% Housing and Public Works in the region 3% Other * Agency spends are only available for capital purchases, during 2014-15 the total infrastructure budget includes capital grants. $1.6B* THE SUNSHINE COAST AND MORETON BAY

Job-creating innovation, investment and infrastructure for SUNSHINE COAST AND MORETON BAY The Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay region encompasses the local government areas of Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Moreton Bay and part of Somerset, and the major population centres of , , Redcliffe and Caboolture. The Queensland Government is investing in the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay through a diverse range of projects and initiatives. For a full list of Queensland Budget 2016-17 initiatives, visit www.budget.qld.gov.au

1  Bribie Island Road, Lee Road 5  Caboolture Hospital car park Key and Peel Road intersection A short term carpark solution for $1.4 million in 2016-17 out of Caboolture Hospital will be provided as $1.9 million total spend on safety part of the new $230 million Advancing improvements, due for completion in Queensland's Health Infrastructure Community wellbeing February 2017. Program.

2  Bruce Highway (Brisbane – 6  Caboolture Police Station and Gympie) / Boundary Road Watchhouse Utilities interchange $2 million in 2016-17 out of a $28 million in 2016-17 out of a $7.9 million total spend for a $100.4 million total spend to upgrade replacement station and upgraded the highway and interchange at watchhouse. Narangba, due for completion Health in February 2019. This project is 7  Caboolture River Bridge undertaken in partnership with the replacement Australian Government. $11.6 million in 2016-17 out of a $17.1 million total spend to replace 3 Education  Bruce Highway safety barrier the bridge and approaches on installation Morayfield Road in Burpengary, due for $20.1 million in 2016-17 out of a completion in May 2017. This project $79.8 million total spend to install is undertaken in partnership with the safety barriers at various locations on Australian Government. Transport and roads the between Brisbane and Gympie, due for completion in 8  Caboolture Special School June 2023. These projects are being $490,000 in 2016-17 out of a undertaken in partnership with the $6.4 million total spend to construct Australian Government. additional classrooms. Justice and safety 4  Bruce Highway, Cooroy to 9  Conondale National Curra (Section A) duplication Park – West Kilcoy bridge $56.9 million in 2016-17 out of a replacement Government services $490 million total spend to duplicate $267,000 in 2016-17 to replace the the highway (Brisbane to Gympie), existing double-span bridge on the due for completion in April 2017. This Jimna - Bellthorpe main arterial road project is undertaken in partnership with a new timber or concrete structure with the Australian Government. on the existing bridge footprint. Recreation and culture THE SUNSHINE COAST AND MORETON BAY

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10  Coolum State High School 13  Eumundi – Kenilworth Road $3.1 million in 2016-17 out of Route Strategy $4.9 million total spend to Townsville $200,000 in 2016-17 out of a commence construction of $400,000 total spend to develop additional classrooms. Mackay an investment strategy to address Outback structural and pavement damage Queensland Fitzroy 11  David Low Way / Keith on Eumundi - Kenilworth Road, due for completion in February 2017. Wide Bay Royal Drive auxiliary lanes Sunshine Coast $1.5 million in 2016-17 out of a Darling Brisbane $1.6 million total spend to construct 14 Downs Logan  Horse riding at Dayboro Gold Coast auxiliary lanes on a section of David $50,000 in 2016-17 out of a Ipswich Low Way, Point Arkwright, due for $100,000 total spend to commence completion in October 2016. the construction of an amenities block to support horse riding at 12  Elderly Parent Carer Dayboro. Innovation Initiative $1 million in 2016-17 to continue 15  Homelessness services the initiative, with a project in $7 million in 2016-17 to deliver delivering greater specialist homelessness services security for older parent carers who in Burpengary, Caboolture, Golden can no longer look after their adult Beach, Kippa-Ring, Lawnton, son or daughter with a disability. Maroochydore, Nambour, Redcliffe, Strathpine and Tewantin.

