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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 February 2025Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$11,845GrantConnect award
6 February 2025NCC Early Learners Withcott — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25WithcottLockyer Valley$1,495GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25LaidleyLockyer Valley$7,820GrantConnect award
6 February 2025NCC Early Learners Withcott — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25WithcottLockyer Valley$4,600GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$3,762.42GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Peace Lutheran Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$1,414.50GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$11,155GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$2,037.42GrantConnect award
6 February 2025OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE GATTON — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$6,756.25GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$1,242GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Camp Australia - Highfields State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$464.22GrantConnect award
17 January 2025SEMEX PTY LTD — OFARCII - SEMEX PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$30,000GrantConnect award
17 January 2025CROPX AUSTRALIA PTY LTD — OFARCII - CROPX AUSTRALIA PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$8,095GrantConnect award
17 January 2025CROPX AUSTRALIA PTY LTD — OFARCII - CROPX AUSTRALIA PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$8,644GrantConnect award
17 January 2025AGERSENS PTY LTD — OFARCII - AGERSENS PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$30,000GrantConnect award
10 December 2024WADE RURAL TRADERS PTY LTD — OFARCII - WADE RURAL TRADERS PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$6,002GrantConnect award
10 December 2024AG TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD — OFARCII - AG TECHNOLOGY PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$30,000GrantConnect award
3 December 2024THE TRUSTEE FOR GREAT NORTHERN TANKS — OFARCII - GREAT NORTHERN TANKS PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$7,069GrantConnect award
20 November 2024Crayons Early Learning Centre — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programHatton ValeLockyer Valley$10,846.71GrantConnect award
27 August 2024SCHULTE'S MEAT TAVERN PTY LTD — Upgrade to high energy efficiency refrigeration equipmentPlainlandLockyer Valley$27,500GrantConnect award
26 August 2024THE TRUSTEE FOR CLEWLEY FARMING TRUST — Improve Energy Efficiency of Milk Cooling SystemsUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$27,500GrantConnect award
20 August 2024DR JG COATES AND DR WJ MAIR — Energy Efficiency ProjectUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$26,708GrantConnect award
20 August 2024KIMTASTIC PTY LTD — Refrigerated Display Case UpgradeLaidleyLockyer Valley$27,500GrantConnect award
1 August 2024ROBERT NEEDHAM — ADSBRP - Robert NeedhamGattonLockyer Valley$5,000GrantConnect award
1 August 2024STEVEN NEWING — ADSBRP - Steven NewingGattonLockyer Valley$4,923GrantConnect award
14 June 2024Crayons Early Learning Centre — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy ProgramHatton ValeLockyer Valley$9,460.36GrantConnect award
7 June 2024KINGSLEY HURST — ADSBRP - Kingsley HurstGattonLockyer Valley$3,434GrantConnect award
28 May 2024KEVIN SCRIMSHAW — ADSBRP - Kevin ScrimshawGattonLockyer Valley$597GrantConnect award
13 May 2024NORCO CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED — OFARC - NORCO CO-OPERATIVE LIMITEDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$5,800GrantConnect award
20 March 2024NORCO CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED — OFARC - NORCO CO-OPERATIVE LIMITEDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$7,000GrantConnect 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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