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
28 April 2026Goodstart Early Learning Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26FernvaleSomerset$3,651.25GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Helping Hands Ipswich Junior — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26East IpswichIpswich$5,732.76GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Camp Australia - Kruger State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Bellbird ParkIpswich$1,012GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Camp Australia - Park Lake State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$10,216.99GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$10,764GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Cribb Street Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Sadliers CrossingIpswich$1,725GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Guardian Childcare & Education Camira — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26CamiraIpswich$12,512GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Active Kids Early Learning Centre Brassall — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26BrassallIpswich$3,956GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Helping Hands Fernbrooke — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$1,826.59GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Goodstart Early Learning Churchill 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26ChurchillIpswich$1,460.50GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Goodstart Early Learning Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Collingwood ParkIpswich$1,449GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Karalee Kindergarten & Early Years Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26KaraleeIpswich$6,486GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Camp Australia - Beaudesert State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26BeaudesertScenic Rim$5,638.83GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$8,165GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Little Locals Bundamba — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26BundambaIpswich$3,312GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Goodstart Early Learning Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$276GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Amaze Education Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$5,980GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Edge Early Learning Beaudesert — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26BeaudesertScenic Rim$6,314.88GrantConnect award
28 April 2026BETHANY LUTHERAN OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$3,271.75GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$690GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Gleneagle State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26GleneagleScenic Rim$2,305.75GrantConnect award
28 April 2026JUBILEE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$3,553.50GrantConnect award
11 May 2026Country Kids Play and Learning Centre — Early Childhood Worker Retention Payment (WRP) Year 2ToogoolawahSomerset$113,000GrantConnect award
19 May 2026THE TRUSTEE FOR COLVILLE FAMILY TRUST NO 2 — ADSB Rebate ProgramAtkinsons DamLockyer Valley$5,000GrantConnect award
27 May 2026JENNIFER THOMPSON — ADSB Rebate ProgramUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$4,594GrantConnect award
4 June 2026Toowoomba Christian College — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$5,580GrantConnect award
4 June 2026St Peters Lutheran College Springfield — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Springfield CentralIpswich$4,770GrantConnect award
9 June 2026BOONAH GLIDING CLUB INC — ADSB Rebate ProgramBoonahScenic Rim$3,478GrantConnect award
12 June 2026HELIDON STATE SCHOOL — Helidon Lego Robotics: Journey to STEM ShowcaseUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$10,700GrantConnect award
8 July 2026ST JOSEPH'S NORTH IPSWICH COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26North IpswichIpswich$414GrantConnect 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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