- Budget delivers the foundation for a fresh start for the Darling Downs with key funding commitments across health, safety, Games infrastructure and industry skills projects.
- Delivering the new Toowoomba Hospital to restore health services when you need them.
- A new Manufacturing Hub in Toowoomba will strengthen regional manufacturing capabilities and plan for Queensland's future.
- The new Equestrian Centre of Excellence to ensure the Darling Downs benefits from a lasting legacy in 2032 and beyond.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering for the Darling Downs with key funding commitments across health, safety, 2032 Games infrastructure, energy, education, and an economy-boosting manufacturing hub in the 2025–26 Budget.
The Darling Downs will also benefit from the Crisafulli Government's $100 Back to School Boost vouchers, the $200 Play On! Sports Vouchers program, more frontline health workers, more police on the beat and new social and community housing.
2025-26 Budget lays the foundation for the fresh start Queenslanders voted for, addressing Labor's youth crime, health, housing and cost of living crises.
The Budget focuses on making Queensland safer, delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders, driving down cost of living pressures for families, providing more free healthcare and building generational infrastructure for our growing State.
Under the Hospital Rescue Plan, the Government will deliver the new Toowoomba Hospital, adding at least 118 new beds to offer at least 538 overnight beds.
The hospital will now have all its health services located at the Baillie Henderson site, including a new cardiac lab, additional dialysis and an expanded emergency department.
To ensure the local community has the world-class care it deserves, additional funding in 2025–26 will grow the health workforce to 5,797 across the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service.
Protea Place Women's Support Centre in Toowoomba will receive $2.5 million over the next four years to provide vulnerable women and children in the community with the support they need.
The Crisafulli Government's 2032 Delivery Plan is ensuring the Darling Downs is in the box seat for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games with the new Equestrian Centre of Excellence to be located at the Toowoomba Showgrounds.
The Budget has committed $10 million to establish two new Manufacturing Hubs, with one in Toowoomba, to boost the region's manufacturing capabilities.
Premier David Crisafulli said the Budget delivered the foundation for a fresh start for the Darling Downs region, just as promised.
"Today's Budget delivers the fresh start Queensland needs and Queenslanders voted for, to address the crises in youth crime, health, housing and cost of living," Premier Crisafulli said.
"We are delivering to restore safety where you live, health services when you need them, a better lifestyle through a stronger economy and a plan for Queensland's future.
"This Budget delivers cost of living relief with the $100 Back to School Boost and the $200 Play On! Sports Vouchers Program, a fully-funded Hospital Rescue Plan, a new nation-leading home ownership program to reduce the deposit gap, as well more police and early intervention to make Queensland safer."
Treasurer and Member for Toowoomba South David Janetzki said this Budget delivered for the people of the Darling Downs
"This is a budget that locks in funding for the new Toowoomba Hospital for better easier healthcare where you live and it also invests vital funds to ensure Protea Place keeps its doors open to ensure our most vulnerable women are cared for," Mr Janetzki said.
"When we said the 2032 Olympics would be for all of Queensland, we meant it, and in this Budget, we ensure we can deliver a new Equestrian Centre of Excellence at the Toowoomba Showgrounds ... to get the Darling Downs community games ready!"
Member for Toowoomba North Trevor Watts said the Crisafulli Government was delivering for the Darling Downs.
"We're delivering $8.9 million to enclose an existing covered area at Toowoomba North State School to provide a new multipurpose hall," Mr Watts said.
Member for Lockyer Jim McDonald said the Crisafulli Government was delivering safety where you live.
"Our Staying on Track Program will provide $225 million statewide over five years for 12 months of intense rehabilitation support for all youth in and exiting detention," Mr McDonald said.
Member for Southern Downs James Lister said the Budget delivered for health services where you live.
"We're growing our health workforce in the Southern Downs, with more funding and staffing for the Darling Downs Hospital and Health Service," Mr Lister said.
Member for Condamine Pat Weir said the Budget delivered for regional communities.
"We're delivering for the regions, including $27 million for safety upgrades to the Toowoomba-Cecil Plains Road, $401,000 at Goombungee State School for playground and tuckshop improvements, additional frontline biosecurity officers, the new Toowoomba Hospital as part of the Hospital Rescue Plan and delivering a new Equestrian Centre of Excellence at the Toowoomba Showgrounds, part of the 2032 Delivery Plan," Mr Weir said.
Member for Scenic Rim Jon Krause said the Budget was delivering for the region.
"We're delivering the next stage of planning for the Boonah Hospital as part of the Hospital Rescue Plan, as well as a $4 million replacement auxiliary fire and rescue station," Mr Krause said.
