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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
6 March 2025Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$18,400GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23LaidleyLockyer Valley$22,080GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Peace Lutheran Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23GattonLockyer Valley$9,786.62GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$12,489GrantConnect award
27 February 2025NCC Early Learners Withcott — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24WithcottLockyer Valley$7,705GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Gatton Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24GattonLockyer Valley$7,015GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$18,308GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24LaidleyLockyer Valley$3,220GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$20,544.75GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Helidon Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24HelidonLockyer Valley$9,200.23GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Gatton Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24GattonLockyer Valley$11,017.92GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Peace Lutheran Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24GattonLockyer Valley$15,047.75GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24GattonLockyer Valley$1,426GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24LaidleyLockyer Valley$9,269GrantConnect award
27 February 2025OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE GATTON — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24GattonLockyer Valley$25,645GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$9,085GrantConnect award
10 February 2025MURRAY JOEL — ADSB Rebate ProgramGattonLockyer Valley$5,000GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Peace Lutheran Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$4,709.25GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$1,541GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25LaidleyLockyer Valley$1,840GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Freckles Kindy and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$456.19GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$1,150GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Helidon Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25HelidonLockyer Valley$3,691.50GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25LaidleyLockyer Valley$4,600GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Itty Innovators — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$1,667.50GrantConnect award
6 February 2025OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE GATTON — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$6,411.25GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Gatton Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$1,610GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$2,645GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$1,449GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$3,335GrantConnect 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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