Queensland Budget Budget Queensland QUEENSLAND BUDGET 2021–22 2021 – 22 Capital Statement Statement Capital CAPITAL STATEMENT Budget Paper No. Paper Budget BUDGET PAPER NO. 3 3 Queensland Budget 2021–22 Capital Statement Budget Paper No.3 budget.qld.gov.au budget.qld.gov.au 21-050_Budget 2021-22 _A4_Core Paper_Cover.indd 5 7/6/21 3:44 pm 2021–22 Queensland Budget Papers 1. Budget Speech 2. Budget Strategy and Outlook 3. Capital Statement Service Delivery Statements Appropriation Bills Budget Highlights Regional Action Plans The budget papers are available online at budget.qld.gov.au © The State of Queensland (Queensland Treasury) 2021 Copyright This publication is protected by the Copyright Act 1968 Licence This document is licensed by the State of Queensland (Queensland Treasury) under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) International licence. 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Capital Statement Budget Paper No. 3 ISSN 1445-4890 (Print) ISSN 1445-4904 (Online) Queensland Budget 2021–22 Capital Statement Budget Paper No.3 21-050_Budget 2021-22 _A4_Core Paper_Cover.indd 6 7/6/21 3:44 pm Capital Statement 2021–22 State Budget 2021–22 Capital Statement Budget Paper No. 3 Capital Statement 2021–22 Contents 1 Approach and highlights ....................................... 1 Features .......................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 3 1.2 Capital planning and optimisation ...................................................................................... 4 1.3 Key capital projects and programs ..................................................................................... 6 2 2021–22 Capital program overview ..................... 15 2.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 15 2.2 Capital purchases ............................................................................................................ 16 2.3 Capital grants ................................................................................................................... 20 3 Capital outlays by entity....................................... 24 3.1 Agriculture and Fisheries ................................................................................................. 24 3.2 Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs .............................................................. 27 3.3 Communities, Housing and Digital Economy ................................................................... 29 3.4 Education ......................................................................................................................... 36 3.5 Employment, Small Business and Training ..................................................................... 51 3.6 Energy and Public Works ................................................................................................. 54 3.7 Environment and Science ................................................................................................ 63 3.8 Justice and Attorney-General .......................................................................................... 66 3.9 Legislative Assembly of Queensland ............................................................................... 68 3.10 Premier and Cabinet ........................................................................................................ 69 3.11 Queensland Corrective Services ..................................................................................... 71 3.12 Queensland Fire and Emergency Services ..................................................................... 73 3.13 Queensland Health .......................................................................................................... 76 3.14 Queensland Police Service .............................................................................................. 86 3.15 Queensland Treasury ...................................................................................................... 89 3.16 Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water .......................................................... 90 Capital Statement 2021–22 3.17 Resources ........................................................................................................................ 98 3.18 Seniors, Disability Services and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Partnerships ....... 99 3.19 State Development, Infrastructure, Local Government and Planning ............................ 101 3.20 Tourism, Innovation and Sport ....................................................................................... 106 3.21 Transport and Main Roads ............................................................................................ 109 Appendix A: Entities included in capital outlays 2021–22 ................................................................ 129 Appendix B: Key concepts and coverage ................ 132 Appendix C: Capital purchases by entity by region 2021–22 ................................................................ 133 Capital Statement 2021–22 1 Approach and highlights Features • The Queensland Government is committed to delivering productivity-enhancing economic and social infrastructure. This will support the economic recovery and unlock the productive capacity that will drive sustainable economic growth, increased employment and higher quality of life. • The 2021–22 capital program will deliver jobs in the short term and economic growth over the long term. The capital investment delivered by this Budget builds on the Palaszczuk Government’s infrastructure commitments outlined in Queensland’s Economic Recovery Plan to support the state’s recovery from the impacts of COVID-19. • This Budget continues to deliver on the Government’s $50 billion Infrastructure Guarantee, with total commitments of $52.216 billion over 4 years. These investments will be critical to lowering business input costs, as well as improving regional connectivity and access to essential services, such as health care and education. Over the 10 years to 2024–25, the government will have supported over $110 billion in infrastructure works. • The capital program directly supports around 46,500 construction-related jobs in 2021–22, including 29,800 jobs outside of the Greater Brisbane region. • In 2021–22, the government will invest $14.688 billion in capital across the state, including $6.902 billion in transformative transport infrastructure such as $1.517 billion to continue construction work on Cross River Rail and substantial ongoing investment to fund major upgrades to the M1 Pacific Motorway, the Bruce Highway and inland freight routes. • Capital expenditure to support the delivery of health services is $1.352 billion in 2021–22. The government is providing $265 million to build 7 satellite hospitals to enable our acute hospitals to safely manage patients via alternative models of care across South East Queensland. The satellite hospitals will also provide virtual health opportunities including a range of rapid access consultations, care co-ordination, remote monitoring and patient literacy services. • The government is also investing $283.7 million in 2021–22 as part of the $979 million Building Better Hospitals commitment. This program is a key priority to help address growing demand by enhancing public hospital capacity and services in the South East Queensland growth corridor. • The government will invest $1.521 billion in 2021–22 to support students and teachers, and to ensure that Queensland’s state schools and training assets are world-class and continue to meet demand. Investment in new schools is being facilitated through the $2.6 billion Building Future Schools Program, while the $1 billion Great Schools, Great Future commitment is helping provide new classrooms and facilities at existing schools to meet growing enrolments. • To help enhance the productive capacity of Queensland’s businesses, industries, communities and regions, the government will invest $2.745 billion in 2021–22 to 1 Capital Statement 2021–22 maintain and upgrade energy and water assets to support the ongoing delivery of safe, secure, reliable and cost-effective energy and water across the state. • Delivery of the Rookwood Weir will be co-funded with the Australian Government and will add up to 86,000 megalitres of extra water supply for the Central Queensland region. The project will grow agricultural production along the Fitzroy River and enhance the security of urban and industrial water supplies for Gladstone and Capricorn Coast centres. • The government is committing