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For years, some of Redcliffe’s most important police work happened somewhere else — now a $44 million rebuild could finally bring the area’s Child Protection Investigation Unit back home.
Plans for the project are now with the Queensland Government’s Ministerial Infrastructure Designation process. The proposal would tear down the current 43-year-old station at the corner of Klingner Road and Redcliffe Parade and replace it with a much larger two-storey building on the same site. Planning Minister Jarrod Bleijie will decide whether it goes ahead. No construction date has been set.
Built for a Smaller Town
Redcliffe’s station has stood since the early 1980s. Somewhere along the way, it stopped being big enough. More than 136 officers now squeeze into a building the application itself admits can’t meet modern policing demands.
That crunch is why specialist units ended up relocating to Mango Hill — a workaround that put distance between Redcliffe residents and the officers investigating cases closest to home.
Room to Grow
Under the current proposal, staff capacity would jump from 58 to as many as 273. Picture holding cells, interview rooms, a forensic laboratory for examining crime scenes, a bay for inspecting vehicles, and a purpose-built communications room — all part of the planned design.
Sixty-two parking spots are proposed too, split between police vehicles, the courthouse and visitors. The watch house stays. So does the police residence on site. During construction, officers would shift into a temporary station built at the rear of the property.
Voices from the Community
Would a bigger station actually change how safe Redcliffe feels? Local member Kerri-Anne Dooley believes so. In a statement, she said families gain confidence when they know their police have proper facilities behind them.
Police and Emergency Services Minister Dan Purdie, also speaking in a statement, framed the investment as part of a wider push to equip frontline officers with the tools and buildings their work demands. Both tied the project back to long-term safety across Redcliffe and the broader Moreton Bay region.
Still in the Pipeline
Nothing is locked in yet. The figures outlined above reflect the application as currently lodged and could change as the assessment process continues. If it clears the final hurdles, this would be the first serious overhaul of the Redcliffe station since the 1980s — and one of the more substantial policing upgrades Moreton Bay has seen in years.
Published Date 28-September-2026
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