MEDIA STATEMENT: More social housing fast-tracked for Bundaberg 

More social housing fast-tracked for Bundaberg 

• Ministerial Infrastructure Designation approves more social homes for Queenslanders in Bundaberg.
• Approval to build 60 units and 21 single homes in Bundaberg.
• To be delivered in partnership with St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland Housing. 

The Crisafulli Government has given the green light for more social homes in Bundaberg, partnering with the charity sector to unlock land for housing. 

Sixty social housing units and 21 social housing homes have been approved in Bundaberg through the Ministerial Infrastructure Designation pathway. 

The social housing at Walkervale provides more housing to ease Labor’s Housing Crisis and halt Labor’s skyrocketing social housing waitlist of almost 50,000 Queenslanders. 

It will be operated by St Vincent de Paul Society Queensland Housing. 

The approval follows the Crisafulli Government’s major milestone of almost 5,000 social and affordable homes under construction or contracted around Queensland, including 181 in Bundaberg, 59 in Fraser Coast, 38 in South Burnett, 12 in Cherbourg and two in North Burnett. 

The social housing boom since the Crisafulli Government took office follows years of Labor neglect, when the former Government failed to keep up with population growth, building an average of just 509 social homes a year. 

Ministerial Infrastructure Designations can be used to facilitate the development of certain types of community-supporting infrastructure, including social housing. 

In December 2024, the Crisafulli Government extended the pathway to churches and charities wanting to unlock their land holdings to deliver housing. 

The Ministerial Infrastructure Designation decision for social housing includes a rigorous assessment process, including consultation processes as well as input from government agencies, technical experts and local councils around the location and scale, car parking, stormwater, design, and communal open space. 

The Crisafulli Government’s Securing our Housing Foundations Plan will deliver more social and community housing, as well as increased services for specialist homelessness providers. 

Deputy Premier and Minister for State Development, Infrastructure and Planning, Jarrod Bleijie said the new housing was an important investment in Bundaberg, and demonstrated the Government’s commitment to deliver a place to call home for Queenslanders where they were needed. 

“We are taking action to unlock more land for housing, cut red tape for builders and accelerate social homes for vulnerable Queenslanders, such as these new homes for Bundaberg,” Deputy Premier Bleijie said. 

“Labor’s Housing Crisis and failure to plan led to a 77 per cent jump in the social housing waitlist from 2017 to now. That’s thousands more people languishing without a secure roof over their head due to Labor’s crisis and chaos.”