Australia is facing one of the most severe economic downturns since WWII. Decisive action is required now to protect the national economy and Australian families and to support jobs.
The Australian Government’s $42 billion Nation Building-Economic Stimulus Plan has been developed with a single purpose: maintain and create jobs in Australia. To achieve this, the Australian Government is funding:
- a new 21st century school library, multipurpose hall, or classroom modernisation for each primary school in Australia
- new science labs or language centres for 500 secondary schools
- grants of up to $200,000 for individual school communities to fund much-needed maintenance
- 20,000 new social housing dwellings
- 802 new houses for the Australian Defence Force
- urgent maintenance to upgrade around 2,500 vacant social houses
- ceiling insulation for around 2.7 million Australian homes
- increased rebates for solar and heat pump hot water systems
- an additional 30 per cent tax deduction for small and general businesses buying eligible assets
- 350 additional projects in the Black Spot Program
- installation of around 200 new boom gates at high-risk rail crossings
- $650 million funding boost for local community infrastructure and maintenance on Australia’s national highways
- one-off cash payments to eligible families, single workers, students, drought affected farmers and others.
The Queensland Government, through the Department of Public Works, will manage the procurement for the delivery of up to $4 billion in built infrastructure projects allocated to the Queensland Government.
Prior to the announcement of the Australian Government’s National Building-Economic Stimulus Plan, the Queensland Government already had a large committed building program in place for the state.
The jobs retained and created through the Queensland Government’s own committed building program will now be substantially enhanced by the Nation Building-Economic Stimulus Plan for the next three years.
The Queensland Government, through the Department of Public Works, is committed to the rapid deployment of projects as soon as Federal Government approval is received. In early May, the first round of federally approved education program of works will be displayed on Tenders. The Department of Communities (Housing) Capital Works Request for Offer has been extended to the end of May and the first federally approved housing program of works will be displayed on this site in early June.
Building industry sources maintain that every job in their industry creates an additional four jobs in support industries. Projects will be spread across Queensland so the additional jobs created will boost employment opportunities throughout the state.
The Australian Government is committed to creating and driving job opportunities in Australia and the Queensland Government will work with its federal counterparts to deliver on these commitments.
The approved Australian Government Nation Building-Economic Stimulus Plan program of works, showing open and closed tenders, will be displayed on this site as soon as they become available.
View Tenders.
Last updated April 2009