- Budget strengthening the foundations for a fresh start with new fire stations and trucks, support for Indigenous Councils and volunteers
- Delivering 11 new fire stations in regional communities with $15 million in 2026-27.
- Continuing to deliver a new fire-fighting fleet with $43.4 million.
- Locked-in DRFA Betterment funding to continue increasing our State's resilience and response to disasters.
- Strengthening volunteering in Queensland by delivering the Parliamentary Inquiry's recommendations with $1.2 million.
- Reversing the former Labor Government's cuts to Indigenous Councils by providing an extra $40.5 million to ensure they can continue to deliver key services for their communities.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering for regional Queensland with new firefighting trucks, new fire stations, locked-in DRFA Betterment funding and a boost to empower the volunteer sector.
The Queensland Fire Department Budget delivers a record $1,171.87 billion for our firefighters, in addition to locked-in Betterment funding, to strengthen the foundations for a fresh start for better services through a stronger economy.
The Budget will support a ramped-up delivery of a new firefighting fleet to the Rural Fire Service, with more than 100 new trucks delivered in the past year, five times the number the former Labor Government delivered in their final year.
As part of an investment to boost firefighting capacity in regional Queensland, 11 new fire stations will start construction this year, including Hervey Bay, Kingaroy, Ayr, Abbot Point, Bennett, Biarra, Bondoola, Ilkley, Mount Binga, Mount Ossa and Wartburg.
The Crisafulli Government will continue to invest in boosting resilience and disaster recovery, with DRFA Betterment projects including Plantation Creek Crossing and Burke Airstrip to be commenced this year in collaboration with the Federal Government, however, future projects have been left at risk due to Canberra's proposed disaster recovery cuts.
Budget funding to deliver on recommendations from the Crisafulli Government's Parliamentary Inquiry into Volunteering and support for Volunteering Queensland will help to turn around a decade of decline in the volunteering sector.
Under the former Labor Government volunteering rates dropped by approximately 20 per cent and over 7,000 volunteers left the Queensland Rural Fire Service.
New funding to support Indigenous Councils will help them to deliver programs and services for their communities and avoid the funding cliff which the former Labor Government had budgeted to come into effect in 2026-27.
Treasurer David Janetzki said the 2026-27 Budget was about delivering for Queensland with a better lifestyle through a stronger economy.
"We are delivering on our promises, with relief you can rely on through responsible decisions for now and the future, and no new or increased taxes," Treasurer Janetzki said.
"This Budget strengthens the foundations we've laid in making Queensland safer, restoring health services, delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders, building generational infrastructure, getting the Games back on track, as well as playing our part to ease national cost of living pressures."
Minister for Local Government and Water and Minister for Fire, Disaster Recovery and Volunteers Ann Leahy said the Crisafulli Government was delivering practical investments to strengthen regional communities, support volunteers and keep Queenslanders safer.
"We're backing our firefighters with a new fleet and new fire stations, delivering the equipment they need to respond quickly, safely and effectively when communities need them most," Minister Leahy said.
"Queensland is the most disaster prone and decentralised State, we need more funding, not less, which is why we're delivering record funding for our emergency services and fighting Labor's cuts.
"Volunteers are the backbone of so many Queensland communities, and our funding boost will help more people to get involved and stay involved.
"We are also reversing the former Labor Government's cuts to our Indigenous Councils which would have restricted them from delivering essential local services."
