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Jobs Confidence Community
A message from Peter Gutwein
Premier of Tasmania and Treasurer
The challenge we face as we recover
and rebuild from the COVID-19
pandemic has two elements, it is
both a health crisis and an economic
one as well.
In the face of the most deadly global pandemic the Importantly, as our economy returns to growth, there
world has seen in a century, our response must be is a pathway back to the black with a return to a
proportionate and it must be strategic. We entered modest surplus forecast in 2022-23.
the pandemic from a position of strength and
used our balance sheet as an economic stabiliser, With quiet confidence and cautious optimism, Tasmania
delivering the largest economic and social support is returning to a more normal way of life.
package in the nation as a proportion of our
economy, at over $1 billion. There will be uncertainty and volatility ahead, just as it
is across the world and here in Australia, and we will
In this Budget we will continue to leverage our not be immune from the impacts of COVID-19.
strong balance sheet to
stimulate our economy, But it’s how we respond
support our community, that matters.
attract investment and
support jobs through We will take action with the levers
targeted initiatives and record we have – to keep us safe and to
infrastructure investment. provide security, certainty and
confidence for Tasmanians, our
Over the next four years this businesses and our community.
Budget provides for nearly This Government has done it
$5 billion of infrastructure before and we will do it again.
investment to support around
25,000 jobs and increase However, just as we worked
aggregate demand right across together to get on top of this
our economy. virus, we must all continue to
work together to rebuild this
We will build the beautiful State.
intergenerational infrastructure
communities need, we’re If we do that we will rebuild
backing Tasmanian businesses, Tasmania not just for now, but for
supporting their recovery generations to come.
and growth, and making it easier
for them to employ.
Our substantial infrastructure spend, combined
with our strong balance sheet means that we can go
further to invest in the essential services Tasmanians Peter Gutwein
need – into health, education and housing. Premier of Tasmania & Treasurer
This is, without a doubt, the most ambitious Budget of our times, with
Jobs historic investments to shore-up jobs, investment, opportunities and innovation
in our state. We will do this through our $5 billion landmark infrastructure
investment, which will support 25,000 jobs and see us return to surplus in
two years.
We’re supporting and incentivising businesses to employ people, and there’s no
better time to hire an apprentice than right now. To give Tasmanians the best
opportunity to have the skills they need for the work ahead, we’re investing more
into skills and training, into TasTAFE and schools, and helping Tasmanians to gain
new skills for future-ready jobs.
We want more Tasmanians to participate in, and benefit from, our
economic rebound.
Confidence We’re continuing with our deregulation agenda to cut red tape and unleash
Tasmanian innovation. We know that in these uncertain times, certainty in
regulation is paramount to attract and accelerate investment.
Initiatives to improve Government services interfacing with the development
community are also in place to help them to get to market sooner.
As a Liberal Government our philosophy is to grow the economy and we do this
by creating the right environment for businesses so that they are confident to invest
and create jobs.
Community This is a Budget that has our community at its heart. Our strong economic
foundations mean we can invest more in wrap-around community services to
ensure vulnerable Tasmanians are supported.
During the height of the pandemic, we used our balance sheet as an economic
stabiliser, delivering the largest economic and social support package in the nation
as a proportion of our economy - at over $1 billion. We will continue to provide
temporary and targeted measures over the next two years as the impacts of the
pandemic continue.
We are protecting what is special about our state and investing to future-proof
our parks and reserves, and to unleash more opportunities for Tasmanians to
participate in the recreational pursuits they love.
Rebuilding We will build the intergenerational infrastructure our state needs to thrive,
including more homes, better schools, roads, bridges, irrigation systems, as well as
a stronger renewable energy assets and health and justice facilities.
Tasmania We’re backing Tasmanian businesses, supporting their recovery and growth, and
making it easier for them to employ.
We’re investing even more into education and skills, to ensure more Tasmanians
have the ability to grasp the opportunities and lead a more fulfilling life.
We’re investing more into housing and essential services around our State, as well
as investments in programs and resources to keep our communities safe. And we’re
future-proofing our industries and capitalising on our competitive advantages.
We will not only recover through this Budget and Plan, but we will rebuild a
stronger and more resilient Tasmania, for all Tasmanians.
2020 - 21
Budget Highlights
This is, without a doubt, the most ambitious Budget of
our times, with historic investments to shore-up jobs,
investment, opportunities and innovation in our State.
We will do this through our landmark $5 billion infrastructure investment, which
will support 25,000 jobs across the forward estimates and a return to surplus in
two years.
We’re supporting and incentivising businesses to employ people, and there’s no
better time to hire an apprentice than right now. To give Tasmanians the best
opportunity to have the skills they need for the work ahead, we’re investing more
into skills and training, into TasTAFE and schools, and helping Tasmanians to gain
new skills for future-ready jobs.
What does this budget mean for Tasmania?
A landmark $5 billion infrastructure program to
create jobs, grow our economy, boost confidence
and strengthen communities in every region.
A Tasmanian Jobs Plan to support 25,000 jobs.
A record $9.8 billion* for hospitals and health services
to build a better health system for all Tasmanians.
A record $7.5 billion* for education and training so
more Tasmanians can grasp the opportunities ahead.
A record investment of more than $300 million*
into social and affordable housing projects to
support more Tasmanians.
*
Over 4 years
BUDGET AND ECONOMY
REBUILDING A STRONGER Retail trade and new home loans are up 14 per cent and
36 per cent respectively, than September last year. Our
TASMANIA businesses are the most confident about our economy in the
nation, and CommSec has ranked our economic performance
The COVID-19 pandemic has been the largest shock in
the best in the nation – for the third quarter in a row.
generations to our way of life, our society, our economy
and our Budget.
In March we responded with the largest economic and social
LANDMARK $5 BILLION
support package in the country, at over $1 billion, and took INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM
early measures in June to sustain jobs and confidence with
our $3.1 billion Construction Blitz. Now, the 2020-21 Budget Our landmark infrastructure program of nearly $5 billion will
delivers on our Plan to Rebuild a Stronger Tasmania by build the intergenerational infrastructure our State needs to
underpinning jobs, bolstering confidence and investing in our thrive, including more homes, better schools, roads, bridges,
community, right around our State. irrigation systems, as well as renewable energy assets and
health, hospitals and justice facilities.
