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State Budget 2009–10

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As a part of the global economy, injections of funding for roads, ports, 6WDWHZLGH +LJKOLJKWV Queensland has felt the effects of the schools, transport and other vital global financial and economic crisis. infrastructure. The 2009-10 Budget will support and The worst set of global economic Frontline service delivery is our focus create jobs by continuing the circumstances in more than 75 years with commitments for police, hospitals Government’s capital works program has resulted in falling and healthcare, for roads, schools and hospitals as well revenues and rising ambulance services and delivering new job creation programs unemployment. teachers – the things we and initiatives to expand Queensland’s That’s why the need to keep our skills base. centrepiece of the communities healthy, t  CJMMJPO GPS CFUUFS BOE TBGFS 2009-10 State Budget is safe and growing. roads jobs – creating and The Government is sustaining jobs, t  NJMMJPO PO NBKPS IPTQJUBM determined to cushion assisting business and developments Queenslanders from the industry, and positioning our economy full impact of the global recession. That t  NJMMJPO UP CVJME BOE SFOFX for future growth. means acting now to support the school facilities through the State Specific investments in education, economy and making the long term Schools of Tomorrow program employment and training, business and decisions needed for the future. t  NJMMJPO GPS UIF 4LJMMJOH vital industries such as tourism will help Queensland’s prosperity and growth is Queenslanders for Work initiative create and support jobs for built on the strength of our regions. This t  OFX QPMJDF PGmDFST Queenslanders. document puts on record the t  OFX BNCVMBODF PGmDFST The is Government’s commitment to the t  OFX UFBDIFST BOE UFBDIFS BJEFT investing $18 billion in its jobs- people and economy of the Wide generating building program, with Bay-Burnett region. t  OFX EPDUPST OVSTFT BOE BMMJFE health professionals t  NJMMJPO GPS UIF 4VQQPSU 0VS Heroes package to support emergency service volunteers and prepare communities for natural disasters Anna Bligh MP Andrew Fraser MP t  NJMMJPO PWFS UISFF ZFBST GPS OFX 3UHPLHU 7UHDVXUHU DQG 0LQLVWHU IRU (PSOR\PHQW tourism campaigns DQG 0LQLVWHU IRU WKH $UWV DQG (FRQRPLF 'HYHORSPHQW t  NJMMJPO PWFS mWF ZFBST GPS OFX climate change initiatives t  NJMMJPO PWFS TJY ZFBST GPS UIF Protection Package.

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Citrus picking at Photograph supplied courtesy of Tourism Queensland Tourism of supplied courtesy Photograph Protecting jobs in Wide Bay-Burnett As the global economic crisis takes hold and Queensland’s economic growth rate slows, the Government is committed to protecting the jobs of today and creating the jobs of tomorrow. The Government’s job programs are more important than ever before and will play a crucial role in supporting Queensland workers through these uncertain economic times. The Government will implement a host of initiatives that will create new jobs and equip our workforce with the skills needed for future recovery.

