The state budget for Queensland is due to be handed down later today with Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick indicating overall lower debts and deficits and a greater focus on infrastructure spending than the pre-covid-19 pandemic.
Mr Dick justifies the $50 billion dollar spending on infrastructure as the “path out of the pandemic”, however, it does not indicate new spending on social housing or support for small business owners suffering critical loss as a result of the pandemic.
We will continue to update our coverage on the budget throughout the morning.