TASMANIAN JOBS PLAN Landmark $5 billion infrastructure investment
Billion
Our Jobs Plan will support an estimated 25,000 jobs, grow Billion
$5
our economy, boost confidence and strengthen our $5
communities in every region. It includes a landmark $5 billion $4
infrastructure program over the next four years, the largest $4
infrastructure investment to ever be announced by $3
a Tasmanian Government. $3
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We will continue to back businesses to recover and make it
easier for them to hire. We will support our critical industries $2
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to grow and capitalise on our competitive advantages,
including renewable energy, tourism and agriculture. $$1-
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SIGNS OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY IMPACT ON THE BUDGET
Our Jobs Plan is already working. Two thirds of Tasmanians We entered the pandemic from a position of strength, with
have returned to work since May and in fact, there are now one of the strongest economies in the nation and a strong
more Tasmanians employed than this time last year. budget position. We leveraged our strong balance sheet
to support Tasmanians through the pandemic, and we will
Two thirds of Tasmanians have returned to work since May continue to do so.
Employment, (‘000)
Large downgrades in GST revenue and increased expenditure
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261,400 record in combatting the virus and supporting Tasmanians will result
260 Tasmanians employed in a deficit of around $1.1 billion this year. We will also take
on a modest level of Net Debt as we invest to rebuild,
255 however this level of debt continues to be one of the lowest
in the country.
250
Importantly, the Budget provides the pathway to return to
245 12,400 Tasmanians regained
work since May surplus within two years, and our Net Debt will continue to
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be one of the lowest in the country.
Source: ABS Seasonally adjusted We rebuilt our budget once before, and took our economy to
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Aug Aug Aug Aug Aug number one in the country. The 2020-21 Budget provides the
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
economic platform to do it again.
“This is a budget for our times, underpinning jobs and providing the certainty and confidence our
community needs. It is how we will recover, reinvigorate our economy and rebuild a stronger Tasmania.”
Premier and Treasurer, Peter Gutwein MP
Landmark $5 billion
infrastructure program
• Supports 25,000 jobs • $300 million for housing
• $2.4 billion for roads and bridges • $218 million for schools, education and skills
• $1.1 billion to be invested this year • $275 million for law and order
• $777 million equity into our Government • $198 million for tourism assets
Business Enterprises • $135 million for ICT to support
• $370 million for hospitals service delivery
and health
Strengthening the Northern region
• $79.8m for Launceston General Hospital • $55m for the Northern Roads Package#
upgrades ($102m project)* (Batman Highway, Frankford Main Road and
• $33.2m for the Launceston and Tamar Valley Birralee Main Road upgrades)
Traffic Vision • $111m for the new Northern Regional Prison
• $5.15m Launceston Airport upgrades ($270m project)
($10.3m project) • $12.7m West Tamar Highway upgrades –
• $7m Launceston Police Station refurbishment Exeter and Launceston
• $250k to plan the redevelopment of • $6m for the Campbell Town
UTAS Stadium pedestrian underpass#
• $50m for Tasman Highway upgrades • $4.2m to complete the new Longford
on the Sideling# Police Station
• $79.9m in upgrades to Illawarra Road# • $4.4m to extend the Great Eastern Drive -
Binalong Bay Road
Strengthening the Southern region
• $68.5m for the DEC and Indoor • $175m for the Greater Hobart Traffic
Multi-Sports Facility Solution* # including $65m towards the Tasman
• $553m for the new Bridgewater Bridge# Bridge upgrades
• $37m towards Midway Point and Sorell • $9.3m Risdon Prison upgrades
causeways duplication# • $7.5m Bruny Island infrastructure
• $79.9m to complete the Southern Remand • $4.5m to complete the New Norfolk
Centre ($85m project) Police Station
Strengthening the North-West region • $8m for North West racing Infrastructure*
• $33m for the continued upgrade of the Mersey • $68.5m for the Cradle Mountain cableway and
Community Hospital^ Visitor Experience ($86.8m project)
• $19.4m for the next Iconic Walk • $28.5 million Don Irrigation Scheme#
• $147m Bass Highway upgrades* # • $16m for the West Coast Wilderness Railway*
• West Coast road upgrades, including $18.8m • $12m for the Burnie to Wynyard section
for the Lyell Highway between Queenstown of the coastal pathway and future erosion
and Strahan, and $37.5m for the protection^
Murchison Highway
*
Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
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$7.4 million $4.13 million
King Island Hospital Air services across
redevelopment Bass Strait
$14.4 million
Burnie Court
complex
$12 million $33 million
Cooee - Wynyard Mersey Community $20 million
Pathway Hospital upgrades Bridport Road
upgrades
$68.5 million
Cradle Mountain $79.8 million
cableway $28.5 million Launceston General
Don Irrigation Hospital upgrades
Scheme
$37.5 million $8.4 million
Murchison Highway Freycinet Peninsula
Wastewater
upgrades
$6 million
Campbell Town
$19.4 million pedestrian underpass
Next Iconic Walk -
Tyndall Ranges
$68.5 million
DEC and indoor
multi-sport facility
$553 million
New Bridgewater
Bridge $46.5 million
Hobart Airport
Interchange
470 lots
Huntingfield land
release project
$7.5 million
Bruny Island
infrastructure
INFRASTRUCTURE
The 2020-21 Budget unleashes a landmark $5 billion infrastructure
program to underpin jobs, grow our economy, boost confidence
and strengthen our communities, in every region. It includes:
BUILDING INTERGENERATIONAL ASSETS ROADS FOR GROWTH
FOR TASMANIA $1 billion in State funding for the Roads program
• $553m for the first four years of the new $576m including:
Bridgewater Bridge# • $112.3m for the new $576m Bridgewater Bridge#
• $68.5m for the Derwent Entertainment Centre and • $280.6m for road maintenance across the State
Indoor Multi-Sports Facility • $130m towards the $175.5m# Greater Hobart
• $68.5m for the Cradle Mountain cableway and Traffic Solution, including $65m for the Tasman
Visitor Experience, as part of an $86.8m project# Bridge upgrade, as part of a $130m# project
• $160m for TasWater to accelerate its infrastructure • $45.2m towards the $350m# South-East
pipeline Traffic Solution
• $19.4m for the next Iconic Walk, as part of a $20m • $100m for Roads of Strategic Importance and
project road safety projects
• $41.4m for Launceston Urban Water infrastructure • $33.2m for the Launceston and Tamar Valley
upgrades* Traffic Vision
• $15m for airport infrastructure at Hobart and
Launceston airports^ • $12.7m for the West Tamar Highway Traffic Solution
• $8.4m for Freycinet Peninsula wastewater^ • $40.5m for State Road upgrades – North-West and
• $15.9m for the South-East Irrigation Scheme West Coast*
• $12m for the Burnie to Wynyard section of the • $31m for State Road upgrades – Northern*
coastal pathway and future erosion protection^ • $61.1m for State Road upgrades – Southern*
• $7.1m for National Parks to rebuild infrastructure • $37.3m for roads to support Tasmania’s Visitor
damaged by bushfires, as part of an $8.3m project Economy
• $3.15m to support essential asset repairs and
maintenance in National Parks*
• $3.4m for Land Titles Office and Crown Lands
resourcing to enable faster release of titles to
market*
• $8m for North West racing infrastructure
• $60m for the Public Building Maintenance Program^
• $13.8m for Tasmanian Irrigation to deliver water
infrastructure across the State
• $5m for TasRail at Brighton and Bell Bay to
improve the supply chain for the timber industry,
including 40 new locally-manufactured logtainers
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
“This is a budget for our times, underpinning jobs and providing the certainty and confidence our
community needs. It is how we will recover, reinvigorate our economy and rebuild a stronger Tasmania.”