16  Inpatient acute-bed capacity at Redcliffe Hospital $7.1 million in 2016-17 out of a $8.1 million total spend to increase 4 24 Noosa Heads inpatient capacity by relocating cancer care and renal services to 3 13 the Moreton Bay Integrated Care 10 Centre. 35 11 17 21 22 32 17 Kenilworth Ambulance 27 Nambour 12  9 Station Kingaham 31 34 $500,000 in 2016-17 out of a 33 18 23 $2 million total spend for the Caloundra construction of a new ambulance station in Kenilworth to meet the 20 growing service demand in the region.

5 6 8 18 Maleny replacement Police 1  Caboolture Station $1.2 million in 2016-17 out of a 7 2 25 30 14 $2.1 million total spend to deliver a replacement station. 19 29 16 28 26 Queensland Budget 2016-17 Regional Action Plan

19  Murrumba State Secondary 26  North Pine water treatment 31  Social housing College plant upgrade $36.1 million in 2016-17 to expand and $3.2 million in 2016-17 to construct $3.6 million to continue the sludge improve social housing in Burpengary, additional classrooms. handling upgrade to reduce capacity Caloundra, Maroochydore, Tewantin, constraints at Joyner. and Deception Bay. 20  North Coast Rail Line upgrade 27 32 $25 million in 2016-17 out of a  Obi Obi Road partial link study  Nambour Station upgrade $100 million total spend to upgrade and options analysis $4.7 million in 2016-17 out of a the capacity of the North Coast rail $330,000 in 2016-17 of a $9.1 million total spend for an line to increase the productivity and $500,000 total spend to undertake accessibility upgrade, due for efficiency of freight transport on the partial link study and options analysis completion in March 2017. corridor and facilitate growth for an Obi Obi Road Upgrade, due for in demand. completion in June 2017. 33  Sunshine Coast University Hospital 21  Nambour General Hospital 28  Petrie Water Supply Zone $167 million in 2016-17 to complete Investment in repurposing the upgrade the $1.872 billion hospital and the Nambour General Hospital will be $7.9 million in 2016-17 out of a Sunshine Coast Health Institute provided as part of the new $10 million total spend to install new (formerly Skills Academic Research $230 million Advancing Queensland's bulk water connection to secure future Centre). Delivered as a Public Private Health Infrastructure Program. supply to the Petrie Supply Zone. Partnership, this facility will be the This is a partnership project between first tertiary hospital to be built on the 22  Nambour Special School Seqwater and Unity Water. Sunshine Coast. $343,000 in 2016-17 out of a 34 $4.9 million total spend to commence 29  Rothwell Intersection upgrade  Sunshine Coast University construction of new and replacement $20.5 million in 2016-17 out of a Hospital, Kawana Way classrooms. $37.5 million total spend to convert roundabout upgrades the existing roundabout at Anzac $11 million in 2016-17 out of a 23  Caloundra South Primary Avenue and Deception Bay Road to $22 million total spend to upgrade School a signalised intersection, due for four roundabouts to increase capacity $25.4 million in 2016-17 out of a completion in October 2017. This ahead of the opening of the new $42 million total spend to commence project is undertaken in partnership hospital, due for completion in construction of a new school. with the Australian Government and April 2017. the Moreton Bay Regional Council. 24 – 35  Yandina Ambulance Station   30 Sunshine Beach access  Rural Water Use Efficiency $2.15 million in 2016-17 out of a Irrigation Futures $2.2 million total spend for a new $40,000 in 2016-17 to commence station to meet the growing service the replacement of the old and worn $60,000 in 2016-17 to assist irrigators demand in the region. out 80m of timber board and chain to achieve more productive on-farm walkway with the Gough Plastic track water use in Caboolture, Murrumba, pad system. Buderim, Nicklin and Glasshouse.

25  North Lakes State College $735,000 in 2016-17 out of a $14.7 million total spend to commence construction of additional classrooms.