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 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gaven — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$11,057.25GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Edge Early Learning Silkstone — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25SilkstoneIpswich$6,325GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Camp Australia - Beaudesert State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$5,968.50GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Camp Australia - Park Lake State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$11,526.45GrantConnect 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 2025Goodstart Early Learning Brookwater — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25BrookwaterIpswich$833.75GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25LaidleyLockyer Valley$5,635GrantConnect award
11 July 2025PCYC Ipswich Fun Squad — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Eastern HeightsIpswich$6,693GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Ripley Valley State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25RipleyIpswich$6,888.50GrantConnect award
11 July 2025OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE GATTON — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$5,755.75GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Rising Stars Early Learning Centre (1) — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25RedbankIpswich$2,300GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Smartland Early Learning Centre Ripley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25RipleyIpswich$10,764GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Jabiru Spring Mountain — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Spring MountainIpswich$12,678.75GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Little Locals Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Collingwood ParkIpswich$3,565GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Play & Learn Child Care - Raceview — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25RaceviewIpswich$9,039GrantConnect award
11 July 2025ST JOSEPH'S NORTH IPSWICH COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25North IpswichIpswich$7,268GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Seedlings & Co. Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Bellbird ParkIpswich$1,104GrantConnect award
11 July 2025NCC Early Learners Withcott — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25WithcottLockyer Valley$2,645GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Helping Hands Tamborine Mountain — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Tamborine MountainScenic Rim$5,113.66GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Springfield CentralIpswich$3,680GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Helping Hands Fernbrooke — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$3,116.51GrantConnect award
11 July 2025ST AUGUSTINES CHILD CARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$1,587GrantConnect award
11 July 2025ST BRIGID'S ROSEWOOD OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25RosewoodIpswich$1,805.50GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Karalee Kindergarten and Schoolie House — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25ChuwarIpswich$3,105GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedSomerset$17,890.78GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Milestones Early Learning Canungra — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25CanungraScenic Rim$4,255GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Milestones Early Learning Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25North IpswichIpswich$7,383GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Little Gems Child Care & Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25LowoodSomerset$6,072GrantConnect award
11 July 2025WOODCREST EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE & PRE SCHOOL 1 & 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$10,626GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Tamborine Mountain College Early Learning and Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$5,796GrantConnect 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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