Premier and Treasurer, Peter Gutwein MP
INFRASTRUCTURE
INVESTING IN HOSPITALS AND
AMBULANCE UPGRADES
$391.2m investment in Health and Ambulance
infrastructure including:
• $79.8m for the Launceston General Hospital
upgrades, including the completion of Ward 4K,
more bed capacity, and car parking*
• $33m for the continued upgrade of the Mersey
Community Hospital^
• $89.8m for the Royal Hobart Hospital Stage II
redevelopment, including an expanded
Emergency Department~
• $11.5m for the continued upgrade of Rural
Hospitals and Ambulance Stations
• $19.8m to build 27 new mental health beds in
Southern Tasmania
• $11.7m for the Burnie and Glenorchy
Ambulance Stations^
• $7.4m for the completion of Stage 2 of the KEEPING TASMANIANS SAFE
King Island Hospital redevelopment
• $21.6m for a new Health Human Resources • $120.9m for the Tasmanian Government Radio
Network Project*
Information System~
• $46.1m for Project Unify to upgrade Tasmania
NEW SCHOOLS AND UPGRADED Police IT systems
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FACILITIES • $111.1m for the new Northern Regional Prison, as
part of a $270m project
$222m investment in Education and TasTAFE
• $79.9m for the new Southern Remand Centre, as
infrastructure including:
part of an $85m project
• $24m for the new Legana Primary School
• $14.4m for the Burnie Court complex, as part of a
• $40m towards the new $50m Brighton High School $15m project
• $20m to revitalise Cosgrove High School • $13.2m for the continued upgrade of Tasmania
• $25.3m for the new K-12 Sorell School Police housing statewide
• $28m for six new Child and Family • $12m for a new off-shore Police Patrol Vessel
Learning Centres statewide • $9.3m for the upgrade of the Risdon Prison
• $14m for TasTAFE’s Energy, Trades and Water shared facilities
Centre of Excellence, as part of a $21m project# • $11.5m for the completion of the new Sorell
• $18.8m for the new K-12 Penguin School Emergency Services Hub
• $16.5m for the School Revitalisation • $7m for the refurbishment of the Launceston
Maintenance stimulus Police Station
• $6.3m for the redevelopment of the Ashley Youth
RECORD BOOST FOR AFFORDABLE Detention Centre
HOUSING • $4.5m for the completion of the New Norfolk
• $100m for up to 1000 new Social Housing dwellings Police Station
• $65m to continue delivering our second Affordable • $4.2 million for the completion of the new
Housing Action Plan Longford Police Station
• $123.8m for new housing projects including the
debt waiver program
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
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SUPPORTING TASMANIANS
DURING COVID
The Tasmanian Government’s COVID-19 social and economic support package has been the
most generous in the nation.1 The 2020-21 Budget includes ongoing and additional funding
support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 PROVISION FUNDING BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY SUPPORT
$145m in COVID-19 budget provision, including: • $4.1m for essential air freight and passenger services for
• $15m for Public Housing heating and energy efficiency Bass Strait
initiatives • $10.5m for no or low cost VET courses as part of a
• $10m for a Building Projects Support Program, to bring $21m Job Trainer initiative#
forward community or commercial shovel ready projects • $20m for Small Businesses Sustainability and Recovery
to help stimulate the Tasmanian construction sector and Assistance Package
support jobs • $2.4m for International Air Freight assistance
• $10m in additional support for hospitality businesses for • $12.5m for the Make Yourself at Home travel vouchers
energy bills • $2m for more TasTAFE teachers in priority industries^
• $10m to co-invest with the waste management sector • $6m for the Rapid Response Skills Initiative
statewide to build the infrastructure needed to collect • $7m to support Parks operations during COVID-19
and sort recyclable waste restrictions
• $2.5m for an Arts and Cultural Support fund, including • $1.9m for Agricultural Workforce resilience^
grants to support performers and artists bounce back • $3.4m for Land Titles Office and Crown Lands
and to support the arts and cultural sector to produce resourcing to enable faster release of titles to market*
new work • $2.5m to meet interest costs of the Business Support
• $2.5m for a statewide program to enable and empower Loans Scheme~
more women to participate in non-traditional jobs^ • $22m to extend to 30 June 2022 and broaden to all
• $4.4m for the COVID-19 Response Unit industries, the payroll tax rebate and Small Business
Grants Program to hire apprentices, trainees and youth
KEEPING TASMANIANS SAFE DURING employees
COVID-19 • $2.7m for the Tasmanian Trade Strategy^
• An additional $4m for the West Coast Wilderness
• $600m to boost the Tasmanian Health Service* Railway to support its operations post COVID-19
• $50m to meet demand in our major hospitals^ • $1m for the COVID-19 Small Business Energy Support
• $45m for elective surgery statewide^ Grant Program
• $23m for Emergency Accommodation Assistance
(quarantine facilities)
• $15m for airport infrastructure at the Hobart and HOUSING AND SUPPORT FOR THE
Launceston Airports^ COMMUNITY AND MOST VULNERABLE
• $500,000 to assist the Cancer Council Tasmania deliver • $2.1m for the Child Safety System
its services • $2m to expand the Private Rental Incentive Scheme
• $3.9m for Community Healthcare initiatives^ to help low income Tasmanians enter the private
• $2.1m for Mental Health support programs
rental market^
• $1.3m for Primary Health Support
• $1.6m for the COVID-19 Rapid Response Team
• $16.8m to extend the Safe Spaces and additional
• $3.5m for the Emergency Services Operations Centre ^ general and mental health supports
• $929,000 for emergency accommodation of health care • An additional $500,000 for the Community Support
and other frontline workers Fund for those most in need
• $1.6m in additional support for emergency food relief
providers
EDUCATION SUPPORT • $2.3m for family and sexual violence prevention
• $14m to waive school levies for eligible students* • $1.2m for support for Temporary Visa Holders
• $16.5m for the schools revitalisation program • An additional $350,000 over two years for TasCOSS
• $1.5m for the school excursions grant scheme to assist the community sector respond and adapt to
COVID-19 challenges.
