- Budget delivers the foundation for a fresh start with a new strategy, improved veterans' welfare, and funding for commemorative events.
- $9 million to support veterans and their families, including a State-first Queensland Veterans' Strategy.
- $8 million to fund significant commemorative events honouring veterans.
- $2 million to establish Premier's Veterans' Fund for improved wellbeing.
- $7.4 million for Anzac Square and Memorial Gardens in Brisbane.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering for Queensland with enhanced funding to support Queensland's veterans and their families, including a new Queensland Veterans' Strategy and Premier's Veterans' Fund, in the 2025-26 Budget.
The $26.4 million Veterans Queensland Budget lays the foundation for a fresh start and a better lifestyle for Queensland's veterans.
The Budget delivers $9 million to support veterans and their families with legal, employment, homelessness, and education initiatives, and to develop a Queensland Veterans' Strategy.
The first veterans' strategy for our State will boost support and identify emerging needs of veterans, while assisting to implement recommendations of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans' Suicide.
The Budget also delivers $8 million for commemorative initiatives, events and memorials including the Anzac Day March in Brisbane, annual Anzac Day Dawn Service and Student Service, and Nurses Memorial Candlelight Vigil.
A new Premier's Veterans' Fund, funded with $2 million over four years, will support initiatives to benefit veterans and their families.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering Queensland Veterans' Council a $7.4 million funding boost for Brisbane's Anzac Square and its Memorial Galleries, bringing total funding to $12.6 million over five years.
Premier and Minister for Veterans David Crisafulli said the additional funding would boost support for Queensland's 163,000 veterans.
"Veterans are the heroes who have given up so much for Queensland and country, and this Budget now helps give back to them," Premier Crisafulli said.
"We're proud to stand alongside our veterans, and we are committed to providing the right funding which honours their service and improves the future for them and their families."
Treasurer David Janetzki said the 2025–26 Budget was about delivering for Queensland with a better lifestyle through a stronger economy.
"We promised a fresh start for Queensland and that's exactly what this Budget delivers," Treasurer Janetzki said.
"After crises in youth crime, health, housing and cost of living, this Budget delivers the foundation for safety where you live, health services when you need them, a better lifestyle through a stronger economy and a plan for Queensland's future."
