A snapshot of the Queensland budget:
SURPLUS
A $1.512 billion operating surplus posted in 2017/18, while a $148 million surplus is forecast for 2018/19
DEBT
Set to hit $83 billion by 2021/22
WHERE THE MONEY IS SPENT
$45.8 billion infrastructure program
$18.3 billion health funding
$14.1 billion for education
$5.6 billion is rebates and other measures to ease cost of living
$330 million for Great Barrier Reef programs
WHERE THE MONEY COMES FROM
Four new "luxury" taxes to raise $163 million a year
New Waste Levy of $70 a tonne to raise $100 million in its first year
$4 billion in resource royalties, around a billion dollars more than expected.
JACKIE TRAD ON HER FIRST BUDGET
"Debt is stable, it is sustainable, and it is responsibly funding much-needed infrastructure for our communities and for our economy."
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