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Regional Investment

Australian Government grant awards and Queensland Government reported expenditure across Ipswich, Lockyer Valley, Scenic Rim and Somerset.

Australian Government

Explore Australian Government grants awarded across our region. New awards and later funding changes appear in the financial year they relate to. Totals include increases and subtract reductions. A grant may fund several years of work, so its award value is different from the amount paid each year.

Figures include records we have reviewed from official reports and may not cover every local investment. Australian grant awards and Queensland annual spending are presented separately because they measure different things.

Grant funding awarded in each council area

All financial years

Ipswich

$58,674,840.35

1,261 records

Lockyer Valley

$3,482,249.22

230 records

Scenic Rim

$7,294,708.05

354 records

Somerset

$6,379,920.29

95 records

Totals include the regional share of reviewed records where an amount is available. Increases add to the total; reductions subtract from it. Corrections appear in the financial year they relate to.

230 location records

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Australian Government — Grant funding awarded
Activity dateRecipient / projectSuburbCouncilGrant funding awardedOfficial source
11 July 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$10,718GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Camp Australia - Highfields State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$1,192.94GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$1,050.33GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$3,979GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25LaidleyLockyer Valley$10,925GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Freckles Kindy and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$4,711.17GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25LaidleyLockyer Valley$5,635GrantConnect award
2 May 2025BRADLEY, JUSTIN — ADSB Rebate ProgramUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$470GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Gatton Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19GattonLockyer Valley$20,713.80GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19GattonLockyer Valley$4,370GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$8,280GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$12,167GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$3,841GrantConnect award
24 April 2025PEACE PRIMARY OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19GattonLockyer Valley$11,072.20GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19LaidleyLockyer Valley$5,060GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Gatton Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20GattonLockyer Valley$12,907.60GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$10,890.50GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20LaidleyLockyer Valley$6,670GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Camp Australia - Highfields State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$4,215.89GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20GattonLockyer Valley$483GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$40,411GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$10,235GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Highfields Central Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$920GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Freckles Kindy and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$260.68GrantConnect award
10 April 2025NCC Early Learners Withcott — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25WithcottLockyer Valley$2,185GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$5,014GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$3,450GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Peace Lutheran Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$2,305.75GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25LaidleyLockyer Valley$1,955GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Camp Australia - Highfields State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$1,289.53GrantConnect award

Original awards use their verified reporting date; variations use their verified effective date. Historical corrections adjust the period being corrected. Import dates never determine the financial year. Only verified, approved activity is included; missing historical variation details are not reconstructed from current totals. Queensland source: © State of Queensland, CC BY 4.0. GrantConnect source: Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 3.0 AU.

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