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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
17 April 2025PCYC Woodhill Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20UnspecifiedScenic Rim$345GrantConnect award
17 April 2025WOODCREST EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE & PRE SCHOOL 1 & 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20SpringfieldIpswich$345GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Smart Start Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20Redbank PlainsIpswich$44,370.45GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Kool Kids Early Learning Centre - Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20UnspecifiedScenic Rim$10,787GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20GoodnaIpswich$42,412GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Blair Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20IpswichIpswich$14,490GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Sunrise Kids Early Education and Care - Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20IpswichIpswich$312.80GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Mount Tamborine — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20UnspecifiedScenic Rim$22,722.16GrantConnect award
17 April 2025St Bernards Village Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20UnspecifiedScenic Rim$9,545.92GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Seedlings & Co. Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20Bellbird ParkIpswich$5,175GrantConnect award
17 April 2025ST PETERS LUTHERAN OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20Springfield CentralIpswich$2,645GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Choices Family Day Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20BrookwaterIpswich$843.60GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Churchill 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20ChurchillIpswich$11,168.57GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Ally's Kindy at One Mile — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20IpswichIpswich$8,050GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Camira 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20SpringfieldIpswich$41,066.04GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Goodna Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20GoodnaIpswich$19,895GrantConnect award
17 April 2025YMCA CAMIRA OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20CamiraIpswich$1,702GrantConnect award
17 April 2025BINDARRA CHILDREN'S DAYCARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20BoovalIpswich$16,870.04GrantConnect award
17 April 2025C&K Ripley Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20RipleyIpswich$18,714.34GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Kindy Patch Springfield 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20SpringfieldIpswich$8,648GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20GattonLockyer Valley$483GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Karalee Kindergarten & Early Years Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20KaraleeIpswich$21,387.70GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Helping Hands Fernbrooke — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20Redbank PlainsIpswich$25,948.99GrantConnect award
17 April 2025TSAC Early Years ABCC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20SpringfieldIpswich$11,845GrantConnect award
17 April 2025The Lakes Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20Springfield LakesIpswich$15,943.60GrantConnect award
17 April 2025The Springfield Anglican College ABCC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20SpringfieldIpswich$14,915.50GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Kids World Gilston — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20UnspecifiedScenic Rim$13,754GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Brookwater — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20BrookwaterIpswich$14,183.33GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Brassall — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20BrassallIpswich$2,990GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$40,411GrantConnect 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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