1
As a share of our economy according to Grattan Institute and the Australia * Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
Institute, and as a share of revenue according to ANZ Research.
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Delivering STATEWIDE
TASMANIA
HEALTH AND EDUCATION COMMUNITY
A record $9.8 billion* for health and hospitals including: • $68.5m for the Derwent Entertainment Centre and
• $600m to support unprecedented resourcing and Indoor Multi-Sports facility, and $11.5m* for the National
staffing levels* Basketball League (NBL)
• $50.2m to meet additional demand and beds in • $500,000 for real-time fuel monitoring helping to find
major hospitals^ cheaper fuel prices*
• $4.1m for Mental Health Integration and Reform^ • $351,000 for Volunteering Tasmania to re-engage
• $4.9m to implement Alcohol and Drug Sector reform^ volunteers~
• $45.5m for additional elective surgery^ • $10m to improve girls/women sports changing rooms
• $19.8m to build 27 new Mental Health Beds in (Improving Playing Field)^
southern Tasmania^ • $250,000 to support the mental health of frontline
• $21.6m for a new Human Resources Information System~ volunteers, including our fire services and paramedics
• $79.8m for Launceston General Hospital upgrades, • $4.3m for major sporting organisations, including AFL,
including completion of Ward 4K, more bed capacity Basketball Tas, Football Tas and Cricket Tas
and car park, as part of a $102m investment* • $350,000 for TasCOSS to assist the community sector
• $33m for upgrades to the Mersey Community Hospital^ adapt and respond to COVID^
• $89.8m for the Royal Hobart Hospital Stage II • $1.2m for Closing the Gap*
redevelopment and expanded Emergency Department~ • $780,000 for the Multicultural Policy and Action Plan^
A record $7.5 billion* for education and vocational training • $9.4m to meet costs associated with $200 million Local
including: Government Interest Free Loan Scheme^
• $14m to support the mental health and wellbeing of
students, including students impacted by trauma* REDUCING COSTS OF LIVING PRESSURE
• $53m for educational adjustments for students with • Capping power prices and freezing water and
disability based on individual learning needs* sewerage prices
• $222m for new and upgraded schools, training centres • $45m in energy concessions for low income earners
and IT infrastructure for 2020-21
• $4.4m for the Adult Learning Strategy* • Concessions for local government rates and water and
sewerage for low income households totalling $35.6m*
• $4m to assist Tasmanian children with the costs of
PROTECTING THE TASMANIAN participation in sport - Ticket to Play*
• 50% stamp duty concession for first home buyers and
WAY OF LIFE for seniors downsizing their homes
• $7.1m for National Parks to rebuild infrastructure
• $14m to waive school levies for eligible students
damaged by bushfires, as part of an $8.3m project
• $3.15m to support essential asset repairs and maintenance
in National Parks* HOUSING
• $4m for the Container Refund Scheme and Waste Action • $123.8m for new housing projects including the debt
Plan initiatives waiver program
• $5.5m towards a new $16.5m grants program for new • $100m to construct up to 1000 new social houses
commercial recycling opportunities# through the Community Housing Growth Program
• $3.7m to Marine and Safety Tasmania (MAST) for marine • $65m to continue delivering our second Affordable
infrastructure maintenance* Housing Action Plan
• $9.6m in bushfire prevention and fuel reduction initiatives* • $15m for public housing heating and energy
• $800,000 for Brand Tasmania* efficiency initiatives
• $4.7m for climate change initiatives* • $20m for the Tasmanian Home Builder grants^
• $7.2m for improved statewide visitor infrastructure, as • $19.4m for the extension of the First Home
part of a $16m project Owners Grant~
• $8m for State Fire Commission support^ • $2m to expand the Private Rental Incentive Scheme to
• $10.5m for Biosecurity Tasmania Securing Our help low income Tasmanians enter the private rental
Borders initiative* market^
• $1.6m for improved boat and trailer parking for • Over $6m to deliver general health and mental health
recreational fishing, as part of a $2.2m project supports to people experiencing homelessness
• $60m for the Public Building Maintenance Program^ • $1.3m to assist Tasmanian renters during COVID-19
• $10m for waste and recycling initiatives
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
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We are unleashing a landmark $5 billion infrastructure program, the largest investment to ever
be announced by a Tasmanian Government.
It will underpin an estimated 25,000 jobs, build the intergenerational infrastructure our State
needs to thrive and provide the economic pathway to return our budget to surplus in two years.
This is how we will grow our economy, boost confidence to attract investment and rebuild
a stronger Tasmania.
INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE INVESTING IN SKILLS, TRAINING,
• $100m for up to 1000 new Social Housing dwellings* APPRENTICES AND YOUTH
• $65m to continue delivering our second Affordable
Housing Action Plan* EMPLOYMENT
• $123.8m for new housing projects including the debt • $22m in payroll tax rebates for trainees, apprentices
waiver program* and youth employees, including extending the Targeted
• $20m for the Tasmanian HomeBuilder grants^ Apprentice and Trainee Grant for Small Businesses
• $19.4m for the extension of the First Home • $10.5m for no or low cost VET courses as part of a
Owners Grant~ $21m Job Trainer initiative#
• $2.4 billion for the State’s road network, including • $2m for more TasTAFE teachers in priority industries^
$576m for the new Bridgewater Bridge# • $6m for the Rapid Response Skills Initiative
• $68.5m for the Derwent Entertainment Centre and • $7m in additional funding for the Energy, Trades and
Indoor Sports facility Water Centre of Excellence
• $7.1m for National Parks to rebuild infrastructure • $2.5m for a statewide program to enable and empower
damaged by bushfires, as part of an $8.3m project more women to participate in non-traditional jobs^
• $3.15m to support essential asset repairs and maintenance • $570,000 for the Tasmanian State Service Youth
in National Parks* Employment and Aboriginal Employment Strategy~
• $391.2m for new and upgraded health, hospital and
ambulance facilities*
• $222m for new and upgraded schools, training
centres and IT infrastructure
• $200.3m for new prison infrastructure
• $120.9m for the Tasmanian Government Radio
Network Project*
• $46.1m for Project Unify to Tasmania Police IT systems
• $4m for TasTAFE’s IT Network infrastructure
upgrades^
• $60m for the Public Building Maintenance Program^
• $15.9m for the South-East Irrigation Scheme
• $41.4m for the Launceston Urban Water upgrades*
• $13.8m for Tasmanian Irrigation to deliver water
infrastructure across the State
• $5m for TasRail at Brighton and Bell Bay to improve the
supply chain for the timber industry, including 40 new
locally-manufactured logtainers
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
“This is a budget for our times, underpinning jobs and providing the certainty and confidence our
community needs. It is how we will recover, reinvigorate our economy and rebuild a stronger Tasmania.”
