Ahead of the FY27 State Budget delivery in June, we’re advocating for investment and direct action on the major issues and opportunities impacting businesses across Queensland.
In preparing recommendations for our State Budget FY27 submission, we conducted a survey of more than 600 entities, employing 35,119 people, consulted businesses across the state, local chambers of commerce, and our peer industry groups to prepare a submission that reflects Queensland’s immediate and future business and economic needs.
Top priorities for businesses ahead of the State Budget are improved productivity and profitability, continued investment in business enabling infrastructure and a reduction in regulatory burden, as well as support to access skilled workforces now and in the future and measures to support participation in supply chain, procurement, infrastructure, AI and global opportunities.
The submission is structured around five priority areas critical to Queensland’s economic future:
- Productivity and profitability – including payroll tax relief, reducing red tape, lowering insurance costs, improving digital connectivity and modernising disaster recovery arrangements to reflect rising costs and climate impacts.
- Business-enabling infrastructure – with strong calls to fix the Bruce Highway, invest in regional transport links, improve disaster-resilient infrastructure and deliver energy projects that support long-term cost certainty for businesses.
- Immediate and future workforces – extending successful programs like Workforce Evolve to address chronic skills shortages and improve workforce mobility across industries and regions.
- Supporting stronger businesses – building capability in procurement, sustainability, digital skills, artificial intelligence and women-led businesses so Queensland businesses can compete locally and globally.
- Thriving communities – recognising that housing availability, community safety and mental health directly affect workforce participation and business resilience.
The submission highlights mounting pressures on businesses, including rising operating costs, workforce shortages, regulatory burden and disaster risk, alongside the significant opportunities ahead, from the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games to the energy transition and regional infrastructure investment
Together, these recommendations will help Queensland businesses seize emerging opportunities, lift productivity and resilience, and contribute to a stronger, more diversified and robust Queensland economy.
Read the full Business Chamber Queensland 2026–27 State Budget submission to explore the detailed recommendations and evidence behind these priorities.
