Queensland Election Spending Promises

  • Queensland Election Spending Promises

Background:

The Election Spending Tracker Database has been developed by Dr Annette Quayle, Yi Wang and Sam Ong to track the spending promises of the major Queensland parties this election. The graphs below summarise the amount of money each party has announced to spend across the next 4 years on the portfolios listed in the legend. The left hand graph summarises the main parties and the right hand graph provides a close up comparison of the two main parties (Labour/LNP). The Greens have promised to spend a significantly larger amount of money than the other parties (Greens $81.4 billion, Labor $14.5 billon, LNP $10.46 billion, and Katter’s Australian Party $2.1 billion). Information on how to use the graph and links to all of the promises made can be found below.

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Note: The amount listed on each portfolio is the sum of all promises made within that portfolio. A breakdown of individual costs can be found below.

How to use:

  1. Click or unclick an item on the legend to see how much each party promises to spend in this portfolio
  2. Hover over the chart to see the amount (in millions) that each party promises to spend
  3. Click the links below to learn more about the individual promises that each party has made

How data was collected:

The costs have been collected from each party’s election website. The following costs are missing from the graphs. Labor has not announced costs for 7,000 teachers/teachers’ aides and 9,475 health professionals. The LNP have not announced the cost over the next 4 years of the Bradfield Scheme. The Greens have not announced costs for 9,500 health care professionals, public pharma or the solar panel factory in Townsville. Katter’s Australian Party have numerous costs missing from their promises. United Australia Party has not issued any costings and so are not shown. Below are the sources for every individual promise made that has been included in the above graph.

Promises:

Labor (LAB) – Total Announced Spending = $14.536 billion

  • Natural Resources, Mines and Energy | $16 million promised | Source
  • Natural Resources, Mines and Energy | $40 million promised | Source
  • Natural Resources, Mines and Energy | $50 million promised | Source
    • Total Natural Resources, Mines and Energy = $106 million
  • Education | $100 million promised | Source
  • Education | $1 billion promised | Source
  • Education | $45 million promised | Source
  • Education | $20 million promised | Source
  • Education | $8 million promised | Source
    • Total Education = $1.173 billion
  • Local Government Racing and Multicultural Affairs | $35 million promised | Source
    • Total Local Government Racing and Multicultural Affairs = $35 million
  • Innovation Tourism | $30 million promised | Source
  • Innovation Tourism | $74 million promised | Source
    • Total Innovation Tourism = $104 million
  • Health | $3.8 billion promised | Source
  • Health | $171 million promised | Source
  • Health | $100 million promised | Source
  • Health | $0.5 million promised | Source
    • Total Health = $4.071 billion
  • Regional Development and Manufacturing | $40 million promised | Source
    • Total Regional Development and Manufacturing = $40 million
  • Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing | $600 million promised | Source
  • Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing | $20 million promised | Source
  • Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing | $880 million promised | Source
    • Total Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing = $1.5 billion
  • Employment Small Business and Training | $21 million promised | Source
  • Employment Small Business and Training | $140 million promised | Source
  • Employment Small Business and Training | $6 million promised | Source
    • Total Employment Small Business and Training = $167 million
  • Roads and Transport | $5 billion promised | Source
  • Roads and Transport | $2.2 billion promised | Source
    • Total Roads and Transport = $7.2 billion
  • Communities, Disability Services, Seniors, Veterans and Housing | $1.7 million promised | Source
  • Communities, Disability Services, Seniors, Veterans and Housing | $10 million promised | Source
    • Total Communities, Disability Services, Seniors, Veterans and Housing = $11.7 million
  • Fire and Emergency Services | $86 million promised | Source
  • Fire and Emergency Services | $35 million promised | Source
    • Total Fire and Emergency Services = $121 million
  • Sport | $7.5 million promised | Source
    • Total Sport = $7.5 million