Premier and Treasurer, Peter Gutwein MPTASMANIAN JOBS PLAN
SUPPORTING JOBS IN KEY SUPPORTING JOBS RECOVERY
INDUSTRY SECTORS IN SMALL BUSINESS
• $12m for the Tasmanian Renewable Hydrogen Fund
and $4m to meet costs associated with Hydrogen* • $20m for Small Business Sustainability and Recovery
• $3.8m to transform Tasmania into a global Assistance Package
Renewable Energy Powerhouse* • $1m for the COVID-19 Small Business Energy Support
• $1.9m for Agricultural Workforce Resilience^ Grant Program
• $15m for Public Housing heating and energy efficiency • $2.5m to meet the interest costs of the Business Support
initiatives Loans Scheme~
• $10m in additional support for hospitality businesses • $100,000 for Rural Financial Counselling Service
for rebates on energy bills
• $12.5m for the “Make Yourself At Home”
travel vouchers INVESTING IN LOCAL JOBS IN
• $15m for airport infrastructure at the Hobart and LOCAL COMMUNITIES
Launceston airports^
• $4.1m for essential air freight and passenger • $1.3m for the Glenorchy Jobs Hub^
services for Bass Strait • $676,000 for a regionally-based model for coordinating
• $10m for a Building Projects Support Program, to COVID-19 recovery
bring forward community or commercial shovel ready • $470,000 for Hamlet^
projects to help stimulate the Tasmanian construction • $950,000 for the Sorell Employment Hub extension^
sector and support jobs • $420,000 for Troublesmiths^
• $10m to co-invest with the waste management sector • $1.4m for Strategic Growth Employment Partnerships
statewide to build the infrastructure needed to collect
and sort recyclable waste
• $2.4m for International Air Freight assistance
• $6m for freight access bridge upgrades
• $2.7m for the Tasmanian Trade Strategy^
• $1m for the Community Arts and Cultural
Development Fund^
• $600,000 for Business Events Tasmania*
• $250,000 for Seafood Industry Growth and Recovery
• $100,000 for Tourism and Hospitality financial
counselling
• $8m in 2020-21 for the West Coast Wilderness
Railway, as part of a $16m investment*
• $3.4m for Land Titles Office and Crown Lands
resourcing to enable faster release of titles to market*
• An additional $500,000 for Screen Tasmania’s Screen
Innovation Fund^
• $1m to establish the Tourism and Hospitality led
registered training organisation^
• $400,000 for an Advanced Manufacturing Action Plan
• $150,000 for the Geoscience Initiative
• $500,000 to provide support to peak industry and
sector bodies
• Additional $2.5m for an Arts and Cultural Support
fund, including grants to support performers and
artists bounce back and to support the arts and
cultural sector to produce new work
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
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The 2020-21 Budget delivers a record $9.8 billion* for hospitals and health services which
is a record investment by any Tasmanian Government.
This Budget includes an additional $600 million* to maintain record levels of resourcing
and an additional $369.6 million* in funding to modernise health infrastructure and IT
systems, including across our regional areas.
DELIVERING BETTER HOSPITALS, BUILDING MODERN HOSPITAL,
HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH
SERVICES INFRASTRUCTURE AND IT SYSTEMS
• $600m to support unprecedented resourcing and • $19.8m to build 27 new Mental Health Beds in
staffing levels* southern Tasmania
• $4m to implement the Child and Adolescent Mental • $4.3m for statewide upgrade of air-conditioning
Health Service recommendations^ systems
• $50.2m to meet additional demand and beds in • $580,000 for better accommodation for health
major hospitals^ professionals on Flinders Island
• $4.1m for Mental Health Integration and Reform^ • $11.7m for the Burnie and Glenorchy
• $1m for Palliative Care Tasmania^ Ambulance Stations
• $4.9m to implement Alcohol and Drug Sector reform^ • $2.1m for the Campbell Town Ambulance Station
• $3.9m to extend funding agreements with • $21.6m for a new Human Resources Information
community organisations^ System
• $500,000 to support the Cancer Council Tasmania • $79.8m for Launceston General Hospital upgrades,
• $1.6m for the COVID-19 Rapid Response Team including completion of Ward 4K, more bed capacity
• $45.5m for additional elective surgery^ and car park, as part of a $102m investment*
• $2.1m for the Mental Health COVID-19 • $4.2m for an ante-natal clinic at the North-West
support program Regional Hospital
• $1.3m for the Primary Health COVID-19 • $33m for the continued upgrade of the Mersey
support program Community Hospital^
• $250,000 to support the mental health of frontline • $3.7m for the completion of the pharmacy
volunteers, including our fire services and paramedics redevelopment at the Royal Hobart Hospital
• $89.8m for the Royal Hobart Hospital Stage II
redevelopment, including an expanded
Emergency Department~
• $7.4m for the completion of Stage 2 of the King Island
Hospital redevelopment^
• $11.5m for the continued upgrade of Rural Hospitals
and Ambulance Stations
• $3.3m for State Hospital Critical Facility upgrades
• $1.1m for Tasmanian Health Service infrastructure
upgrades
• $10m for Regional Health and Ambulance Facilities^
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
“This is a budget for our times, underpinning jobs and providing the certainty and confidence our
community needs. It is how we will recover, reinvigorate our economy and rebuild a stronger Tasmania.”
Premier and Treasurer, Peter Gutwein MPEDUCATION
The 2020-21 Budget invests a record $7.5 billion* into education, school infrastructure and
training over the next four years enabling more Tasmanians to gain the skills they need to
grasp the opportunities ahead.
