STATE
ELECTION
PRIORITIES
FOR
TNQ
BRIEFING PAPERS SUMMARY INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS
RECOMMENDED POLICY REFORM
Cairns University Hospital Innovation Precinct
Cairns University Hospital
Cairns Ring Road
Destination Marketing
National Highway A1
Pacific Engagement Strategy
Dams and Water Security
Land Use and Agriculture
Cairns Marine Precinct
Cairns Aviation Route Development
$90 million (Stage 2) plus $60 million (80 new beds) $365 million
$21 million
$868 million
$25 million (Stage 2) plus $100 million (Stage 3)
Education and Research
$130 million plus $26 million recurrent
Funding of level 6 referral status services plus $10 million for business case
$10 million and/or establishment of a 2.5% tourism levy
Endorse Cairns as Queensland’s Regional Maintenance Centre for the RAN
Establishment of an Office of the Coordinator General in Cairns
$50 million recurrent
Strategic Energy Sector Framework $1.5 million
Gulf Savannah Way
Reef Regulations
Cairns Aviation Excellence Precinct
Business Growth Factors
$20 million
Increase payroll tax incentives in the regions and revisit BPP requirements for TNQ
Cairns Gallery Precinct
Dairy Industry Crisis Relief
Cairns Showground, Sporting and Community Precinct
Cairns Destination Sport
Crisis Accommodation Service Expansion
Skills and Training
$136 million
$39.8 million
$20 million to expand industry-led water quality initiatives
Establishment of an emergency crisis relief package
$1 million for a two stage scoping study
$40 million
$3 million
Establish an institution-based approach to year one of an apprenticeship
First Homeowners Grant
Increase first home owners grant from $15,000 to $20,000
Social Housing
Incentives for new and affordable construction projects
2020 STATE ELECTION PRIORITIES FOR TNQ
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