For Outback Queensland

Queensland Budget 2015–16 Queensland Budget 2015–16 Regional Budget Statement Regional Budget Statement Economic Snapshot Outback Queensland Outback Queensland

Outback Queensland has a total population of 88,424* which is expected to reach 100,000 by 2036 * persons as at 30 June 2014 growing at an annual average rate of 0.8% over the past 10 years

Agricultural production 198 residential buildings approved $1.612 billion for construction 2012-13 JOBS NOW, JOBS FOR THE FUTURE in 12 months ending 31 March 2015

775 7,283 for Outback Queensland Top 5 Industries residential businesses in dwellings sold Outback QLD in health budget Infrastructure improvement budget by number of workers in 12 months ending UP 31 December 2014 2013-14 $2.035Bin 2015-16 6% North West, Townsville, Central West, South West , Cairns and Hinterland and Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Services, the primary providers Infrastructure improvement budget $832.6 million budgeted for infrastructure ● 26% Transport and Main Roads ● 26% Energy and Water over the next four years 21% Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning $25.7M improvements in 2015-16, including: 20.3% ● Mining for maintenance in Outback Queensland schools ● 17% Housing and Public Works ● 5% Health ● 5% Other $215.9M $40.9M for disaster relief for transport for health Public $155.5M in 2015-16 16.3% administration in partnership with the Australian Government and safety $220M $145M for energy and water for housing and public works estimated to be Health care supported by the $178.4M 10.9% and social 8.3% Retail trade 2,500 infrastructure program for infrastructure and local government assistance The Queensland Government employs 7,089 people For more details visit Agriculture, www.budget.qld.gov.au 8.5% forestry and in Outback Queensland and they support: fishing 61,442.1 km2 of national 2 Aboriginal and Torres and regional parks Strait Islander Partnership 167 state heritage sites regional offices Major private sector investment projects currently under construction 75 hospitals and health facilities 20 fire stations 38 customer service centres 387 police officers $300 million $274 million and 12,333 km of roads 16 courthouses Rocklands Copper Project near George Fisher Mine expansion near Mount Isa Cloncurry by CuDECO by Mount Isa Mines (Glencore) For further information please see the Far North Queensland Regional Budget Statement 2015-16 Outback Queensland Queensland Budget 2015–16 Townsville

Mackay Outback Fitzroy Jobs now, jobs for the future for Outback Queensland Wide Bay Sunshine Coast The Outback Queensland region encompasses 22 local government areas and the major regional towns Darling Brisbane Downs Gold Coast of Mount Isa, Charleville, Longreach and Barcaldine. Ipswich