DELIVERING BETTER EDUCATION, NEW SCHOOLS, UPGRADED SCHOOLS
SKILLS AND TRAINING & TRAINING FACILITIES
• $14m to support the mental health and wellbeing of $222m investment in Education and TasTAFE infrastructure
students, including students impacted by trauma* including:
• $14m to waive school levies for eligible students* • $7m in additional funding for TasTAFE’s Energy,
• $1.05m for Libraries Tasmania to preserve the Trades and Water Centre of Excellence, as part of a
historical and cultural value of Tasmania’s iconic film, $21m project#
video and sound collection* • $9.9m for the completion of Devonport High School
• $150,000 for the Hobart City Partner Schools’ • $6.1m for capital improvements at schools as a result
masterplan of Education Act implementation
• $6.6m to engage learners and provide clear • $4.4m for the completion of works at Lansdowne
pathways to jobs* Crescent Primary School
• $1.2m to engage parents as partners in student • $24m for the new Legana Primary School
learning~ • $1.7m for Molesworth Primary School
• $1.5m for school excursion grant scheme • $40m towards the new $50m Brighton High School
• $3.2m for the Student Systems Renewal including • $18.9m for the new K-12 Penguin School
Case Management Platform* • $25.3m for the new K-12 Sorell School
• $3.4m for School Nurses in Colleges • $20m to revitalise Cosgrove High School
• $3.5m for Laboratory Technicians* • $4.2m for School Farm redevelopment for the Jordan
• $4.4m for Adult Learning Strategy* River Learning Federation
• $22m to extend to 30 June 2022 and broaden to all • $2.6m for the redevelopment of the Sheffield
industries, the payroll tax rebate and Small Business School Farm
Grants Program to hire apprentices, trainees and youth • $3.6m for the Southern Support School
employees • $1.5m for the Springfield Gardens Primary School
• $10.5m for no or low cost VET courses, as part of a
• $1.5m for the Spreyton Primary School
$21m Job Trainer initiative#
• $2m for more TasTAFE teachers in priority industries^ • $3m for the redevelopment of Taroona High School as
• $6m for the Rapid Response Skills Initiative part of a $5m project
• $4m for TasTAFE’s IT infrastructure upgrades
• $28m for six new Child and Family Learning Centres
statewide, including West Ulverstone, Waratah-Wynyard,
Kingborough, Glenorchy, Sorell and the East Tamar
• Continuing our commitment for an extra 358 staff by
2024, including 250 teachers and 80 teacher assistants
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
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HOUSING COMMUNITY
• $123.8m being delivered into new housing projects • $10m to improve grassroots sporting infrastucture -
including the debt waiver program* Improving the Playing Field Grants^
• $100m to construct up to 1000 new social houses • $4.4m for the Adult Learning Strategy*
through the Community Housing Growth program* • $4m to assist Tamanian children with the costs of
• $65m to continue delivering our second Affordable participation in sport - Ticket to Play*
Housing Action Plan* • $45 million in energy concessions for low income
• $15m for public housing heating and energy earners
efficiency initiatives • $351,000 for Volunteering Tasmania to re-engage
• $20m for the Tasmanian HomeBuilder grants^ volunteers~
• $19.4m for the extension of the First Home • Concessions for local government rates and water and
Owners Grant~ sewerage for low income households totalling $35.6m*
• $2m for the expansion of the Private Rental Incentive • $14m to waive school levies for eligible students*
Scheme to help low income Tasmanians enter the • $250,000 to support the mental health of frontline
private rental market^ volunteers, including our fire services and paramedics
• $16.8m to extend the Safe Spaces program and
• $500,000 for real-time fuel monitoring helping to find
additional general and mental health supports^
cheaper fuel prices*
• Almost $5m for a new Launceston Youth at Risk
• $4.7m for new climate change initiatives
Centre including operation costs*
• $4.6m to expand the Magnolia House Women’s • $9.5m for the Container Refund Scheme and Waste
Shelter including operation costs* Action Plan
• $5.6m to expand Thyne House and transition it into • $4.3m for major sporting organisations, including
a youth foyer model including operating costs* AFL, Basketball Tasmania, Football Tasmania and
• More than $10m for a new Burnie Youth Foyer Cricket Tasmania
including operating costs* • $3m for additional funding for the Director of
• More than $10m for a new Hobart Youth Foyer Public Prosecutions*
including operating costs* • $2.6m for the Legal Assistance sector, to support
• More than $22m for new supported accommodation vulnerable Tasmanians*
facilities including Waratah, Balmoral and the new • $1.6m for improved boat and trailer parking for
Bethlehem House* recreational fishing, as part of a $2.2m project
• Over $1m to deliver new older men’s homeless • $1.6m in additional support for emergency food
accommodation relief providers^
• The delivery of the Huntingfield land release project, • $2.3m for family and sexual violence prevention
to provide around 470 residential lots • An additional $350,000 for TasCOSS to assist the
community sector respond and adapt to COVID-19
challenges^
• $1.2m for Tasmania’s contribution to the Closing the
Gap and Aboriginal national funding pool*
• $500,000 for the Community Support Fund for
those most in need
• $780,000 for Tasmania’s Multicultural Policy and
Action Plan^
• $400,000 for Supporting Industry Pipelines for
Women^
• $300,000 to complete the Local Government
Review
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
“This is a budget for our times, underpinning jobs, and providing the certainty and confidence our
community needs. It is how we will recover, reinvigorate our economy and rebuild a stronger Tasmania.”
