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
6 February 2025ST JOSEPH'S NORTH IPSWICH COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25North IpswichIpswich$885.50GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Kalbar Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25KalbarScenic Rim$966GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$1,242GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Camp Australia - Highfields State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$464.22GrantConnect award
6 February 2025St Brigid's Rosewood Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25RosewoodIpswich$2,616.25GrantConnect award
6 February 2025PCYC Ipswich Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Eastern HeightsIpswich$5,014GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Camp Australia - Augusta State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25Augustine HeightsIpswich$19,238.74GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Happy Hearts Child Care Centre and Kindergarten Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$1,150GrantConnect award
30 January 2025FARMBOT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD — OFARCII - FARMBOT AUSTRALIA PTY LTDUnspecifiedScenic Rim$3,551GrantConnect award
17 January 2025AGERSENS PTY LTD — OFARCII - AGERSENS PTY LTDUnspecifiedSomerset$4,525GrantConnect award
17 January 2025THE TRUSTEE FOR BJR FAMILY TRUST — OFARCII - Bernard HardenUnspecifiedSomerset$11,385GrantConnect award
17 January 2025LAND WATCH PTY LTD — OFARCII - LAND WATCH PTY LTDUnspecifiedSomerset$3,000GrantConnect award
17 January 2025SEMEX PTY LTD — OFARCII - SEMEX PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$30,000GrantConnect award
17 January 2025CROPX AUSTRALIA PTY LTD — OFARCII - CROPX AUSTRALIA PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$8,095GrantConnect award
17 January 2025CROPX AUSTRALIA PTY LTD — OFARCII - CROPX AUSTRALIA PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$8,644GrantConnect award
17 January 2025AGERSENS PTY LTD — OFARCII - AGERSENS PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$30,000GrantConnect award
17 January 2025FARMBOT AUSTRALIA PTY LTD — OFARCII - FARMBOT AUSTRALIA PTY LTDUnspecifiedIpswich$4,795GrantConnect award
17 January 2025VET N FARM PTY LTD — OFARCII - VET N FARM PTY LTDUnspecifiedSomerset$1,134GrantConnect award
23 December 2024Wirrinyah Gurrnung Aboriginal Corporation — First Nations Languages Education ProgramUnspecifiedIpswich$294,597GrantConnect award
23 December 2024AGERSENS PTY LTD — OFARCII - AGERSENS PTY LTDUnspecifiedSomerset$11,575GrantConnect award
16 December 2024ELIZABETH GARBUTT — ADSB Rebate ProgramKaraleeIpswich$5,000GrantConnect award
16 December 2024AGERSENS PTY LTD — OFARCII - AGERSENS PTY LTDUnspecifiedIpswich$9,025GrantConnect award
10 December 2024WADE RURAL TRADERS PTY LTD — OFARCII - WADE RURAL TRADERS PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$6,002GrantConnect award
10 December 2024AG TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD — OFARCII - AG TECHNOLOGY PTY LTDUnspecifiedScenic Rim$30,000GrantConnect award
10 December 2024AG TECHNOLOGY PTY LTD — OFARCII - AG TECHNOLOGY PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$30,000GrantConnect award
3 December 2024LAND WATCH PTY LTD — OFARCII - LAND WATCH PTY LTDUnspecifiedSomerset$1,546GrantConnect award
3 December 2024THE TRUSTEE FOR GREAT NORTHERN TANKS — OFARCII - GREAT NORTHERN TANKS PTY LTDUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$7,069GrantConnect award
3 December 2024VYTELLE AUSTRALIA PTY LTD — OFARCII - VYTELLE AUSTRALIA PTY LTDUnspecifiedSomerset$30,000GrantConnect award
20 November 2024Ipswich Grammar School — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programIpswichIpswich$1,593.78GrantConnect award
20 November 2024Crayons Early Learning Centre — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programHatton ValeLockyer Valley$10,846.71GrantConnect 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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