State budget targets police numbers, new housing

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BUDGET

LAW AND ORDER

*$172 million for 326 extra police by 2030-31

*$46.8 million for red light, mobile phone and point-to-point cameras

*$72.4 million over five years for 116 extra prison beds

*$24 million for prosecutions staff, forensic testing, more sheriff's officers and child protection legal work

*$29.6 million for 98 extra regional police security officers by 2028-29

SUPPORTING THE ECONOMY

*$650 million Whyalla steelworks package

*$73.4 million drought support package

*$50 million venture capital fund

*$30 million national collaborative research infrastructure strategy

*$20 million powering business grants

*$19.6 million defence sector support

HOUSING

*$552 million to directly support the construction of 2935 homes in northern, southern and central Adelaide and help vulnerable people find housing

HEALTH

*An extra $1.9 billion over five years to support increased capacity in hospitals, including $117 million for mental health services, $77 million for state cancer network, $45 million for a new Mt Barker Hospital and $42.9 million to support older people to transition to residential aged care to reduce bed block

INFRASTRUCTURE

*$27.3 billion over four years for major projects, including joint federal projects such as the $15.4 billion South Rd tunnels to complete the North-South transport corridor and the $3.2 billion new Women's and Children's Hospital

*$656.3 million for high-productivity vehicle network over 10 years for upgrades between the South Eastern Freeway and the Sturt Highway

*$250 million to remove the Curtis Rd level crossing at Munno Para, to reduce traffic congestion in the northern suburbs

*$80 million over five years for Main South Rd safety upgrades between Myponga and Yankalilla

EDUCATION

*$70 million for a Birth-Year 6 school in Adelaide's north, with 60 preschool places and 400 school places

*$40 million for heating and cooling upgrades at schools.

*$27.7 million over four years to fast track the rollout of three-year-old preschool, with an extra 2000 places available from 2026

*$171 million for low interest loans for non-government schools and not for profit early childhood care providers to build capacity for three-year-old preschool

COST OF LIVING

*$96 million to continue the $200 discount per student on government school material and services charge for four years

*$20.7 million over four years to cut the cost of bus and train 28-day passes to $10 a month, a saving of $18.60 a month, equating to 25-cent fares for school travel

ENVIRONMENT

*$71.1 million over three years for River Murray measures to remove barriers to the delivery of environmental water to floodplains and wetlands

*$20.9 million over three years for councils to reduce reliance on River Murray water by investing in alternative water resources and infrastructure

*$14 million for replenishment of sand on Adelaide beaches

REGIONS

*$45 million for emergency fruit fly response

*$44 million over four years to replace a coastal research vessel

*$11.8 million over five years for biosecurity response measures