- Budget is strengthening the foundations for a fresh start by rebuilding the child safety system, boosting foster care and increasing support for victims of domestic and family violence.
- Fixing the broken child safety system and commencing the response to the Commission of Inquiry recommendations with $200 million.
- Protecting young people who are a danger to themselves and the community with a Queensland-first SecureCare residential facility.
- Fast-tracking the Professional Foster Care pilot to additional regions.
- Boosting extracurricular activities with $1,500 for children in care.
- Protecting DFV victims with the electronic monitoring trial for high-risk DV offenders with $4.76 million in 2026-27.
- Delivering new HOPE Hubs with $1.229 million and doubling the capacity of the statewide DFV response with $9 million.
The Crisafulli Government is delivering for Queensland with Safer Children, Safer Communities, including Residential Care Repair, boosting foster care and increasing protection and support for victims of domestic and family violence in the 2026-27 Budget.
The $3.7 billion Families, Seniors, Disability Services and Child Safety Budget strengthens the foundations for a fresh start and is making Queensland safer.
The 2026-27 Budget will start repairing the broken child safety system by implementing Commission of Inquiry recommendations, returning a focus to foster care and providing more practical support for carers.
It will also deliver a Queensland-first SecureCare facility, to protect young people who are a danger to themselves and the community.
The Professional Foster Care pilot will be fast-tracked and expanded to deliver better individualised care to high-needs children, with $12.2 million.
Children in care will benefit from targeted $1,500 support payments issued to foster and kinship carers, to assist with the cost of extracurricular activities and help keep vulnerable Queensland children engaged in their communities, with nearly $23 million this year.
The Budget provides greater protection for DFV victims through the ongoing trial of electronic monitoring for high-risk DV offenders.
DFV victims will also have greater access to support through new HOPE Hub recovery centres, the North Queensland crisis service, and a major boost to counselling services.
The Budget will continue supporting the collection, repair and distribution of free mobile phones to victims of domestic violence through the DV Safe Phone initiative, with $650,000 over three years from 2026-27 as part of a $1 million commitment.
The Crisafulli Government is also delivering nine neighbourhood centres promised by the former Government, despite Labor’s failure to commit the funding needed.
Treasurer David Janetzki said the 2026-27 Budget was about delivering for Queensland with meaningful reforms to make Queensland safer and restore the state’s child safety system.
“We are delivering on our promises, with relief you can rely on through responsible decisions for now and the future, and no new or increased taxes,” Treasurer Janetzki said.
“This Budget strengthens the foundations we’ve laid in making Queensland safer, restoring health services, delivering a place to call home for more Queenslanders, building generational infrastructure, getting the Games back on track, as well as playing our part to ease national cost of living pressures.”
Minister for Families, Seniors and Disability Services and Minister for Child Safety and the Prevention of Domestic and Family Violence, Amanda Camm, said the Budget was delivering Residential Care Repair and practical support for domestic and family violence victims.
“This Budget allows us to begin delivering residential care repair, to fix the broken child safety system to make vulnerable children safer,” Minister Camm said.
“Fast-tracking the professional foster care pilot will deliver specialised, consistent care for kids with complex needs and give them the best chance for a brighter future.”
Minister Camm said the Budget would continue to focus on boosting the safety of domestic and family violence victims.
“We are continuing to boost protection for victims of domestic and family violence with the ongoing electronic monitoring trial program for high-risk DFV offenders,” she said.
“More HOPE hubs, and more practical support for victims in their hour of need will also help fight the scourge of domestic and family violence and ensure victims survivors have support when they need it.”
