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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
11 July 2025Little School Highland Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$8,809GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Ipswich East State School Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25East IpswichIpswich$16,709.50GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kool Kids Early Learning Centre - Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$1,265GrantConnect award
11 July 2025St Ann's Kindergarten + Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$13,558.50GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Little Wonderland Childcare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Carole ParkIpswich$7,245GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kidz Magic — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$3,312GrantConnect award
11 July 2025SACRED HEART BOOVAL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25BoovalIpswich$856.75GrantConnect award
11 July 2025IMMACULATE HEART COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25LeichhardtIpswich$8,941.25GrantConnect award
11 July 2025North Ipswich Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25North IpswichIpswich$345GrantConnect award
11 July 2025KALBAR EARLY LEARNING — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25KalbarScenic Rim$1,859.17GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$10,718GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kalbar Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25KalbarScenic Rim$511.75GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Sunrise Kids Early Education and Care - Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25IpswichIpswich$1,495GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodna Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$4,715GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Camp Australia - Highfields State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$1,192.94GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Beaudesert - Eaglesfield Street — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$2,863.50GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Mount Tamborine — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$2,231GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Camp Australia - Canungra State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25CanungraScenic Rim$3,683.06GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Camp Australia - Rosewood State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25RosewoodIpswich$1,807.42GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Amaze Education Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$5,750GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Boonah — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25BoonahScenic Rim$845.25GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning - Springfield Lakes — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Springfield LakesIpswich$13,305.50GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$11,662.92GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Children's Choice Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25RaceviewIpswich$13,459.60GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$1,050.33GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Country Kids Play and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25ToogoolawahSomerset$4,117GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Edge Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Bellbird ParkIpswich$8,533GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$1,150GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Camira 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$9,062GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Churchill 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25ChurchillIpswich$1,587GrantConnect 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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