State Development and Public Works Organisation Regulation 2020

2. Specific Project Directions (Part 4)

The regulation formally directs specific government bodies to carry out particular infrastructure projects, including:

• Gold Coast University Hospital — construction works
• Fitzroy to Gladstone Pipeline — feasibility investigations
• Wyaralong Water Treatment Plant — construction
• Building Future Schools — land access and tenure works
• Rookwood Weir — land access works
• New Performing Arts Venue (Brisbane) — access works
• Cairns Convention Centre Expansion — road works
• Currumbin Eco Parkland — investigation and construction
• Far North Queensland Health Precinct (Cairns) — construction
• Toowoomba to Warwick Water Pipeline — planning and construction
• Borumba Pumped Hydro — exploratory and geotechnical works
• CopperString 2032 — workers' accommodation camps
• Paradise Dam Improvement — early works
• Bribie Island Breakthrough Emergency Works — coastal emergency repairs (including sand extraction from the foreshore of Moreton Bay)
• Barlil and Cooranga Weirs — investigation works

3. Fees (Part 5 and Schedules)

Sets out the fees developers must pay at various stages of the assessment process. Fees are adjusted for inflation annually using the Consumer Price Index (CPI). There is also a fee refund mechanism if an application doesn't proceed very far.

Why does it matter to you?

• If you're proposing a major project, you'll need to pay fees and follow strict assessment and notification rules before getting approval
• If you live near a project area, you have a legal right to be notified and submit your views during a minimum 28-day public comment period
• If you're a government agency or state-owned company, you may be legally directed by this regulation to carry out specific works
• The regulation ensures Queensland and Commonwealth environmental assessments are coordinated so projects aren't assessed twice by different governments