Budget 2016-17 Regional Action Plan

'BACK TO OUTBACK QUEENSLAND WORK' Advancing our economy through job-creating $100M to support Innovation, Investment and Infrastructure up to 8,000 jobs Regional Action Plan across regional The vast Outback Queensland region covers around one million square kilometres of Queensland wide open spaces, treasured natural resources and vibrant communities in western Queensland. The Outback Queensland region continues to contribute signi cantly to the Employer support payments of up to State’s economy through its strong agricultural and resources-based industries, as well $10,000 to hire and keep as developing opportunities in tourism and other service-orientated industries. a regional Queenslander employed We know we have more work to do, in the face of widespread drought and the scaling for 12 months or more, including down of some mining operations, to create more employment opportunities and disadvantaged jobseekers such foster new and emerging industries. Speci cally, this Budget includes our Back to Work as mature aged workers, young package, creating regional jobs and: people, members of drought a ected farm households and other priority job seekers. Payments increase to $15,000 for hiring long-term unemployed regional Queenslanders.

Eligible employees will also have access to job readiness payments to help Rural Assistance Health Infrastructure them start their new job. This may include training, purchasing new and Drought * equipment and uniforms or gaining Package $2.2B $620.7M or renewing trade licenses. to provide residents of Outback for infrastructure improvements Queensland with quality which are estimated to support Back to Work Navigation $77.9M health care. 2,000 jobs. Teams who know the local to assist rural producers and *Includes the total funding for the North West, economy will help local communities across the State , Central West, South West, and Hinterland and Torres and Cape Hospital employers looking to  ll jobs. They a ected by debt and drought. and Health Services. will connect jobseekers to jobs or further skills training and apprentice pathways. $6.3M in 2016-17 for maintenance and capital works projects for schools. over three years for the Advancing Small Business Queensland Strategy to make Queensland the place $ 2 2 . 7 M for small business to start, grow and employ. over four years to implement the Technology Commercialisation Fund to help develop the New 2,000 $4.8M Agricultural Economy. estimated to be supported by the infrastructure program www.budget.qld.gov.au Economic Snapshot What the statewide initiatives OUTBACK QUEENSLAND mean for OUTBACK QUEENSLAND

Rural Assistance and Agricultural Investment Domestic and Drought Package Innovation Family Violence .M .M .M .M to assist rural producers and to implement the Technology including the $40 million over  ve years to continue communities across the State Commercialisation Fund, a Advance Queensland implementing the a ected by debt and drought. pilot program under the New Industry Attraction Fund to Government’s response The total funding provided Agricultural Economy, which attract business investment to the Not Now, Not Ever: includes: extending existing relief aims to attract private sector from interstate and support Putting an End to Domestic arrangements, pest and weed capital into government local businesses to reinvest, and Family Violence in management, grants of up to agriculture and food based and the $22.7 million Queensland report. The $2,500 for primary producers, research and development, Advancing Small Business Government is committed extending an existing stamp duty with the aim of increasing Queensland Strategy to assist to reducing the devastating exemption for inter-generational the commercialisation of small businesses to start, e ects of domestic transfers of property, more intellectual property. grow and employ locals in and family violence in education support for children in Outback Queensland. These Queensland. drought a ected areas, and a new initiatives further support Queensland Rural and Industry the $405 million Advance Development Authority. Queensland package.

The Western Roads Upgrade Project employs , people in Outback Queensland The Queensland Government has established a $40 million Western Roads Upgrade Program who support: (WRUP) to support economic development and job sustainability in western Queensland. Delivered over 3,630,950 hectares of national and regional parks 2015-16 and 2016-17, the WRUP will provide targeted 75 State Heritage sites road network upgrades in western Queensland, and focus on road widening and sealing to improve 37 hospitals and health facilities e ciency, safety, and reduce maintenance costs. 26 customer service centres The WRUP will assist in stabilising the economic 10,915 km of roads circumstances faced by western Queensland communities by providing a sustainable pipeline of 3 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnership investment to support workforces. regional offi ces 17 fi re stations Works are currently or will soon be underway in local government areas across Central West, South West, 48 police stations North West and Far North regions of the State. 16 courthouses 58 schools Economic Snapshot OUTBACK QUEENSLAND