14 Tropical health 20 Western roads Statewide Initiatives 1 Saving the Great Indigenous land 7 Homelessness and medicine upgrade program Barrier Reef and sea rangers $9.1 million for specialist $5.3 million of $6.3 million Rural jobs $40 million over two years homelessness services. to James Cook University to for a major program of 7 13 14 $100 million over 5 years as $8.1 million for the $3.1 million over three years establish a campus of the road upgrades. Highlights part of the Saving our Great Queensland Indigenous Land Thursday Island Torres strait for a Rural Job Agency, working 8 Australian Institute of Tropical include: Mitchell Highway Barrier Reef policy, in addition and Sea Ranger Program Social housing 8 in conjunction with industry. Health and Medicine on (Barringun to Cunnamulla), to the $35 million per year to protect the region’s $173.5 million to expand Bamaga Cape york 1 Thursday Island. Wills Developmental Road currently spent across State environmental and Indigenous and improve social housing (Julia Creek to Burketown), Controlling Government agencies. Funding cultural heritage. in partnership with the 7 8 Great Barrier Reef 15 Cape York transport Diamantina Developmental 7 8 feral animals will help protect the Reef by Australian Government. 7 8 $55.3 million of $260.5 million, Road (Charleville to Quilpie) Weipa Lockhart $5 million over three years investing in water quality Disaster relief in partnership with the Australian and Cloncurry to Dajarra Road. to control wild dog and initiatives and research, and recovery 9 Aurukun Geophysics research Government to upgrade priority Gulf of cat populations to protect as well as helping businesses Carpentaria $155.5 million, in partnership $2.1 million to acquire regional transport infrastructure on 21 Coen Queensland’s agriculture. adopt better environmental Lake Eyre Basin with the Australian geophysical data from across practices in primary production, Cape York Peninsula, due for $187,000 for projects to 8 Government, for local north-west Queensland. 7 8 mining and fishing. completion in 2017. protect the Lake Eyre Basin. Resilient communities government recovery and Coconut Island 7 8 Pormpuraaw $40 million to establish the reconstruction projects. 10 16 Cooktown 2 Sustainable Outback Way upgrades Kowanyama Community Resilience Fund Building our agriculture and $12.1 million of $24.5 million to help local governments Regions-Regional 3 Charles Lloyd 7 7 over 2 years, in partnership protect the infrastructure of water quality South Infrastructure Fund Jones Weir with the Australian Government Wellesley communities vulnerable to $720,000 to target pests and $200 million over two years for $1.6 million to maintain the and local councils, to seal and 7 Islands natural disasters. weeds, improve water quality Karumba critical infrastructure projects in Charles Lloyd Jones Weir. upgrade sections of the Outback 8 and promote and enhance Doomadgee regional Queensland. Way and other links, due for sustainable agriculture in the Food and Fibre Plan 4 Bulloo, Murray completion in 2017. Croydon Mitchell Grass Downs. Gregory $8.1 million over three years, Outback Queensland Darling water in addition to internal funding 17 Cunnamulla fire 20 Initiatives $100,000 for water quality 11 Sustainable grazing, 2 21 10 12 of $5.1 million, to implement plans for the Bulloo and and rescue the Government’s Food and pest management 6 Croc management Murray-Darling Basins. $350,000 towards a Fibre Plan to ensure the growth 7 $1.6 million to improve grazing $1.5 million replacement of a productive and prosperous $180,000 of $345,000 over Mount Isa 5 Schools management over 3.3 million auxiliary fire and rescue station 9 food and fibre sector in two years to continue crocodile 7 hectares in FNQ’s tropical at Cunnamulla, due Queensland and to actively management through a capital works 10 Mornington 7 savannah lands, and to control for completion in 2017. address the challenges facing balance of community safety $465,000 of $1.4 million for rubber vine and bellyache 11 20 16 19 and crocodile conservation a new Industrial Technology primary producers. bush in the Gulf region. 12 approaches. Centre at Cunnamulla P-12 18 Alpha health services Winton 21 Drought relief State School. 12 Drought support for $14.4 million to continue the Boulia 19 Backing $17.5 million Alpha Community $45 million of $52.1 million Longreach Barcaldine Alpha 6 stock routes Hospital and Co-located over four years for the Indigenous arts Mica Creek Emerald $470,000 for stock owners Essential Services project. Drought Assistance Package. $1.1 million for a network Power Station during drought, including Bedourie 3 18 $4.1 million for land rental Blackall of Indigenous Art Centres $11.8 million for operations at upgrades of priority windmills, rebates and waiving the water 19 Queensland and artists’ access to space, Mica Creek Power Station. water tanks, dams, troughs 7 license fee for struggling Windorah training, education and and other infrastructure. Agricultural Training landholders and lessees. enterprise development. College Improvements $200,000, in partnership 13 $3.4 million to upgrade Charleville with Indigenous councils Thursday infrastructure at the Longreach Legend 4 5 and organisations, for arts Island police 20 Pastoral College and the 17 industries and economic Western roads $800,000 to complete the Emerald Agricultural College. upgrade program development in Indigenous $3.3 million upgrade of communities. Thursday Island police station Cunnamulla Bulloo and watchhouse. Warrego 20

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