Premier and Treasurer, Peter Gutwein MPKEEPING TASMANIANS SAFE
KEEPING TASMANIANS SAFE EMERGENCY SERVICES
• $120.9m for the Tasmanian Government Radio • $12m to complete the Tasmania Police large vessel
Network Project* replacement program
• $46.1m for Project Unify to upgrade Tasmania • $11.7m for the Burnie and Glenorchy Ambulance
Police IT systems Stations^
• $40m for bushfire emergency costs* • $8m for State Fire Commission additional support^
• $2m for biosecurity risk management and truck • $5.4m to maintain Triple Zero infrastructure*
and machinery washes • $250,000 for volunteer mental health support
• $75,000 to develop a new Bushfires Act • $7m for the refurbishment of the Launceston
• $295,000 for Bushfire Fuel Reduction activities by Police Station
private landholders • $2.1m for the Campbell Town Ambulance Station
• $8.9m for the COVID-19 Response and State • $654,000 for the continued rollout of Tasmania Police’s
Security, including additional police* body worn cameras, as part of a $3.5m project
• $2.7m for Emergency Alert* • $25.3m for the continued roll-out of 42 new
• $1.7m for SES Community Protection Planning for paramedics for regional and rural areas statewide*
Flood and Storm Hazard • $200,000 for drones to support Tasmania Police
• $1.9m to prepare for Emergency Events and operations
Emerging Security Threats • $4.2m for the completion of the new Longford
• $2.1m to provide Winch Insertion capability for Police Station
remote bushfire fighting* • $4.5m for the completion of the New Norfolk
Police Station
CORRECTIONS & JUSTICE SYSTEM • $3.5m for the Emergency Services Operations Centre^
• $1m for Police infrastructure
• $14.4m for the Burnie Court complex as part of a
$15m project • $11.5m for the completion of the Sorell Emergency
Services Hub
• $111.1m for the new Northern Regional Prison as
part of a $270m project • $1m to support our Emergency Services Volunteers
• $79.9m for the completion of the new Southern • $13.2m for new and upgraded Tasmania Police housing
Remand Centre as part of an $85m project across the State
• $9.3m for the upgrade of shared facilities at the • $8.9m to provide 20 more police officers in addition
Risdon Prison to the extra 125 police officers already being deployed
to regional and rural Tasmania by 2022
• $6.3m for the redevelopment of the Ashley Youth
Detention Centre, as part of a $7m project
• $1.8m for video conferencing and recording upgrades^ KEEPING TASMANIANS SAFE
• $2.3m for the Serious Cases Fund – Complex DURING COVID-19
Criminal Trials*
• $145m in COVID-19 contingency funding, including
• $19.7m for Southern Remand Centre
$51.7m for health, $6m for the Border response/G2G
operational costs*
App and $8.6m for the COVID-19 Response Unit
• $812,000 for Statewide Forensic Pathology Services*
• $23m for Emergency Accommodation Assistance
• $14m to meet increasing demand and cost pressures (quarantine facilities)
in the Tasmanian Prison Service*
• $1.6m for the COVID-19 Rapid Response Team
• $3m for additional funding for the Director of
Public Prosecutions* • $929,000 for emergency accommodation of health
care and other frontline workers
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
AMBULANCE, POLICE, FIRE &
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BASS
FLINDERS ISLAND
The 2020-21 Tasmanian Budget is about Jobs, Confidence and Community.
To get Tasmania back in business and keep Tasmania on top, we are unleashing a landmark
$5 billion infrastructure program to underpin 25,000 jobs, grow our economy, boost confidence
and strengthen our communities in every region.
CAPE BARRON
For Bass this means we will build the intergenerational infrastructure our State needs to ISLAND
thrive, including more homes, better schools, roads, bridges, irrigation systems, as well as CLARKE ISLAND
renewable energy assets, health, housing and justice facilities. CAPE PORTLAND
We’re backing Tasmanian businesses, supporting their recovery and growth, making it
easier for them to employ and investing even more into education and skills, to ensure BRIDPORT
more Tasmanians have the ability to grasp the opportunities ahead. GEORGE TOWN SCOTTSDALE
Together, we will rebuild a stronger Tasmania. BEAUTY LILYDALE
POINT
LAUNCESTON
LAUNCESTON REGIONAL BASS
• $79.8m for Launceston General Hospital upgrades, • $50m for Tasman Highway upgrades on the Sideling#
including completion of Ward 4K, more bed capacity • $55m for the Northern Roads Package - including
and car park, as part of a $102m investment* upgrades to the Batman Highway, Frankford Main Road
• $41.4m for Launceston Urban Water infrastructure and Birralee Main Road#
upgrades* • $130,000 for Scottsdale Primary School re-roofing
• $15.4m to open and staff new beds on Ward 4K, • $111.1m for the new Northern Regional Prison as part
upon completion of the Ward 4K redevelopment* of a $270m project
• $11.9m for extra graduate nurses, including 40 additional • $110,000 for Fire Service upgrades at Exeter High
for the north* • $12.7m for upgrades of the West Tamar Highway
• $24m for the new Legana Primary School between Exeter and Launceston
• $33.2m for the Launceston and Tamar Valley Traffic Vision • $24.4m for rural and regional health facilities works
• $31m for State Road upgrades including final sections statewide
of the Midland Highway, Tasman Highway upgrades at • $25.3m for rural paramedics statewide, including
Myrtle Park and the Dorset Roads Package* continued funding for Beaconsfield and George Town*
• $5.15m for the upgrading of the Launceston Airport, • $1m for George Town Strategic Growth projects –
as part of a $10.3m project Launchpad, Renew George Town & Digital Warriors
• $7m for the refurbishment of the Launceston Police Station • $120,000 over three years to fund a mid-week ski
• Almost $5m for a new Launceston Youth at Risk patroller on Ben Lomond skifield.
centre including operational costs* • $85,000 for refurbishments at Winnaleah District School
• $4.6m to expand the Magnolia House Women’s • $62,000 for re-roofing at Lilydale District High School
Shelter including operating costs*
• $2m for additional operating costs at the Silverdome* FLINDERS ISLAND
• $5.6m to expand Thyne House and transition it to a • $640,000 towards Flinders Island health infrastructure
Youth Foyer model including operating costs* and patient transport^
• $3.6m for Launceston Safe Spaces homeless • $4.1m to ensure essential air freight and passenger
accommodation^ services across Bass Strait
• $28m for six new Child and Family Learning Centres • $295,000 for infrastructure, refurbishment and Fire
statewide, including the East Tamar Services upgrades at Flinders Island District School
• $1.5m to support the Collingwood Magpies • $480,000 for additional support for biosecurity officers
Netball Team~ on Flinders and King Islands*
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
“This is a budget for our times, underpinning jobs and providing the certainty and confidence our
community needs. It is how we will recover, reinvigorate our economy and rebuild a stronger Tasmania.”
Premier and Treasurer, Peter Gutwein MPDelivering for
BRADDON
The 2020-21 Tasmanian Budget is about Jobs, Confidence and Community.
To get Tasmania back in business and keep Tasmania on top, we are unleashing a landmark
$5 billion infrastructure program to underpin 25,000 jobs, grow our economy, boost confidence
SMITHTON
and strengthen our communities in every region.
For Braddon this means we will build the intergenerational infrastructure our State needs to thrive,
WYNYARD
MARRAWAH
BURNIE
including more homes, better schools, roads, bridges, irrigation systems, as well as renewable
DEVONPORT
LATROBE
energy assets, health, housing and justice facilities.
WARATAH
CORINNA
ROSEBERY
We’re backing Tasmanian business, supporting their recovery and growth, making it
ZEEHAN
easier for them to employ and investing even more into education and skills, to ensure
QUEENSTOWN
STRAHAN
more Tasmanians have the ability to grasp the opportunities ahead.
Together, we will rebuild a stronger Tasmania.
