Key 2026-27 Budget Initiatives

• $364 million in the Launceston General Hospital Redevelopment, including the Mental Health Precinct and the Northern Health Complex;
• $14.3 million to upgrade the North West Regional Hospital, including for an expanded ambulance drop-off area and Emergency Department expansion;
• $40 million North West Mental Health Precinct providing a safe and supportive 22-bed mental health inpatient unit to replace the Spencer Clinic;
• $126.7 million to deliver more treatment points and improved patient care spaces in the Emergency Department at the Royal Hobart Hospital;
• Significantly increasing access to bulk-billed GP appointments through TassieDocs;
• Expand the highly successful Youth Mental Health in the Home program to Northern Tasmania;
• Help more women fulfil their dream of having children by providing financial support for In Vitro Fertilisation, other assisted reproductive technology treatments, or fertility preservation services;
• Boost access to life-saving breast screening across Tasmania by delivering four new permanent clinics at Kingborough, Devonport, Triabunna, and Glenorchy; and
• Deliver a contemporary Older Persons Mental Health facility at St Johns Park to replace the Roy Fagan Centre.

• Extend free public transport for a year, ensuring Tasmanians can get to where they need to go without the cost;
• Supporting students to thrive and help families save money through our Healthy School Lunch and School Breakfast programs;
• Helping Tasmanians get active and connect with the community through the Ticket to Wellbeing and Ticket to Play vouchers; and
• Concessions and subsidies for 70,000 eligible Tasmanians across electricity, water and sewerage bills.

• Extend free public transport for a year, ensuring Tasmanians can get to where they need to go without the cost;
• Supporting students to thrive and help families save money through our Healthy School Lunch and School Breakfast programs;
• Helping Tasmanians get active and connect with the community through the Ticket to Wellbeing and Ticket to Play vouchers; and
• Concessions and subsidies for 70,000 eligible Tasmanians across electricity, water and sewerage bills.