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
11 July 2025YMCA SPRINGFIELD LAKES OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Springfield LakesIpswich$4,094GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Itty Innovators — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$4,876GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Honour Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$3,277.50GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Happy Hearts Child Care Centre and Kindergarten Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$3,220GrantConnect award
11 July 2025JUBILEE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$3,432.75GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Guardian Childcare and Education Springfield Central — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Springfield CentralIpswich$10,235GrantConnect award
11 July 2025YMCA CAMIRA OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25CamiraIpswich$3,478.75GrantConnect award
11 July 2025ST PETERS LUTHERAN KINDERGARTEN SPRINGFIELD — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Springfield CentralIpswich$3,565GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre Redbank — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25RedbankIpswich$4,715GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Harmony Early Learning Journey Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Spring MountainIpswich$5,520GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Helidon Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25HelidonLockyer Valley$1,610GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25North BoovalIpswich$17,319GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Ipswich Girls Grammar School Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25East IpswichIpswich$10,396GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$18,469GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Smart Start Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$5,290GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Springfield Child Care and Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$11,362GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Redbank Plains Childcare Children's Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$18,607GrantConnect award
11 July 2025ST FRANCIS XAVIER GOODNA OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$8,751.50GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kids World Gilston — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$4,416GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Augustine Heights — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Augustine HeightsIpswich$1,564GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kindy Patch Springfield 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$7,153GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Peace Lutheran Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$828GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Journey Early Learning Centre Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25FernvaleSomerset$3,496GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Little Scholars School of Early Learning George St — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$575GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Sparrow Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$1,771GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$3,032.17GrantConnect award
11 July 2025School Plus - William Duncan OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$9,625.50GrantConnect award
11 July 2025LOWOOD EARLY LEARNING CENTRE & PRESCHOOL — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25LowoodSomerset$1,840GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kindy Patch West Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25West IpswichIpswich$4,922GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Silkstone State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25SilkstoneIpswich$3,519GrantConnect 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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