Queensland Boosts Safety in Local Communities

• Budget delivering to make Queensland safer with more police, better resourced courts, effective early intervention and rehabilitation and better support for the prevention of domestic and family violence.
• $5.2 billion Making Our Community Safer Plan to help restore safety where you live.
• Budget includes $347.7 million to roll-out the Making Queensland Safer Laws across police, courts, legal services and the custodial system.
• $560 million to deliver new early intervention and rehabilitation programs to prevent and break the cycle of youth crime.

The Crisafulli Government is delivering more police, new police equipment, better resourced courts, effective early intervention and rehabilitation, and more support for victims of crime, to restore safety where you live in the 2025-26 Budget.

The Budget is delivering the foundation to make Queensland safer, with a fully-funded $5.2 billion plan to prevent crime, divert and rehabilitate youth offenders and support victims of crime navigate the justice system.

A $347.7 million investment will also continue the roll-out of the Making Queensland Safer Laws across police, courts, legal services and the custodial system, and help turn the tide on youth crime.

Key initiatives to help make Queensland Safer in the Budget include:

• 1,600 new police recruits supported by $290.3 million in upgrades to police stations, facilities and beats.
• $115 million for community-led Gold Standard Early Intervention including KickStarter and support for proven programs.
• $50 million for four new or expanded Crime Prevention Schools to re-engage youth who have fallen out of education.
• $40 million for two new Youth Justice Schools to divert youths on Youth Justice orders.
• $50 million for nine Regional Reset Programs providing early intervention for at risk youth who require a higher level of care than community-based programs can provide.
• $50 million for a Queensland-first SecureCare residential Child Safety facility to protect the community and young people who are a danger to themselves.
• $225 million for the Staying On Track intensive 12-month rehabilitation program.
• $80 million for two Circuit Breaker Sentencing programs, for rehabilitation in court-sentenced programs.
• Support to deliver Detention with Purpose and rehabilitation youth in detention.
• $75 million to deliver the Youth Crime Response Unit to target crime hotspots and enhance community safety.
• $147.9 million of new state-of-the-art police equipment including Taser 10s Tactical First Aid Kits for all frontline police, portable handheld radios and Body Worn Camera replacements and Load Bearing Vests and Ballistic Plates replacements.
• More than $100 million to lock in long-term POLAIR services for Moreton Bay, the Sunshine Coast, Cairns and Townsville.
• $40 million Secure Communities Partnerships Program to bolster security and support small businesses to prevent crime.

Key support for victims of crime funded in the Budget include:

• $275 million this year for financial assistance.
• $50 million for a new Victims Advocate Service.
• $12.9 million over four years for the Victims of Crime Community Response program.
• A major boost to the capacity of Victim Liaison Services to support victims navigate the justice system.

Premier David Crisafulli said the $5.2 billion Making our Community Safer Plan set the foundation to restore safety where you live.

"We promised it and this Budget delivers it – support for victims, more police, new early intervention and rehabilitation, all to help turn the tide on youth crime," Premier Crisafulli said.

"This Budget delivers the programs to start making Queensland safer and end Labor's Youth Crime Crisis.

"We are delivering the early intervention, rehabilitation and police on the beat to start arresting crime in our community."

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice and Minister for Integrity Deb Frecklington said the Budget prioritised the safety and wellbeing of victims and provided improved funding for courts as they implemented the Government's Making Queensland Safer Laws.

"Our stronger laws represent a significant shift in the way youth crime is dealt with and our hardworking courts have been given the tools to ensure sentences reflect community expectations," Attorney-General Frecklington said.

"This Budget will continue the roll-out of the Making Queensland Safer Laws across courts and legal services while providing more support for victims of crime.

"Improved security at courthouses with $38.7 million in funding to make services safer for victims and staff and a major boost to courthouse improvements will prioritise the safety of victims of domestic and family violence.

"We're also delivering on our election promise to crack down on alcohol-fuelled and antisocial behaviour in Burleigh Heads and Noosa by investing an additional $1.5 million over three years to improve community safety as part of the Resourcing our Police program."

Minister for Youth Justice and Victim Support Laura Gerber said the Budget investment would help break the cycle of re-offending.