LNP (LNP) – Total Announced Spending = $10.466 billion

  • Health | $1.14 million promised | Source
  • Health | $300 million promised | Source
  • Health | $1.3 billion promised | Source
    • Total Health = $1.601 billion
  • Natural Resources Mines and Energy | $493 million promised | Source
  • Natural Resources Mines and Energy | $206 million promised | Source
  • Natural Resources Mines and Energy | $20 million promised | Source
    • Total Natural Resources, Mines and Energy = $719 million
  • Roads and Transport | $1.15 billion promised | Source
  • Roads and Transport | $1 billion promised | Source
  • Roads and Transport | $8 million promised | Source
  • Roads and Transport | $20 million promised | Source
  • Roads and Transport | $390 million promised | Source
  • Roads and Transport | $2.35 billion promised | Source
  • Roads and Transport | $1 billion promised | Source
  • Roads and Transport | $550 million promised | Source
    • Total Roads and Transport = $6.468 billion 
  • Sport | $68 million promised | Source
    • Total Sport = $68 million
  • Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing | $135 million promised | Source
  • Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing | $25 million promised | Source
  • Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing | $50 million promised | Source
    • Total Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing = $210 million
  • Employment Small Business and Training | $15.5 million promised | Source
    • Total Employment Small Business and Training = $15.5 million
  • Innovation Tourism | $50 million promised | Source
  • Innovation Tourism | $10 million promised | Source
  • Innovation Tourism | $6 million promised | Source
  • Innovation Tourism | $13 million promised | Source
    • Total Innovation Tourism = $79 million
  • Corrective Services, Police, Youth Justice, Justice and Attorney General | $1.75 million promised | Source
  • Corrective Services, Police, Youth Justice, Justice and Attorney General | $3 million promised | Source
  • Corrective Services, Police, Youth Justice, Justice and Attorney General | $7 million promised | Source
    • Total Corrective Services, Police, Youth Justice, Justice and Attorney General = $11.75 million
  • Education | $80 million promised | Source
  • Education | $50 million promised | Source
  • Education | $1.05 billion promised | Source
  • Education | $20 million promised | Source
    • Total Education = $1.2 billion
  • Agriculture and Fisheries | $9 million promised | Source
  • Agriculture and Fisheries | $84 million promised | Source
    • Total Agriculture and Fisheries = $93 million
  • Communities, Disability Services, Seniors, Veterans and Housing | $1.5 million promised | Source
    • Total Communities, Disability Services, Seniors, Veterans and Housing = $1.5 million

Katter’s Australian Party (KAP) – Total Announced Spending = $2.146 billion

  • Agriculture and Fisheries | $2 million promised | Source
    • Total Agriculture and Fisheries = $2 million
  • Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing | $1 billion promised | Source
    • Total Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing = $1 billion
  • Natural Resources, Mines and Energy | $1 billion promised | Source
  • Natural Resources, Mines and Energy | $4 million promised | Source
    • Total Natural Resources, Mines and Energy = $1.004 billion
  • Roads and Transport | $100 million promised | Source
  • Roads and Transport | $40 millions promised | Source
    • Total Roads and Transport = $140 million

Greens (GRE) – Total Announced Spending = $81.420 billion

  • Natural Resources, Mines and Energy | $25 billion promised | Source
  • Natural Resources, Mines and Energy | $6.4 billion promised | Source
    • Total Natural Resources, Mines and Energy = $31.4 billion
  • Education | $1.497 billion promised | Source
  • Education | $1.2 billion promised | Source
  • Education | $7 billion promised | Source
  • Education | $1 billion promised | Source
    • Total Education = $10.697 billion
  • Regional Development and Manufacturing | $1 billion promised | Source
    • Total Regional Development and Manufacturing = $1 billion
  • Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing | $500 million promised | Source
    • Total Infrastructure, State Development and Manufacturing = $500 million
  • Communities, Disability Services, Seniors, Veterans and Housing | $35 billion promised | Source
    • Communities, Disability Services, Seniors, Veterans and Housing = $35 billion
  • Health | $823 million promised | Source
    • Total Health = $823 million
  • Sport | $2 billion promised | Source
    • Total Sport = $2 billion