Mater aims to continue delivering world-class healthcare, education and research services to the people of Queensland into the future from its South Brisbane campus.
Our infrastructure and services have evolved and transformed over the past century in line with community needs and expectations.
We must continue to grow and improve to address the needs of Queenslanders into the future.
Mater’s vision is to enhance Mater Hill as a contemporary and integrated health, education, research and wellbeing precinct.
The proposed Plan of Development celebrates Mater’s proud heritage and builds on our continued drive for clinical excellence. It considers future-focused models of care, innovative smart technologies and responsive and sustainable infrastructure and spaces that promote collaboration, connectivity and community.
A Ministerial Infrastructure Designation (MID) is a statutory town planning instrument administered by the Queensland Government, under the Planning Act 2016. The Government introduced the MID process in 2016 to support the delivery of essential infrastructure such as hospitals and health care services, aged care facilities, schools and universities. This infrastructure is vital to support Queensland's growth, public services, jobs and economy.
An MID is an effective long-term planning process used for the delivery of large-scale social infrastructure, such as hospitals and universities.
Since Mater built its first hospital at South Brisbane more than 100 years ago, development within the campus has been ad hoc, responding to healthcare needs as required.
Currently, Mater Hill operates as a mix of both public and private hospitals, with allied health services, administrative spaces and research and educational spaces.
A MID would enable Mater to plan and invest for the future with certainty while providing the agility required to deliver services that meet new and emerging community needs in the coming decades.
The POD provides a roadmap for the future site. It enables flexibility while also imposing strict development parametres.
The POD controls landscaping, sustainability, heritage interfaces, building height, setbacks and verge widths.
The POD complies with the relevant assessment benchmarks, including Brisbane City Plan 2014.