Treasurer Cameron Dick’s full 2021-22 budget speech,as he delivered it in the Queensland Parliament.
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick has just delivered his second state budget. Here are the key takeaways.
Treasurer Cameron Dick has revealed the state of the state’s finances,boasting a return to surplus in four years.
Treasurer Cameron Dick has announced another hiring freeze for Queensland’s public sector.
Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick handed down the 2021-22 budget in Brisbane on Tuesday.
Surpluses predicted fewer than two years ago have been wiped out,but Treasurer Cameron Dick says economic data is “exceeding our expectations”.
The state government has re-announced two existing $460 million programs to tackle rising unemployment,but the Opposition says more capital works are needed.
A new charge,to be revealed in next week’s budget,will be levelled at the influx of people moving to Queensland.
State power companies will grow renewable generation and storage capacity under the announcement from Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk ahead of next week’s budget.
With less than a fifth of the state’s businesses fully recovered from COVID,the sector wants more certainty around future lockdowns and a clear path out of the pandemic.
The satellite city south-west of Brisbane gets 174 new hospital beds in facility built as part of an upgrade to the Mater hospital.