Official government reports

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.

1,940 location records

Australian Government — Grant funding awarded
Activity dateRecipient / projectSuburbCouncilGrant funding awardedOfficial source
10 April 2025St Ann's Kindergarten + Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$15,059.25GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$2,248.25GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Kindy Patch Springfield 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$1,150GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Bellbird ParkIpswich$11,632.25GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Little Locals South Ripley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25South RipleyIpswich$1,081GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Camp Australia - Beaudesert State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$5,393.50GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Tamborine Mountain College Early Learning and Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$2,300GrantConnect award
10 April 2025GOOD SHEPHERD CHILD CARE SERVICES AND KINDERGARTEN — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Springfield LakesIpswich$529GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Edge Early Learning Beaudesert — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$1,104GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Amaze Education Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$5,060GrantConnect award
15 April 2025MIDCOAST HELICOPTERS PTY LTD — ADSB Rebate ProgramUnspecifiedIpswich$5,000GrantConnect award
15 April 2025RODNEY FLOCKHART — ADSB Rebate ProgramCanungraScenic Rim$5,000GrantConnect award
17 April 2025WOODCREST EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE & PRESCHOOL NO 3&4 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20SpringfieldIpswich$19,078.50GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20Bellbird ParkIpswich$42,302.75GrantConnect award
17 April 2025PCYC Brassall Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20BrassallIpswich$20,190.55GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20BoovalIpswich$22,471GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Kindy Patch West Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20West IpswichIpswich$14,789GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Gatton Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20GattonLockyer Valley$12,907.60GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Little Learners Child Care Centre Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20Redbank PlainsIpswich$1,035GrantConnect 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 2025ST AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE COMBINED OSHC PROGRAM — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20SpringfieldIpswich$27,381.50GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Kinder Cottage Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20UnspecifiedScenic Rim$22,494GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Tamborine Mountain College Early Learning and Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20UnspecifiedScenic Rim$4,793.58GrantConnect award
17 April 2025ST AUGUSTINES CHILD CARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20SpringfieldIpswich$48,629.36GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Kindy Patch Springfield 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20SpringfieldIpswich$24,178.75GrantConnect award
17 April 2025ST JOSEPH'S NORTH IPSWICH COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20North IpswichIpswich$38,778GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20GoodnaIpswich$91,724GrantConnect award
17 April 2025ST FRANCIS XAVIER GOODNA OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20GoodnaIpswich$17,572GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Milestones Early Learning Canungra — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20CanungraScenic Rim$13,156GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Play & Learn Child Care - Raceview — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20RaceviewIpswich$6,008.52GrantConnect 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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