The Queensland Government offers funding initiatives to support infrastructure development, stimulate private sector investment and drive economic growth. These programs aim to unlock land for housing, create long-term employment, and deliver essential infrastructure in areas experiencing growth pressures.  Below are key funding programs:

 

Catalyst Infrastructure Fund

Strong population growth across South East Queensland continues to drive demand for more diverse and affordable housing options. This is creating pressure to bring new land to market quickly.

In several EDQ Priority Development Areas (PDAs), particularly large new greenfield communities, development has progressed significantly in recent years. However, continued rapid delivery of urban land is increasingly constrained by the need for major infrastructure, often beyond the financial capacity of individual developers.

EDQ’s Infrastructure Funding Framework (IFF) and Catalyst Infrastructure Fund (CIF) provide mechanisms to deliver infrastructure that enables development in greenfield PDAs. These mechanisms stimulate private sector investment, support affordable housing, and generate job opportunities and economic activity.

The CIF supports EDQ’s strategic priorities by funding catalytic infrastructure that addresses housing affordability, supply and diversity.

Announced on 9 June 2022, the CIF provides $171.2 million in co-investment to help unlock land for housing in areas experiencing growth pressures, through low interest loans to accelerate infrastructure delivery in PDAs.

To date, six projects have been announced under the CIF program, with two more nearing announcement. These projects target the greenfield PDAs of Ripley Valley and Greater Flagstone, bringing forward trunk infrastructure to unlock land for housing and support long term employment.

CIF funding is delivered in partnership with councils, developers, and industry to invest in infrastructure that enables development and supports construction and employment outcomes.

Catalyst Infrastructure Fund 2025

Announced in the 2025-26 State Budget, the Catalyst Infrastructure Fund 2025 (CIF2025) provides $150 million to help accelerate infrastructure delivery in the Waraba PDA.

EDQ is currently in consultation with City of Moreton Bay Council (Council) and Unitywater to identify the catalyst infrastructure projects that would be benefitted from CIF2025. The funding application is by invitation to target investment to align with the priority projects identified by EDQ, Council and Unitywater.

Growth Area Compact Grant

The SEQ City Deal Growth Areas Compact (GAC) includes $100 million in Queensland Government grants, focusing on the delivery of infrastructure to bring forward housing delivery in the Waraba PDA.

Stage 1 of the GAC was the allocated of $13 million in late 2023 towards water and wastewater infrastructure to assist the delivery of more than 2,500 new houses in Lilywood, the first new suburb in Waraba.

This funding, together with the $25.55 million from BAF, will progress Waraba’s first development area ‘NDP1’ and sub-regional infrastructure works that will support future stages in Waraba.

In September 2024, another $71 million GAC funding was allocated to the Caboolture River Road upgrade, widening the road to four lanes. The upgrade to Caboolture River Road will provide access and support the initial stages of development within the Waraba PDA and cater to growing and future traffic demands in the growth area.

Building Acceleration Fund

The Building Acceleration Fund is a Queensland Government initiative introduced in 2020 to accelerate economic recovery through investing in infrastructure that unlocks development, generates construction activity and creates long-term employment.

The fund provides co-investment through an interest-free loan framework, available to developers, councils and industry for infrastructure projects that generate private sector investment and stimulate post COVID-19 economic recovery.

To date, nine projects have been announced under the BAF Program totalling over $243 million in combined public and private investment.

These projects are anticipated to generate around 707 jobs and unlock more than 11,700 residential lots in South East Queensland, with a further 446 lots in Far North Queensland.

Successful projects include transport infrastructure, an intermodal facility, water and wastewater services, airport runway upgrades and fuel importing facilities.

Five of the nine projects have been completed:

  • Refurbishment of the Min Min Encounter in partnership with Boulia Shire Council;
  • Upgrades to the runway and ancillary infrastructure at the Archerfield Airport by Archerfield Airport Corporation;
  • Road infrastructure to bring forward construction of a new school at Yarrabilba by Lendlease;
  • New road infrastructure at Bahrs Scrub by Frasers Property; and
  • A new diesel fuel importing infrastructure and facilities at the Port of Brisbane by IOR Terminals Pty Ltd.
Last updated: 23 November 2025