The Albanese Labor Government is building Australia's future today, announcing over $50 million to boost housing and deliver community infrastructure projects in the electorate of Kennedy.
Over $30 million has been allocated through the Housing Support Program package to boost social housing supply across the region.
This funding will support the delivery of increased social housing supply through the construction of enabling infrastructure and community amenities such as roads, stormwater drainage, earthworks and connection to utilities.
Three housing projects have been allocated funding:
- $1.8 million to support the delivery of dwellings across two lots on Lardil Street, Gununa on Mornington Island.
- $18.8 million to construct a new sewerage pump station and rising main in Balamba.
- $9.9 million to deliver trunk infrastructure at Eaton, including an electricity transformer, intersection lighting, NBN trenching and drainage works.
Four projects will share in over $22 million of Growing Regions Program, which provides funding of between $500,000 and $15 million to local government entities and incorporated not-for-profit organisations for community infrastructure projects.
The four successful projects, which went through a competitive, merit-based assessment process, are:
- $10.4 million for Boulia Shire Community Hub
- $4 million for Stage 1 of the Burketown Health and Wellbeing Precinct- Splash Park & Playground
- $5.99 million for the Scarr Street Revitalisation Project in Cloncurry
- $1.79 million for the Hughenden Showgrounds
