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
24 April 2026SACRED HEART BOOVAL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26BoovalIpswich$184GrantConnect award
24 April 2026ST AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE COMBINED OSHC PROGRAM — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$5,928.25GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Winston Glades Early Education Centre & Preschool — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Flinders ViewIpswich$1,127GrantConnect award
24 April 2026ST MARY'S IPSWICH OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26WoodendIpswich$10,936.50GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Redbank Plains Childcare Children's Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$18,055GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Sparrow Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$1,334GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Riverview State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26RiverviewIpswich$4,117GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Sunrise Kids Early Education and Care - Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26IpswichIpswich$2,093GrantConnect award
24 April 2026WOODCREST EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE & PRE SCHOOL 1 & 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$1,035GrantConnect award
24 April 2026ST JOSEPH'S NORTH IPSWICH COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26North IpswichIpswich$12,834GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Springfield Child Care and Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$6,762GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Nova Star Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26RiverviewIpswich$9,430GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Westside Christian College Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$5,083GrantConnect award
24 April 2026YMCA Woodcrest College Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$2,524.25GrantConnect award
24 April 2026ST FRANCIS XAVIER GOODNA OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$6,773.50GrantConnect award
24 April 2026St Ann's Kindergarten + Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$14,150.75GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Collingwood Park State School P & C Association OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Collingwood ParkIpswich$8,809GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Amaze Early Education Centre Silkstone — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26SilkstoneIpswich$1,380GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Journey Early Learning Centre Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26FernvaleSomerset$1,656GrantConnect award
28 April 2026C&K Ripley Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26RipleyIpswich$3,680GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Minden State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26MindenSomerset$2,035.50GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26GattonLockyer Valley$1,955GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Amaze Early Education Centre Beaudesert — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26BeaudesertScenic Rim$7,751GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Goodstart Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$11,563.25GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Milestones Early Learning Canungra — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26CanungraScenic Rim$345GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedSomerset$14,478.50GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Goodna Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$1,679GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Goodna Queen Street Kids ELC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$4,899GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Active Kids Early Learning Centre Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26LaidleyLockyer Valley$690GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Milestones Early Learning Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26North IpswichIpswich$4,370GrantConnect 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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