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

$64,116,785.91

1,293 records

Lockyer Valley

$3,505,640.39

234 records

Scenic Rim

$7,369,621.43

358 records

Somerset

$6,395,120.08

97 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.

1,982 location records

Australian Government — Grant funding awarded
Activity dateRecipient / projectSuburbCouncilGrant funding awardedOfficial source
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Collingwood ParkIpswich$5,458.67GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Blair Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25IpswichIpswich$9,964.75GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gaven — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$11,057.25GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Edge Early Learning Silkstone — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25SilkstoneIpswich$6,325GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Camp Australia - Beaudesert State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$5,968.50GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Camp Australia - Park Lake State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$11,526.45GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Freckles Kindy and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$4,711.17GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Goodstart Early Learning Brookwater — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25BrookwaterIpswich$833.75GrantConnect award
10 July 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25LaidleyLockyer Valley$5,635GrantConnect award
24 June 2025TREE TOP CHALLENGE PTY LTD — Export Market DevelopmentUnspecifiedScenic Rim$100,000GrantConnect award
14 May 2025The Bremer Community Child Care Centre Association Incorporated — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programBundambaIpswich$5,812GrantConnect award
14 May 2025Eskay Kids Pty Ltd — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programWanoraSomerset$9,646.15GrantConnect award
14 May 2025MCJEJ Pty Ltd — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programSpringfield LakesIpswich$651.58GrantConnect award
2 May 2025BRADLEY, JUSTIN — ADSB Rebate ProgramUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$470GrantConnect award
1 May 2025DROUGHTMASTER AUSTRALIA — Export Market DevelopmentIpswichIpswich$100,000GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19North BoovalIpswich$3,036GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19GoodnaIpswich$16,882GrantConnect award
24 April 2025PCYC IPSWICH - BRASSALL SCHOOL AGE CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19BrassallIpswich$3,220GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Yamanto — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19YamantoIpswich$12,535GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Gatton Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19GattonLockyer Valley$20,713.80GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19Redbank PlainsIpswich$1,035GrantConnect award
24 April 2025ST PETERS LUTHERAN OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19Springfield CentralIpswich$12,149.75GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19UnspecifiedScenic Rim$3,910GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Brassall Early Childhood Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19BrassallIpswich$2,185GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19GattonLockyer Valley$4,370GrantConnect award
24 April 2025ST AUGUSTINES CHILD CARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19SpringfieldIpswich$13,981.32GrantConnect award
24 April 2025TSAC Early Years ABCC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19SpringfieldIpswich$2,576GrantConnect award
24 April 2025The Lakes Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19Springfield LakesIpswich$2,875GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Churchill 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19ChurchillIpswich$8,929.75GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$8,280GrantConnect 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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