{"id":4226,"date":"2025-07-03T11:47:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-03T01:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.grantready.com.au\/wp\/?p=4226"},"modified":"2025-07-03T11:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-03T01:47:15","slug":"queensland-2025-2026-state-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.grantready.com.au\/wp\/queensland-2025-2026-state-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Queensland 2025 &#8211; 2026 State Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"isPasted\">The Queensland 2025-26 State Budget was handed down on 24 June 2025. Here are some highlights:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Backing small and family business<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"decimal_type\">\n<li>Empowering small business through the Small Business Support Network with financial counselling and coaching, with $16.8 million over 3 years.<\/li>\n<li>Delivering seamless access to government support through a Business Concierge for small businesses and Queenslanders, with $10.3 million over 4 years.<\/li>\n<li>Easing Queensland\u2019s skills shortage with more skilled training through 3 new TAFE Centre of Excellence sites in Rockhampton, Moreton Bay and Caloundra, and a Marine Centre of Excellence in Southern Moreton Bay Islands with $201.1 million over 4 years, as well as $79.1 million for the Transforming Queensland Manufacturing program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Growing the primary industries<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"decimal_type\">\n<li>Boosting agricultural productivity with state-of-the-art research through a $30 million investment over 4 years for the Sowing the Seeds of Farming Innovation fund.<\/li>\n<li>Boosting drought resilience for agriculture through $51.9 million over 4 years.<\/li>\n<li>Protecting our primary industries from invasive pests and diseases by beefing up biosecurity with $60.9 million over 5 years and 100 additional frontline biosecurity staff in regional Queensland.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tourism<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The government is providing additional funding of $446 million over 4 years to support Destination 2045: Delivering Queensland&#8217;s Tourism Future, including funding for aviation attraction, event attraction and new product development and further supplementation for Tourism and Events Queensland. This brings the government&#8217;s total investment in tourism to over $1 billion over 4 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Safety where you live<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"decimal_type\">\n<li>Supporting small businesses to prevent crime by bolstering security with $40 million across 3 years for the Secure Communities Partnership Program.<\/li>\n<li>Protecting and supporting victims of crime with $275 million this year for financial assistance, $50 million for a new Victims Advocate Service, $12.9 million over 4 years for the Victims of Crime Community Response program and a major boost to the capacity of Victim Liaison Services to support victims navigate the justice system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cost of living support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"decimal_type\">\n<li>Reducing schooling costs each year with the $100 Back to School Boost for primary school students with $188.6 million over 4 years.<\/li>\n<li>Removing the economic barriers preventing women seeking to transition back into the workforce after having children, caring for family, or following illness with a new Returning to Work package, with $20 million over 4 years.<\/li>\n<li>Reducing energy bills for renters with up to $3,500 rebates for solar panels on rental properties as part of the Supercharged Solar for Renters Program, with $26.3 million over 3 years.<\/li>\n<li>Reducing energy costs for vulnerable Queensland households by boosting the Electricity Rebate Scheme to $386 in 2025-26, and resuming indexation to restore fairness.<\/li>\n<li>Supporting Queenslanders experiencing financial challenges with the Queensland Financial Resilience Program, with $2.2 million in 2025-26.<\/li>\n<li>Helping Queenslanders in financial hardship by restoring assistance to emergency relief providers with $3.5 million in 2025-26.<\/li>\n<li>Reducing costs for trainee tradies with Free Apprenticeships for Under 25s across 130 priority apprenticeship and traineeship qualifications, with $10 million over 2 years.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Housing support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bringing home ownership within reach of more Queenslanders with a new Boost to Buy scheme to help reduce the deposit gap, with $165 million over 2 years.<\/li>\n<li>Easing the Housing Crisis by kick-starting new housing developments with critical infrastructure in a $2 billion investment through the Residential Activation Fund with at least half invested in regional Queensland.<\/li>\n<li>Boosting the First Home Owner Grant to $30,000 for 12 months, to help Queenslanders buy or build their first new home sooner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Creative arts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul class=\"decimal_type\">\n<li>The government is providing increased funding of $38.2 million in 2025-26 for Screen Industry Attraction and Development.<\/li>\n<li>The government is providing increased funding of $9.4 million in 2025-26 to restore funding for the Regional Arts Services Network, and funding for key regional arts festivals to support cultural tourism outcomes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Disaster support<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The government is providing additional funding of $40 million per year ongoing from 2025-26 towards the Queensland Betterment Fund, delivering high priority betterment infrastructure projects.<\/li>\n<li>Additional funding of $280 million over 4 years ($330 million over 5 years) from Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA) Efficiencies towards the Queensland Resilience and Risk Reduction Program (QRRRP), to support high priority disaster resilience and mitigation projects, strengthening Queensland communities&#8217; resilience to natural disasters.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Budget papers can be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/budget.qld.gov.au\/budget-papers\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Queensland 2025-26 State Budget was handed down on 24 June 2025. 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