The Tasmanian government will today announce $776.6 million for ambulance services in the 2026-27 state budget.
Health Minister Bridget Archer will unveil the funding. She says it will strengthen emergency care and support the paramedic workforce.
“Our paramedics and ambulance crews provide lifesaving care every day,” Archer said.
“This funding ensures they have the support, equipment and capacity they need to respond right across the state.”
The state government says the investment will support workforce sustainability, fleet readiness and integrated emergency care.
It also claims its transfer of care protocol – ramping ban- has saved 30,410 hours of ramping as of February 2026.
Ambulance Tasmania responds to about 105,000 incidents each year.
The 2024-25 state budget allocated $166.9 million to ambulance services and forecast spending would reach $185.3 million by 2027-28.
Spread across four years, the new $776.6 million commitment averages about $194 million a year.
The announcement comes as paramedics continue industrial action, having rejected the state government’s latest pay offer earlier this year.
Health and Community Services Union (HACSU) state secretary Robbie Moore said in April negotiations had been running for 10 months.
“Our members have continued turning up to work under enormous pressure, short-staffed and working as a single officer on a daily basis,” Moore said at the time.
“The least they deserve is a government willing to listen and respond.”
Archer said this budget will deliver “sensible savings while continuing to deliver frontline services and build the infrastructure Tasmania must have now and for the future”.
The full budget papers will be released in the coming days.
