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Queensland Regional Action Plan Budget 2017-18 JOBS FOR SUNSHINE COAST AND MORETON BAY The Queensland Budget in Sunshine Coast and will directly support around 3,700 JOBS Moreton Bay in 2017-18. Significant 2017-18 expenditure in Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay: Infrastructure Health Education $1B $4.4B $97.6M for productivity enhancing infrastructure for the Sunshine Coast, Metro North for maintenance and capital works and capital works, estimated to support and West Moreton Hospital and projects for schools in Sunshine Coast 2,900 jobs. Health Services. and Moreton Bay. Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay will also benefit from: ECONOMIC SNAPSHOT Advancing Teaching Back to Work – SEQ SEQ Hospitals Package and Learning $27.5M $200M $150M to provide employer support payments over four years as an initial over three years to attract, retain in South East Queensland to employers investment to enhance public and build the capacity of Queensland who take on a long term or young hospital capacity and services, teachers and school leaders to unemployed jobseeker. including mental health facilities, support continued improvements in South East Queensland. in student outcomes. Aerial view of Caloundra towards the Glass House Mountains Photo: Getty/Cartelux budget.qld.gov.au Regional Action Plan WHAT THE PALASZCZUK GOVERNMENT IS DELIVERING FOR SUNSHINE COAST AND MORETON BAY The Palaszczuk Government is delivering a range of significant projects and has implemented a broad suite of policies to boost economic growth and drive more employment opportunities in Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay, including: POLICY OUTCOMES RESTORING FRONTLINE SERVICES* First Home Owners' Grant Grants worth $18.6 million paid to 932 home buyers in Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay to help them buy their first home. The $20,000 Boost has been extended to 31 December 2017. in the financial year to 30 April 2017 508 225 595 extra extra extra Apprentice and Trainee nurses doctors teachers Payroll Tax Rebate Up 17.5% Up 24.2% Up 7.3% * Growth from March 2015 to March 2017 Rebates claimed by 2,948 businesses to reinvest $4.7 million into their business and support employment. in the 12 months to April 2017 THE QUEENSLAND GOVERNMENT SUPPORTS Skilling Queenslanders for Work 114,299 hectares 1 Aboriginal of national and and Torres Strait $22.8 million allocated to provide training to regional parks Islander Partnership 2,971 people, including 1,643 who have gone on to regional office employment and/or further education or training. 70 State Heritage as at 30 May 2017 sites 26 fire stations 9 hospitals and 38 police stations Advance Queensland health facilities 9 courthouses Grants worth $3.1 million awarded to 34 applicants to 9 customer service drive innovation, build on our natural advantages, and centres 132 schools help raise Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay's profile as an attractive investment destination. as at 28 April 2017 1,114 km of roads SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND HOSPITALS PACKAGE Investment in growth infrastructure is critical for maintaining and enhancing our public hospital and health services. The Government is providing $200 million over four years for the South-East Queensland Hospitals Package. This funding will facilitate detailed planning and preparatory works for future redevelopments at Logan, Caboolture and Ipswich hospitals, new adolescent mental health facilities, and an immediate expansion of the emergency department (ED) at Caboolture Hospital. The $19.6 million allocated for the Caboolture ED expansion will provide fourteen new treatment spaces, four consultation rooms and a treatment room. This will almost double the current ED capacity and will facilitate better services and reduce waiting times and overcrowding. Preliminary works have commenced and are expected to be completed by December 2018. budget.qld.gov.au Queensland Regional Action Plan Budget 2017-18 22 30 16 Caloundra Hospital Caboolture old police Additional acute bed KEY INVESTING IN JOBS FOR SUNSHINE COAST AND refurbishment station and watchhouse capacity at Redcliffe Community wellbeing . million in - refurbishment Hospital MORETON BAY out of a million total , in - out of million in - out of Utilities Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay, with its lush hinterlands and pristine beaches, is Queensland’s second largest region spend to refurbish Caloundra a . million total spend to a . million total spend to Health by population. With the region’s diverse economy and unique environment, it o ers a lifestyle that continues to attract Hospital to align with future refurbish the watchhouse and deliver additional acute bed health services delivery old police station. capacity