Apprentice and trainee rebate for payroll Population in the region tax claimed by  businesses in the 2036 region to reinvest 2015 , back into their business in the fi nancial year to April 2016

, businesses in the region ,* , in June 2015 *people as at 30 June 2015, growing at an annual average rate of 0.4% over the past 10 years

Top  industries   in the region residential residential by number of workers dwellings approved dwellings for construction sold in the .% in the region region Agriculture, forestry and  sheries .% Mining in the 12 months ending 31 March 2016 in the 12 months ending 31 December 2015 .% Public administration and safety Infrastructure .% budget for Health care and social assistance Outback .% Retail trade Queensland 41% Energy and Water Supply Agricultural 33% Transport and Main Roads production 16% Housing and Public Works 5% Queensland Health .B 2% Public Safety Business Agency in the region 3% Other * Agency spends are only available for capital purchases, during 2014-15 the total infrastructure budget includes capital grants. .M* OUTBACK QUEENSLAND Queensland Budget 2016-17 Regional Action Plan Job-creatingJob-creating innovation, innovation, investment investment and and infrastructure infrastructure for for

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The Outback region encompasses 22 local government areas and the major regional 12 Flinders Highway 14 Flinders Highway 18 Indigenous Land and Sea 24 permanent Fire and 30 Western Queensland tourist centres of Mount Isa, Charleville, Longreach and Barcaldine. The Queensland Government strengthening and strengthening and Ranger Program Rescue Station upgrade and culturally signi cant widening – Hughenden to widening – Richmond to $3.6 million in 2016-17 for Indigenous $1 million in 2016-17 to upgrade sites access is investing in the Outback Queensland region through a diverse range of projects and Townsville Richmond Julia Creek rangers to protect environmental and the station. $3 million in 2016-17 out of a initiatives. For a full list of Queensland Budget 2016-17 initiatives, visit www.budget.qld.gov.au Mackay $6.6 million out of a $8.6 million in 2016-17 out of Indigenous cultural heritage values $10 million total spend to upgrade Outback $7.1 million total spend for a $10.7 million total spend on in Longreach, Mount Isa, Normanton, 25 Natural disaster relief and road access to tourist and culturally Queensland Fitzroy pavement widening on the pavement widening, due for Burketown and Georgetown as part of recovery arrangements signifi cant sites in western the $9.6 million program. Queensland, due for completion Wide Bay highway, due for completion in completion in January 2017 – part $121.5 million in 2016-17 for April 2017 – part of the National of the National Highway Upgrade mid-2018. Darling Sunshine Coast local government recovery and Highway Upgrade Program Program delivered in partnership 19 Downs Logan Birdsville isolated system reconstruction projects in partnership 31 Gold Coast delivered in partnership with the with the Australian Government. renewables with the Australian Government. Wild dog control 1 Alpha Hospital and Collocated 6 Charleville Auxiliary Fire and Ipswich Australian Government. Key $4.5 million in 2016-17 out of a $1.3 million in 2016-17 as part of a Emergency Services Project Rescue Station replacement 15 Future Resources Program $12.9 million total spend to provide 26 Queensland Regional Natural $5 million program over three 13 $1.2 million in 2016-17 out of a $1.3 million in 2016-17 out of a Flinders Highway – Mount Isa Geophysics geothermal generation for Birdsville. Resource Management years, with contributions from local governments, to improve the $17.5 million total spend for the $2.5 million total spend to replace strengthening and Initiative Investment Program hospital and collocated emergency the station. widening – Julia Creek to 20 Julia Creek Community and management of wild dogs in western $1.8 million in 2016-17 to $600,000 in 2016-17 to improve Community wellbeing services pilot project. Queensland where fencing is not Cloncurry implement regional geophysical Cultural Precinct Upgrade water quality in the Thompson River 7 economical. Cloncurry Alan Ticehurst $4 million in 2016-17 out of a data acquisition across North Project and Galilee Basin, and an innovative 2 Aramac Primary Health Care building refurbishment $6 million total spend on pavement West Queensland. $2.2 million in 2016-17 in partnership approach to prickly acacia control in 32 Western Roads Upgrade Centre redevelopment $909,000 in 2016-17 to refurbish widening on the highway, due for with private industry and McKinlay the Mitchell Grass Downs through the Program Utilities $2.2 million in 2016-17 out of a the building. completion in April 2017 – part 16 Great Artesian Basin