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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
13 January 2026BETHANY LUTHERAN OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$2,984.25GrantConnect award
13 January 2026C&K Ripley Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26RipleyIpswich$9,016GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Busy Bees at Springfield Lakes — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Springfield LakesIpswich$17.25GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Children's Choice Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$11,007.80GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Camp Australia - Canungra State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26CanungraScenic Rim$2,788.74GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Blair Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26IpswichIpswich$11,804.75GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Active Kids Early Learning Centre Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26LaidleyLockyer Valley$5,175GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Camp Australia - Beaudesert State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26BeaudesertScenic Rim$6,748.20GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$2,300GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Camp Australia - Highfields State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$805GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Camp Australia - Augusta State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Augustine HeightsIpswich$21,809.75GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Amaze Early Education Centre Beaudesert — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26BeaudesertScenic Rim$14,421GrantConnect award
13 January 2026BINDARRA CHILDREN'S DAYCARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26BoovalIpswich$9,821GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Amaze Early Education Centre Silkstone — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26SilkstoneIpswich$4,715GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Camp Australia - Park Lake State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$11,431.39GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Camp Australia - Rosewood State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26RosewoodIpswich$1,219.01GrantConnect award
13 January 2026C&K Springfield Central Community Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Springfield CentralIpswich$460GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Building Futures Montessori - Blackstone — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26BlackstoneIpswich$12,535GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Amaze Education Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$15,226GrantConnect award
7 January 2026IPSWICH MEDIA PTY LTD — Journalism Assistance Fund IPSWICH MEDIA PTY LTDIpswichIpswich$300,300GrantConnect award
22 December 2025Boonah & District Family Day Care Association Inc. — Community Child Care Fund - Special CircumstancesBoonahScenic Rim$115,303.10GrantConnect award
10 December 2025GOODNESS ENTERPRISES LIMITED — Chuwar Koala and Native Fauna Conservation ParkChuwarIpswich$1,320,000GrantConnect award
8 December 2025SCENIC RIM MEDIA PTY LTD — Journalism Assistance Fund SCENIC RIM MEDIA PTY LTDUnspecifiedScenic Rim$141,570GrantConnect award
1 December 2025UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Seventh Assessment Cycle Experts GrantUnspecifiedIpswich$31,973GrantConnect award
25 November 2025MCJEJ Pty Ltd — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programSpringfield LakesIpswich$4,363.52GrantConnect award
25 November 2025Ipswich Grammar School — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programIpswichIpswich$7,218.60GrantConnect award
25 November 2025Cribb Street Childcare Centre — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programSadliers CrossingIpswich$17,627.79GrantConnect award
25 November 2025Crayons Early Learning Centre — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programHatton ValeLockyer Valley$3,609.30GrantConnect award
25 November 2025Board of Trustees of Ipswich Girl's Grammar School — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programEast IpswichIpswich$6,901GrantConnect award
25 November 2025Shukr Investments Pty Ltd ATF Shukr Trust — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programBeaudesertScenic Rim$3,401.64GrantConnect 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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