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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
6 February 2025ST AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE COMBINED OSHC PROGRAM — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$695.75GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Nova Star Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25RiverviewIpswich$6,348GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Amaze Early Education Centre Gaven — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$9,384GrantConnect award
6 February 2025WOODCREST EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE & PRE SCHOOL 1 & 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$12,880GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Children's Choice Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25RaceviewIpswich$1,035GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Little Locals Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25Collingwood ParkIpswich$5,428GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Peace Lutheran Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$4,709.25GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$1,541GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25North BoovalIpswich$9,154GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Camp Australia - Deebing Heights State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25Deebing HeightsIpswich$1,875.27GrantConnect award
6 February 2025ST PETERS LUTHERAN KINDERGARTEN SPRINGFIELD — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Springfield CentralIpswich$11,293GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Camp Australia - Kruger State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Bellbird ParkIpswich$4,632.21GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Little Gems Child Care & Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25LowoodSomerset$2,875GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25LaidleyLockyer Valley$1,840GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Kids World Gilston — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$1,518GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Raceview Kindergarten and Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25RaceviewIpswich$11,707GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Edge Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25Bellbird ParkIpswich$552GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25North BoovalIpswich$7,716.50GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Little Locals Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Collingwood ParkIpswich$8,126.68GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Kindy Patch West Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25West IpswichIpswich$5,290GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Freckles Kindy and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$456.19GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Country Kids Play and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25ToogoolawahSomerset$3,128GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$1,150GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25BoovalIpswich$11,028.50GrantConnect award
6 February 2025North Ipswich Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25North IpswichIpswich$3,680GrantConnect award
6 February 2025YMCA SPRINGFIELD LAKES OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Springfield LakesIpswich$1,771GrantConnect award
6 February 2025ST MARY'S OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE BEAUDESERT — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$5,508.50GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25Collingwood ParkIpswich$9,683GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Camira 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$8,257GrantConnect award
6 February 2025BETHANY LUTHERAN OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25RaceviewIpswich$5,014GrantConnect 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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