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'HOLYHULQJ MREV IRU 4XHHQVODQG to expand and improve social housing across the State Jobs are the Government’s number one priority. Faced with challenging global economic t   UP DPOTUSVDU UIF OFX GPVSMBOF CPBU conditions, the Government will create and ramp at Sandy Hook (). protect jobs to help keep Queensland strong As well as protecting jobs now, the Government and secure our economic foundations. is preparing for the future. By developing the In 2009-10, the Government will drive skills base of Queensland workers, supporting Queensland’s $18 billion building infrastructure emerging industries, building on traditional program to stimulate growth, create and protect strengths, and attracting investment and jobs and meet the infrastructure needs of our innovation, Queensland will be well positioned rapidly growing population. Key building projects in Wide Bay-Burnett include: &DSLWDO LQYHVWPHQW SHU FDSLWD t  NJMMJPO GPS NBJOUFOBODF BOE  WR  improvements to the Tarong and Tarong North $5,000 power stations $4,500 W'Bay Qld t  NJMMJPO UP EFWFMPQ FMFDUSJDJUZ $4,000 substations in the region, including the $3,500 construction of new substations in $3,000 $ $2,500 and , replacement of the $2,000 substation, and redevelopment of $1,500 the and Gayndah zone $1,000 substations $500 $0 t  NJMMJPO UP DPOTUSVDU B CSJEHF BDSPTT UIF Burnett River to ensure all-weather access to the Port of Bundaberg 2000 01 2001 02 2002 03 2003 04 2004 05 2005 06 2006 07 2007 08 2008 09 2009-10 Year ending 30 June t  NJMMJPO UP VQHSBEF BOE NBJOUBJO SFOUBM S urce: ABS Reg onal Populatio Growth, ustra ia nd New Zealand, units in Indigenous communities. This is part $BU OP  PG UIF (PWFSONFOUT  CJMMJPO QSPHSBN :LGH %D\%XUQHWW 5HJLRQDO %XGJHW 6WDWHPHQW to lead through the period of recovery and beyond. In 2009-10, other job-generating investments in the Wide Bay-Burnett region include: t  NJMMJPO UPXBSET UIF  CJMMJPO construction of 102 three-car passenger carriages in Maryborough for the Citytrain network t  NJMMJPO GPS  OFX EJFTFM FMFDUSJD locomotives t  NJMMJPO GPS WPDBUJPOBM FEVDBUJPO BOE training activities in the region t  NJMMJPO UP DSFBUF  KPCT GPS ZPVOH people and those disadvantaged in the labour market through the Skilling Queenslanders for Work initiative, which includes Queensland’s Green Army.

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During the next three years, the Queensland and Main Roads Transport Department of of supplied courtesy Photograph Government aims to employ more than %XQGDEHUJ 5LQJ 5RDG   BEEJUJPOBM EPDUPST OVSTFT BOE BMMJFE The Queensland Government remains committed health professionals across the State. In to investing in infrastructure in Wide Bay-Burnett to BEEJUJPO  NJMMJPO XJMM CF TQFOU UP USBJO BOE support and create jobs, and meet the region’s