BRADDON
Tasmania’s economy is heading in the right direction and the 2015-16 Budget is about building on that momentum.
For Braddon that means more funding for health and education, and support for community, sporting and infrastructure projects that create jobs and improve people’s lives. Projects in Bass over the next four years include:
NORTH-WEST
Northern Cities Major Development Initiative – (share of) $60m
Patient transport investment – $24 million (statewide)
Youth Accommodation and Training facility – $6 million
North West Police housing upgrades – $2 million
Regional Events Start-Up Program – $610,000 (statewide)
Masters Games – $750,000
North West Regional Cancer Centre – $14.5 million
Caterpillar Transition Taskforce – $3 million
Burnie LINC – $2.8 million
Parklands High School – $9.1 million
North West Special School relocation – $3.7 million
Wynyard High School trade training rooms – $180,000
Somerset CBD Redevelopment – $250,000
Move Mineral Resources Tasmania to Burnie – $1 million
Burnie Pool – $2.25 million
Resurfacing of Burnie tennis court – $250,000
Smithton High School – $7 million
Arthur-Pieman Tracks – $300,000
Dip Falls Bridge – $70,000
Latrobe High School – $10 million
Devonport High School – $650,000
WEST COAST
Rosebery District High School extension to year 12^
Mountain Heights School extension to year 12^
Murchison Highway – $12.3 million
Zeehan Neighbourhood House – $25,000*
West Coast Trails projects – $880,000
West Coast bus trial – $100,000~
West Coast Wilderness Railway – $13.5 million
* part of $1.8 million election commitment to Neighbourhood and Community Houses
~ funding from 2014-15 being used this financial year to complete
^ part of $45 million election commitment to extend High Schools to year 12
STATEWIDE INITIATIVES
While Tasmania is now heading in the right direction we must continue to build on the economic momentum created over the past year – that is what the 2015-16 Budget sets out to achieve.
All Tasmanians will benefit from a range of statewide initiatives that are aimed at creating jobs and encouraging investment. By maintaining Budget discipline we are able to invest record amounts to improve health and education outcomes, along with public safety. We are also supporting those in the community who need it most.
JOBS AND THE ECONOMY
Rail infrastructure – $120 million^
Business and Jobs Attraction Scheme – $8 million
First Home Builders Boost – $5 million
Regional Revival Fund – additional $5 million
Planning Reform – $2.6 million
Irrigation projects – $90 million^
Priority parks infrastructure maintenance – $8 million
New tourism and events funding – $7.9 million
HEALTH
Additional investment in Frontline Health – $I00 million
RHH Redevelopment – $495.6 million
Health infrastructure upgrades – additional $8.3 million
Patient Transport investment – $24 million
Ice and Other Drugs Strategy – $4.8 million
EDUCATION
Reinvigorating Tasmanian High Schools – $68 million
Gonski funding – additional $21 million
OTHER ESSENTIAL SERVICES
More Frontline Police*
Road and bridge improvements - $728 million^
Child and Adolescent Mental Health – $2.4 million
Better funding for Community Sector – $14.6 million
Joined Up Human Support Services System – $1.2m
Mental Health Support – $2 million
Additional detector dogs/biosecurity capability – $4m
^ Includes Australian Government funding
* Continuing $33.5 million election commitment to restore Frontline Police