Brisbane news live: Budget day arrives with blanket of fog
State budget day dawns, with promises of no austerity
Happy Queensland State Budget Day to all who celebrate.
Treasurer David Janetzki is due to hand down the LNP's first budget in 11 years at 2pm today, and the Crisafulli government has been at pains to allay public service fears of cut-and-burn austerity.
The public service could perhaps be forgiven for feeling a little wary this morning – the last time an LNP government came into power, 14,000 of them found themselves without a job.
Premier David Crisafulli, though, has stressed such austerity is not on the agenda this time around, saying yesterday what he described as the youth crime, housing and health crises would not be fixed by reducing the public service.
Crisafulli has already telegraphed a record infrastructure spend, turbocharged in part by the coming Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In January, Janetzki delivered Queensland's Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Review, which he repeatedly referred to as 'Labor's last budget update'.
Whatever appears in the budget papers, from today the state of the Queensland budget lies firmly with the LNP.
7.30am
First home buyers get help to buy in LNP budget
By Felicity Caldwell
Queenslanders will get help from the state government to buy a home worth up to $1 million under a shared equity scheme.
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The $165 million scheme, to be announced in the Crisafulli government's first budget today, will be open to singles earning up to $150,000 and households with two adults earning up to $225,000 buying their first home.
For new builds, the government will invest up to 30 per cent equity, and 25 per cent for existing homes.
The announcement was revealed in today's Courier-Mail.
7.23am
State budget day dawns, with promises of no austerity
By Cameron Atfield
Happy Queensland State Budget Day to all who celebrate.
Treasurer David Janetzki is due to hand down the LNP's first budget in 11 years at 2pm today, and the Crisafulli government has been at pains to allay public service fears of cut-and-burn austerity.
The public service could perhaps be forgiven for feeling a little wary this morning – the last time an LNP government came into power, 14,000 of them found themselves without a job.
Premier David Crisafulli, though, has stressed such austerity is not on the agenda this time around, saying yesterday what he described as the youth crime, housing and health crises would not be fixed by reducing the public service.
Crisafulli has already telegraphed a record infrastructure spend, turbocharged in part by the coming Brisbane 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
In January, Janetzki delivered Queensland's Mid-Year Fiscal and Economic Review, which he repeatedly referred to as 'Labor's last budget update'.
Whatever appears in the budget papers, from today the state of the Queensland budget lies firmly with the LNP.
7.23am
Brisbane is blanketed
By Courtney Kruk
It's a foggy start to the day in Brisbane as politicians gather for the Crisafulli government's first budget delivery.
Commuters are being urged to drive with care as fog continues to shroud the CBD and Riverside Expressway.
7.09am
A foggy start to Tuesday
A foggy morning in Brisbane usually means one thing – a warmer day. And so it seems today, with a relatively warm 24 degrees forecast today.
There's a medium chance of showers in the River City, with a few millimetres expected.
But today's warmth should not hang around – after tomorrow, the daily maximums look set to drop back to the low 20s.
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