growing recruit fully accredited nurse practitioners to infrastructure needs. In 2009-10, the Government will invest $12.1 million to complete the $100 million reduce emergency department waiting times. Bundaberg Ring Road (pictured). In 2009-10, the Government will also provide funding for the following State-wide initiatives: t  NJMMJPO UPXBSET NBKPS IPTQJUBM t  NJMMJPO UP QSPWJEF TVQQPSU GPS UIF capital works homeless or people at risk of becoming t  NJMMJPO GPS UIF FYQBOTJPO PG UIF 4VSHFSZ homeless Connect program to deliver additional t  NJMMJPO UP QSPWJEF BDDPNNPEBUJPO BOE elective surgery procedures support for women and children escaping t   GPS OFXCPSO BOE GBNJMZ ESPQJO domestic violence clinics to provide specialist advice to new t  NJMMJPO UP JNQSPWF DPNNVOJUZ TQPSU parents in , Bundaberg, Kingaroy and recreation facilities and other locations across the State. This is t   GPS DISPOJD EJTFBTF *OEJHFOPVT part of the Universal Postnatal Contact health funding in Bundaberg and Cherbourg. Service program. This will support the implementation of the In 2009-10, individuals and families in Wide National Strategic Framework for Aboriginal Bay-Burnett will also benefit from the following and Torres Strait Islander Health treatment and healthcare initiatives aimed at t   GPS OPOHPWFSONFOU PSHBOJTBUJPOT maintaining healthy, strong communities: in Bundaberg to employ chronic disease t  NJMMJPO UP DPOUJOVF UIF  NJMMJPO health workers in the areas of nutrition, expansion of the Bundaberg Hospital, due for physical activity, alcohol, child health, and completion in 2010 sexual and reproductive health t  NJMMJPO GPS UIF )PNF BOE $PNNVOJUZ t   GPS DPNNVOJUZ TFMG DBSF GVOEJOH JO Care initiative Bundaberg. This will assist self-help groups t  NJMMJPO UP TVQQPSU QFPQMF XJUI B provide information and support on a variety disability and provide short term respite of health issues. support for their carers and families t  NJMMJPO UP QSPWJEF GBTUFS FNFSHFODZ DBSF BU the Bundaberg Hospital 5HQHZDEOH HQHUJ\ DQG WKH HQYLURQPHQW t  NJMMJPO UP IFMQ 2VFFOTMBOEFST SFNBJO JO their own homes or in the private rental The Queensland Government is committed to market the fight against climate change and reducing Queensland’s carbon footprint by one-third by t  NJMMJPO UP DPOTUSVDU B OFX  NJMMJPO pathology laboratory at Hervey Bay 2020. Across the State, the Government is JOWFTUJOH BO BEEJUJPOBM  NJMMJPO PWFS mWF t  NJMMJPO PWFS GPVS ZFBST UP QSPWJEF FYUSB years in new climate change initiatives, out-of-home care places for children in care JODMVEJOH  NJMMJPO GPS EJTBTUFS with complex and extreme needs NBOBHFNFOU  NJMMJPO GPS UIF $MJNBUF4NBSU t  NJMMJPO GPS UIF JOUFSJN VQHSBEF UP UIF Business Service, $8 million for the Energy Bundaberg Mental Health Inpatient Unit &GmDJFODZ 3FUSPmU QSPHSBN  NJMMJPO UP W Queensland State Budget 2009–10