at Redcli e Hospital. Education new residents, with strong population growth expected over the coming decades. The Palaszczuk Government is requirements in the region. Part of the Enhancing Transport and roads 23 Caboolture Special School 31 Bruce Highway and investing in jobs for the Sunshine Coast and Moreton Bay through a diverse range of projects and initiatives: Regional Hospitals Program. new classrooms Boundary Road Justice and safety . million in - interchange upgrade SUNSHINE 17 COAST AND New primary school in out of a million total (Brisbane to Gympie) Government services 1 6 MORETON Lake Macdonald Dam Nambour Special School new BAY Caloundra South spend to construct additional million in - out upgrade (Stage 2) classrooms . million in - out classrooms. of a . million total Recreation and culture FAR NORTH BRISBANE spend to upgrade the Bruce million in - out of . million in - out of QUEENSLAND IPSWICH of a million total spend to commence construction Highway and Boundary Road Region-wide/Statewide a . million total spend a . million total spend to 24 Morayfield Child Safety to upgrade the dam and commence construction of new Noosa GOLD of a new primary school in Service Centre interchange at Narangba, improve dam safety. and replacement classrooms. Heads LOGAN COAST Caloundra South. due for completion in August . million in - for 37 TOWNSVILLE the establishment of a new . Part of the Bruce Advance Queensland Highway Upgrade Program, 2 Peregian Digital Hub MACKAY 18 Kilcoy Police Station Child Safety Service Centre. million in - delivered in partnership with out of a . million , in - CENTRAL replacement and upgrade OUTBACK QUEENSLAND the Australian Government. total spend to support out of a million total QUEENSLAND , in - out 25 WIDE BAY Morayfield Station upgrade entrepreneurs, industry spend to construct of a million total spend . million in - 32 and universities to the Peregian Digital DARLING SOUTH EAST to replace and upgrade the North Lakes State College Jimna DOWNS QUEENSLAND out of a million total turn great ideas into Hub (o ce spaces, Sunshine Kilcoy Police Station. new classrooms spend to upgrade the investable products and co-working areas, Coast million in - out of Moray eld Station to provide grow jobs of the future. training and 19 a . million total spend 12 Caboolture replacement independent accessibility, Delivered in partnership presentation rooms, Bruce Highway widening to commence construction police station and district due for completion in with local government cafe, public amenities and (Caloundra Road to of additional classrooms. Caloundra headquarters June . and the private sector. car park). This will create Sunshine Motorway) million in - out . million in - out a centralised location of a . million total spend 26 33 Mango Hill State School for innovation, new of a . million total spend Deception Bay Substation 38 Bruce Highway safety to widen the Bruce Highway to construct a replacement upgrade new classrooms entrepreneurial activity, Kilcoy police station and district . million in - barriers (Brisbane education and o ce from four to six lanes from . million in - to Gympie) Caloundra Road to Sunshine headquarters at Caboolture. out of a . million total out of a . million total space for established IT spend to construct additional . million in Motorway, due for completion spend to carry out network - out of a enterprises and businesses Caboolture 20 classrooms. and diversify the local in November . Part of Caboolture Hospital construction works at . million total the Bruce Highway Upgrade business case and Deception Bay substation economy. Part of the 34 spend to install safety - Local Government 7 Elderly Parent Carer Program, delivered in preparatory works to improve network North Pine Water barriers at various partnership with the Treatment Plant upgrade Grants and Subsidies Innovation Initiative - Redcli e As part of the larger South performance. locations on the Bruce Program. Maroochydore Australian Government. East Queensland Planning million in - out Highway between for Growth package, of a . million total , in - out 27 Bounty Boulevard State Brisbane and Gympie, million in - spend to upgrade the water 3 of a million total spend 13 Sunshine Coast University School new multi-purpose due for completion in Coolum State High School out of a . million treatment plant and reduce new classrooms to continue the Elderly Parent Hospital hall June . Part of the total spend to undertake capacity constraints. Bruce Highway Upgrade . million in - out Carer Innovation Initiative with a . million in - out . million in - out business case development, Program, delivered in of a . million total spend project in Maroochydore which of a . billion total spend of a . million total spend 10 detailed planning and 35 partnership with the to commence construction of is aimed at greater security