NORTH-WEST
• $14.4m for the Burnie Court complex, as part of a
WEST COAST $15m project
• $19.4m for the next Iconic Walk, as part of a • $9.9m for the completion of Devonport High School
$20m project redevelopment, part of a $10.5m project
• West Coast road upgrades, including $18.8m for • $18.9m for the new K-12 Penguin School
the Lyell Highway between Queenstown and Strahan, • $1.5m for the Spreyton Primary School
and $37.5m for the Murchison Highway • $5.9m for the Burnie Ambulance Station^
• $375,000 for the Unconformity Festival • $4.2m for state-of-the-art ante-natal clinic and
• $8m in 2020-21 for the West Coast Wilderness maternity services at North-West Regional Hospital
Railway as part of a $16m investment* • $33m for the continued upgrade of the Mersey
• $150,000 for the Geoscience Initiative to increase Community Hospital^
investment attractiveness and assist mineral • $111.1m for the new Northern Regional Prison as part
exploration of a $270m project
• $13.2m for new and upgraded Police housing statewide, • $68.5m for the Cradle Mountain cableway and Visitor
including Rosebery and Queenstown Experience, as part of an $86.8m project
• Over $1.6m for Exploration Drilling Grants initiative^ • Progressing the $28.5 million Don Irrigation joint State/
• $300,000 for Waratah local recreation infrastructure Federal project
• $450,000 for the Mining Sector Innovation Initiative • $11.9m for extra graduate nurses, including 20
• $300,000 for additional assessment of cultural values in additional in the north-west*
the Arthur-Pieman Conservation Area • $11.4m for the Community Rapid Response Service,
• $85,000 for Mountain Heights School refurbishment including the north-west pilot*
• More than $147m in upgrades to the Bass Highway, as
KING ISLAND part of our more than $200m joint commmitment
• $7.4m for the completion of Stage 2 of the King Island between Deloraine and Marrawah*#
Hospital redevelopment^ • $40.5m for State Road upgrades, including the new
• $13.2m for new and upgraded Police housing statewide Leith overpass*
including at Currie • $3.6m for Burnie Safe Spaces homeless accommodation^
• $250,000 for infrastructure upgrades at King Island Dis- • $12m for the Burnie to Wynyard section of the
trict School coastal pathway and future erosion protection^
• $480,000 for additional support for biosecurity officers • More than $10m for a new Burnie Youth Foyer
on Flinders and King Islands* including operating costs*
• $4.1m for essential air freight and passenger services for • $28m for six new Child and Family Learning Centres
Bass Strait statewide, including West Ulverstone & Waratah-Wynyard
• $8m for North West racing Infrastructure
• $13.2m for new and upgraded Police housing statewide
including Smithton
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
“This is a budget for our times, underpinning jobs and providing the certainty and confidence our
community needs. It is how we will recover, reinvigorate our economy and rebuild a stronger Tasmania.”
Premier and Treasurer, Peter Gutwein MPDelivering for
CLARK
AUSTINS
FERRY
The 2020-21 Tasmanian Budget is about Jobs, Confidence and Community. CLAREMONT
To get Tasmania back in business and keep Tasmania on top, we are unleashing a landmark CHIGWELL
$5 billion infrastructure program to underpin 25,000 jobs, grow our economy, boost confidence
and strengthen our communities in every region.
LUTANA
NEW TOWN
For Clark this means we will build the intergenerational infrastructure our State needs to thrive, LENAH VALLEY
including more homes, better schools, roads, bridges, irrigation systems, as well as renewable HOBART
energy assets, health, housing and justice facilities.
SANDY BAY
We’re backing Tasmanian business, supporting their recovery and growth, making it MOUNT
NELSON
easier for them to employ and investing even more into education and skills, to ensure TAROONA
FERN TREE
more Tasmanians have the ability to grasp the opportunities ahead.
LESLIE VALE
BONNET HILL
Together, we will rebuild a stronger Tasmania. LONGLEY
GREATER HOBART • $4m for the new Visitors Centre at the Royal
Tasmanian Botanical Gardens
• $89.8m for the Royal Hobart Hospital Stage 2 • More than $10m for a new Hobart Youth Foyer
redevelopment~ including operating costs*
• $19.8m to build 27 Mental Health Beds in southern • More than $22m for new supported accommodation
Tasmania^ facilities, including Waratah, Balmoral and the new
• $3.7m for the pharmacy redevelopment at the Royal Bethlehem House*
Hobart Hospital • $150,000 for the Hobart City Schools Masterplan
• $11.9m for extra graduate nurses, including 60 • $3m for a new Visitor Centre at the Cascades
additional for the South* Female Factory
• $4.4m for the completion of works at the Lansdowne • $5.2m for continued remediation and development
Crescent Primary School at Macquarie Point
• $500,000 for bus services as part of the Hobart • $79.9m for the completion of the new Southern
City Deal Remand Centre as part of an $85m project
• $175.5m for the Greater Hobart Traffic Solution*# • $19.7m* for Southern Remand Centre operational costs
• $61.1m for State Road upgrades, including a fifth lane • $9.3m for the upgrade of shared facilities at the
on the Southern Outlet, a Derwent River Ferry service Risdon Prison
and bus priority measures* • $3.5m for a new purpose-built State Operations Centre
• $65m towards the Tasman Bridge upgrades, as part of • $120,000 each year to support the administration of the
a $130m# Federal/State Government project Wellington Park Management Trust
• $62.1m for the Urban Congestion Fund, including $23m
for Intelligent Traffic Solutions around the Greater Ho-
bart area, enabling the road network to be more resilient NORTHERN SUBURBS
and accommodate traffic changes arising from unplanned • $68.5m for the Derwent Entertainment Centre upgrade
events*# and Indoor Multi-Sports Facility
• $10m to upgrade Hobart Airport to facilitate internation- • $11.4m for the Community Rapid Response Service,
al border arrangements, as part of a $17.5m investment including the southern pilot*
in partnership with the Airport’s owners • $28m for six new Child and Family Learning Centres
• $3.4m for the Hobart Safe Spaces homeless statewide, including in Glenorchy
accommodation^ • $20m to revitalise Cosgrove High School
• $3m for the redevelopment of Taroona High School • $1.5m for Springfield Gardens Primary School
as part of a $5m project. • $5.8m for the Glenorchy Ambulance Station^
• $470,000 for Hamlet^ • $1.3m for the Glenorchy Jobs Hub^
• $420,000 for Troublesmiths^ • $11.4M for the Community Rapid Response Service
inlcuding the Southern pilot*
* Over 4 years ^ Over 2 years ~ Over 3 years # incl Aust Govt Funding
“This is a budget for our times, underpinning jobs and providing the certainty and confidence our
community needs. It is how we will recover, reinvigorate our economy and rebuild a stronger Tasmania.”
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