This budget includes an additional $1.49 billion in new measures supporting regions.
Public Housing Improvement Program
$177.5 million over four years including to build 150 new houses in regional South Australia and refurbish around 100 untenanted homes needing major works
Outer areas registration concession
$12 million over four years to reintroduce the outer areas registration concession for owners of vehicles in remote regions
Sustainability payments for country bus services
$4.9 million over three years to ensure public transport links continue to be accessible to regional communities
Aboriginal rangers
$5 million over four years to employ 15 Aboriginal park rangers including in the regions by 30 June 2025
Rock lobster licence relief
$2.6 million in 2022-23 to provide fee relief for the rock lobster industry
Ex-tropical cyclone Tiffany weather event
$2.5 million over two years towards the reconstruction of damaged national park assets from ex-tropical cyclone Tiffany
Replace fire towers
$2 million in 2022-23 to replace fire towers with new technologies to provide landscape level fire detection, while ensuring existing towers are serviceable during the transition
Forest Products Masterplan
$2 million over three years to develop a forest products domestic manufacturing and infrastructure masterplan
Bushfire Policy - Farm Firefighting Unit Grants
$2 million over four years for landowners to purchase equipment to create farm firefighting units
Government notices in regional newspapers
$1 million over four years to ensure government notices are published in regional newspapers
Regional public transport
$416 000 over four years to investigate how to better integrate public transport opportunities in regional centres
$127 million over four years to begin construction on a new Mount Barker Hospital (total project cost $220 million)
$10 million in 2024-25 to upgrade Main Road, Cherry Gardens as part of the $150 million Adelaide Hills Productivity and Road Safety Package
$1 million over three years to support initiatives to bring back birds in the Mt Lofty Ranges
$500 000 in 2022-23 to conduct a study into transport issues impacting on Mount Barker
$184 000 in 2022-23 to meet the additional cost of air-conditioning replacement at the National Motor Museum Main Pavilion
$28.3 million over four years to provide 16 additional sub-acute beds at Gawler Hospital
$2.3 million over four years to establish a SES Unit at Gawler
$593 million over four years to establish a new hydrogen facility including a hydrogen storage capacity in the Whyalla region
$20 million over two years to undertake additional highway upgrades for the Roads of Strategic Importance
$2.5 million over two years towards construction of additional accommodation for Yadu Health Clinic
$8 million over four years to upgrade ageing infrastructure at Port Augusta hospital
$5.2 million over four years for Nganampa Health Services to ensure nurses are safe in remote areas and that quality clinical services are maintained
$4.2 million over three years for two new police posts at Indulkana and Pipalyatjara and additional funding for the Fregon police post
$3.4 million over three years to support four additional drug and alcohol rehabilitation beds in Port Augusta
$1.2 million over four years to reinstate Port Augusta City Safe grants
$125 million over two years for full duplication of Main South Road
$15 million in 2023-24 additional funding to upgrade the port infrastructure at Cape Jervis and Penneshaw taking total project cost to $37 million
$10 million over four years to upgrade Kingscote Hospital
$4 million over two years for construction of the new visitor precinct at Cape Willoughby
$11.4 million over three years to build and operate six new mental health beds at Mount Gambier Hospital
$8 million over three years to upgrade the Mount Gambier Hospital emergency department
$8 million over four years towards redevelopment of the Naracoorte Hospital
$6 million over four years to create long-term forestry research and development capability at Mount Gambier
$5.3 million over four years to provide funding certainty for the Keith and District Hospital
$5 million in 2023-24 to upgrade Mount Gambier TAFE SA facilities and equipment for the reintroduction of courses where there are identified shortages in the region
$4.6 million over four years for two dedicated drug and alcohol detox beds in Mount Gambier Hospital
$800 000 over three years to review and develop the next Lower Limestone Coast Water Allocation Plan
$19.7 million over three years for the River Murray in South Australia Constraints Measure project (Commonwealth funded)
$11.6 million over two years for the Healthy Coorong, Healthy Basin Program to improve waterbird habitat throughout the Coorong and Lower Lakes
$2.1 million over four years to employ an eminent jurist as the Commissioner for the River Murray
$12 million over four years to upgrade Port Pirie Hospital’s emergency department
$7.5 million over four years to fund a range of greening measures for Port Pirie
* Projects contingent upon receipt of Commonwealth funding support.