Shire Council to upgrade the precinct. use of unmanned aerial vehicles. $2.7 million total spend for the of the National Highway Upgrade $32.4 million in 2016-17 out of a 5 Sustainability Initiative Program delivered in partnership $40 million total spend to provide replacement of the existing primary 8 Doomadgee water reticulation (Phase 4) 21 Hann Highway – Sealing 27 Richmond Auxiliary Fire and health care facility. with the Australian Government. targeted road network upgrades system upgrade 17 $7.1 million in 2016-17 out of a Hughenden to The Lynd Rescue Station upgrade focusing on road widening and $1.8 million in 2016-17 out of a $12.1 million total spend to $4 million in 2016-17 out of a $1 million in 2016-17 to upgrade Health 3 Astrebla Downs National sealing, within western Queensland $3.8 million total spend in partnership achieve a sustainable and ongoing $19.9 million total spend to progress the station. local government areas, due for 18 18 Park Ranger accommodation with Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire 8 groundwater management system. the bitumen sealing of the Hann completion in June 2017. 18 This includes improvement in replacement Council to complete the water Highway (Kennedy Development 28 School maintenance and reticulation system upgrade. 26 water pressure within aquifers that Road), as part of the Northern $380,000 in 2016-17 out of a $400,000 capital works program 33 Country Racing Support Education total spend to replace the existing support high value springs through initiative. $6.3 million in 2016-17 to fund Program accommodation and kitchen and 9 Cramsie - Muttaburra Road, 11 15 18 24 the rehabilitation of old bores legally operating in an uncontrolled maintenance and capital works for $6 million in 2016-17 out of a living area dongas with new units and 22 Landsborough Highway Longreach, paving and sealing 13 21 state and the replacement of schools in the Outback Queensland $21 million total spend to offset the install a skillion shelter to protect from Mount Isa 7 14 $1.2 million in 2016-17 out of a 20 12 pavement improvements – region. amended prize money structure the weather which will signifi cantly 27 legally operating bore drains $1.9 million total spend to pave and 23 Blackall to Barcaldine for country racing, enhancing the Transport and roads increase the useful life of new dongas. with pipelines. This project is seal a section of the road, due for undertaken in partnership with the $5 million in 2016-17 out of a 29 Waltzing Matilda Centre sustainability of country racing completion in September 2016. Australian Government. $12.5 million total spend to across Queensland. 4 29 reconstruction Boulia Community Hospital rehabilitate and widen various $840,000 in 2016-17 out of a refurbishment 10 4 2 sections of the highway, due for Cunnamulla Auxiliary Fire and 17 Gununa Jetty and Barge $17.6 million total spend to assist 34 Transport Infrastructure $300,000 in 2016-17 out of a Longreach 22 completion in March 2018 – part of the Justice and safety Rescue Station replacement 3 1 Landing Redevelopment Winton Shire Council reconstruct Development Scheme $2 million total spend to improve National Highway Upgrade Program $1.8 million in 2016-17 out of a 9 18 the centre which is central to the Outback Queensland will benefi t from service delivery and disabled access. Project – Stage 1 delivered in partnership with the $2 million total spend to replace identity of the Winton community and $1.2 million in 2016-17 out of a Australian Government. additional funding of $30 million the station. is a cornerstone of the local tourist per year from 2017-18 to 2019-20 for 5 16 $3.6 million total spend to Cape York regional package industry. This initiative is jointly works on local government transport redevelop the Gununa Jetty 23 Government services McKinlay Multi-purpose funded in partnership with the Local $54.2 million in 2016-17 out of a 11 Arthur Peterson Diversionary 19 and barge landing including infrastructure. This funding takes the $260.5 million total spend to upgrade Health Service refurbishment and the Australian Government. Centre upgrade program Charleville 6 replacement of the existing jetty in total allocation for this initiative to priority transport infrastructure, due and expansion $70 million per year. $330,000 in 2016-17 to upgrade the partnership with Mornington Shire for completion in December 2018. Council and the private sector. $60,000 in 2017-18 out of a This package is being undertaken centre in Mount Isa to meet growing Recreation and culture service demands for safe food $5 million total spend to refurbish in partnership with the Australian 10 critical infrastructure and extend aged Government. preparation, enhanced client security and external shading of the outdoor care environments. dining area.