The State Government has put a police station for Yarrabilba on hold, despite residents calls for more to be done about hooning and public safety.
A spokeswoman for Police Minister Dan Purdie confirmed there was money set aside for a police station in Yarrabilba. However, the allocated funds in the 2025-26 State Budget are not in the 2026-27 Budget.
The 2025-26 budget papers included funding of $277 million over five years for new and upgraded police facilities, including land acquisition for a proposed new station at Yarrabilba.
In response to a question on notice in State Parliament in June 2025, Mr Purdie said $200,000 was going towards due diligence to acquire land in Yarrabilba and the Queensland Police Service would be transferred 6000sqm of serviced land for a police facility at nil cost.
But the project seems to have stalled with the exclusion of this funding in the 2026-27 Budget and Queensland Police Service not having any land set aside for the station.
A Queensland Police Service spokesperson said: “The QPS regularly reviews operational demand, staffing levels and accommodation needs to support the future delivery of policing services to maintain community safety.
“As part of this planning, consideration is being given to the construction of a new policing facility to support the needs of the Yarrabilba and Logan South community now and into the future.”
With a dedicated police station in Yarrabilba being a topic of discussion among residents for months, Member for Logan Linus Power wants to see action from the government.
Mr Power said the State Government had broken its commitment to buy land for a police station as it has since been cut from the budget.
He has started a petition to get the State Government to build a Yarrabilba Police Station in the town centre.
He said the plan was to always have the station be close to the new town centre where people can easily access it, but it may be too late now with master planning complete and early works starting.
“The developer had previously made a commitment to give land for a police station, but the Crisafulli LNP Government have even refused to act on this offer,” Mr Power said.
Yarrabilba is expected to house 50,000 people once construction of the suburb has been completed.
The recent Rainbow Bakery attack and dangerous driving charges, which injured two police officers in early August scared residents and sparked frustration in the community.
“We need the LNP to deliver, not delay, the Yarrabilba Police Station. Their broken promises on crime are simply not good enough,” Mr Power said.
Yarrabilba residents are no strangers to championing for their suburb with a petition calling for measures to stop hooning petition tabled to parliament in late June.
Transport and Main Roads Minister Brent Mickelberg responded to the petition on Thursday 23 July.
In his response, Mr Mickelberg acknowledged speeding and hooning were of increasing concern, but stopped short of guaranteeing concrete barriers or lane separation measures on Waterford-Tamborine Road as the area has been determined as not being suitable for implementation.
He went on to say engineers from the department are investigating other low-risk measures that may benefit the community.
Red light and speed cameras are also not going to be implemented in the area, since camera site selection is based on crash history and the Minister was advised there were other locations with more serious crash histories, he said.
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