BUDGET QUICK GUIDE
MAJOR SPENDING INITIATIVES
■ Nearly $5bn in infrastructure spending: road, bridges; hospital and school upgrades.
■ $112 m towards the Bridge water Bridge rep lace ment, $68m for the Derwent Entertainment Centre, $68.5m for the Cradle Mountain cable way.
■ $391 mf or hospital and ambulance infrastructure upg rad es, $222m for school and TAFE, $100m for more affordable housing.
■ $120 mf or upgrades to the government radi one twork, $46m for police IT systems ,$111 m towards the northern regional prison near West bury.
STATEWIDE PROJECTS
■ $50 m to meet demand in major hospitals.
■ $25.3 mf or rural paramedics statewide.
■ $28 mf or new Child and Family Learning Centres.
■ $22 m to extend payroll tax rebates and apprentice grants.
■ $21.6 mf or new HR information system.
■ $14 m to support student mental health.
■ $14 m to waive school levi es for eligible students.
■ $13.8 mf or irrigation infrastructure upgrades.
■ $11.9 mf or extra graduate nurses.
■ $11.5 mf or rural hospital and ambulance stations.
■ $10 mf or sports change rooms for women.
■ $4.3 mf or air conditioning in government buildings.
■ $4 mt Ot as TAFE IT upgrades.
■ $3.4 mf or school nurses in colleges.
■ $3.2 m or upgraded police housing statewide. ■ $1.6m for the COVID-19 Rapid Response Team.
NORTH–WEST
■ $33 million for upgrade sat the Mersey Hospital
■ $19.4 million towards the next Iconic Walk
■ $18.9 million for the new K -12 Penguin School
■ $14.4 towards the Burnie Court complex
■ $12 million for Burnie to Wynyard coastal pathway
■ $10 million for a new Burnie youth foyer
■ $8 million for the West Coast Wilderness Railway
■ $8 million for racing infrastructure
■ $4.2 million for an ante natal clinic at the NorthWest Regional Hospital
■ $9.9 million for the completion of the Devon port High School
NORTH
■ $111 million towards the new Northern Regional Prison.
■ $79.9 million for upgrades to Ill a war ra Road
■ $79.8 million for Launceston General Hospital upgrades, plus
■ $15.4 million for new beds and staff forward 4 K
■ $41.4 million for Launceston urban water upgrades.
■ $33.2 million for the Launceston and Tamar Valley traffic vision.
■ $24 million for the new Leg an a Primary School
■ $7 million for Launceston Police Station upgrades
■ $6.3 million for there development of Ashley Youth Detention Centre
■ $6 mf or the Campbell Town pedestrian under pass
■ $5.1 million for Launceston Airport upgrades
■ $4.2 million for anew Long ford police station
SOUTH
■ $89.8 million for the Royal Hobart Hospital stage 2 redevelopment
■ $79 million for the new Southern Remand Centre
■ $65 million towards Tasman Bridge upgrades
■ $40 million towards the new Brighton High School
■ $25.3 million for the new K -12 Sorell School
■ $20 million to revitalise Cos grove High School
■ $19.8 million for 27 new mental health beds
■ $10 million for a new Hobart Youth foyer
■ $4 million for a new visitors centre at the Botanical Gardens
■ $3.7 million to complete the RH H pharmacy redevelopment
■ $3 million for there development of Taro on a High School