Highlights of Queensland's 2021/22 budget

What the Queensland government will be spending money on, by sector, in the next financial year.

HEALTH

* $20.8 billion for Queensland Health operations

* Including $482 million to relieve pressures in emergency department capacity, elective surgery waitlists and for the Nambour Hospital Redevelopment

* $2 billion for a Hospital Building Fund with annual interest earnings to be spent on new hospital and health infrastructure.

* $480 million to continue the COVID-19 response including fever clinics, contact tracing, testing capability, vaccination rollout, compliance activities, facilitation of quarantine

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT

* $1.5 billion, on top of an existing $500 million, for a new Renewable Energy and Hydrogen Jobs Fund with interest to be used by government firms to set up projects.

* $500 million for the Carbon Reduction Investment Fund with earnings to the used for land restoration

* $270 million over five years to maintain Great Barrier Reef quality

EDUCATION

* $16.8 billion for Education Queensland operations

* $913.7 million for 10 new state schools to open across 2023 and 2024.

* $508.3 million for new and upgraded infrastructure in existing state schools

* $22 million for the continued provision of universal access to kindergarten

PUBLIC WORKS AND HOUSING

* $14.668 billion for capital works and projects

* $30 million to fast-track social housing projects and initiatives

* $23.7 million to support the housing and homelessness services

* $1 billion for new Housing Investment Fund, with interest earnings to be used for projects

BUSINESS

* $80 million for training workers or helping them earn qualifications

* $100 million for a Business Investment Fund to help small and medium-sized firms innovate and restructure.

* $73 million over four years to attract film production to Queensland.

Australian Associated Press