extend the Rural Water Use Efficiency initiative, 3DUWLFLSDWLRQ LQ SRVW VHFRQGD \ HGXFDWLRQ BOE  NJMMJPO PO FOFSHZ DPOTFSWBUJPO BOE demand management initiatives. $SSUHQWLFHVKLSV DQG WUDLQHHVKLSV  WR  The Government will also create new green jobs 3,000 Apprenticeships Traineeships Average by investing in emerging industries and 2,500 renewable energy projects, such as the Solar 2,000 Hot Water Program. This program will provide up to 200,000 Queensland homes with solar 1,500

hot water or heat pump systems at a fraction of Persons 1,000 the normal price. 500 Other initiatives aimed at protecting Wide 0 Bay-Burnett’s natural environment include:

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To celebrate this milestone, %HWWHU DQG VDIHU URDGV childhood education, Transformation the Government is bringing Queenslanders together to joint Queensland and honour the importance of our people, places and stories in 5IF (PWFSONFOUT  CJMMJPO SPBE CVJMEJOH Incentives Fund for shaping our great State. program plans for growth by creating and Australian DTR Holdings Pty With more than 480 community events and 91 social, sustaining Queensland jobs, improving road Government funding Ltd to introduce an historic and community legacy infrastructure projects safety and quality, reducing congestion, and PG  NJMMJPO VOEFS innovative method happening around the State, there’s something continuing to connect people and places the Early Childhood of food processing for everyone to enjoy – including the historic around the State. Reform National known as high Q150 Steam Train and travelling Q150 Shed. Partnership will be pressure processing. To find out more about Q150 celebrations In 2009-10, the Government’s commitment to in the Wide Bay-Burnett region and improve road quality and safety in Wide provided in 2009-10 New to Australia, across Queensland, visit the Q150 Bay-Burnett will include: for the establishment this technology website at www.q150.qld.gov.au of kindergarten involves subjecting t  NJMMJPO JO KPJOU 2VFFOTMBOE"VTUSBMJBO infrastructure on food to elevated (PWFSONFOU GVOEJOH UP DPNNFODF UIF  pressures to retain  4UBUF TDIPPM TJUFT Queensland communities safer, provide quality million upgrade of the Bruce freshness, colour XJUI  OFX PS FYUSB emergency relief services, and create and between Cooroy and Curra (Section B – and flavour, and kindergarten services sustain jobs. Sankeys Road to Traveston Road) to be running by extend the shelf t  NJMMJPO UP DPNQMFUF UIF  NJMMJPO  life and nutritional In 2009-10, individuals and families across Queensland will benefit from: widening of the Maryborough-Hervey Bay The Government will value of food. 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The emphasis will be on childhood education and care facility in $12.98 million Support our Heroes package. the essentials of literacy, numeracy and . Wide Bay-Burnett will also benefit from the science, as well as major infrastructure following initiatives aimed at improving investment to provide first-rate teaching and emergency services: learning environments, and generate ,PSURYLQJ HPHUJHQF\ VHUYLFHV t  NJMMJPO UP DPNNFODF DPOTUSVDUJPO PO employment opportunities. During the past year, Queensland has UIF  NJMMJPO SFQMBDFNFOU QPMJDF TUBUJPO In 2009-10, the Queensland Government will experienced devastating floods, cyclones and and watchhouse at QSPWJEF  NJMMJPO UP DPOUJOVF UIF 4UBUF torrential storms. The Government’s investment t   UP DPOTUSVDU B OFX  NJMMJPO mSF Schools of Tomorrow program to improve and in emergency services will help make station at Agnes Water. Queensland State Budget Highlights 2009–10

Delivering for Budget summary Queensland In 2009-10, the Internationally Australia is a standout Government will provide performer; Queensland to remain ahead $20.3 million for intensive of the nation teaching of Year 3 and 5 • Queensland’s economy is expected to expand by ½% in 2008-09, students who are not compared with no growth in the Australian economy. meeting national literacy • The State economy is forecast to experience a slightly milder and numeracy standards. contraction than the national average in 2009-10. The Budget will also • Year-average employment growth is forecast to be 1¼% in provide for an additional 2010-11, compared with ½% over the year to June quarter 2011 350 teachers and teacher for Australia as a whole. aides to meet enrolment • Queensland’s year-average unemployment rate is forecast to peak growth. at 7¼% in 2010-11, compared with a peak in the national rate of 8½% in June quarter 2011. ’s budget will grow to $9.037 Challenging fiscal environment billion in 2009-10, an 8.2% increase on the • A deteriorating global and domestic economic environment has significantly impacted Queensland’s finances. previous year. • Since the 2008-09 Budget, $15 billion over 4 years has been An additional $30 million knocked off the State’s key revenue sources (GST, taxes and will be provided for royalties). Surgery Connect to provide • As a result, Queensland is forecasting a General Government treatment opportunities for operating deficit in 2009-10 and across the forward estimates. patients currently waiting longer for surgery than is • The Government is committed to returning the Budget to surplus and lowering the State’s debt levels and, consequently, has clinically recommended. implemented around $5.4 billion worth (over four years) of The 2009-10 Budget will measures aimed at improving Queensland’s fiscal position. see funding provided for • The Government has undertaken steps to repair the State’s an additional 50 finances for the longer term, charting a course back to surplus by ambulance officers, 150 2016-17. new ambulances, 20 new or redeveloped ambulance Investing in infrastructure to sustain jobs facilities, nine new or • The Government’s key objective is to continue to invest in improved urban fire and infrastructure to sustain jobs while the current economic rescue stations, 23 new or circumstances prevail. replacement urban fire and • The 2009-10 capital program is forecast to be $18.2 billion which rescue appliances and 34 is expected to support 127,000 full-time jobs. new or replacement rural • In 2009-10 there will be capital outlays of $7.307 billion for fire appliances. transport and main roads, $1.447 billion for housing and homelessness services, $1.837 billion for education and training, $1.296 billion for health, and $1.121 billion for water. Government services in Wide Bay-Burnett

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