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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
4 March 2026Ipswich Grammar School (QLD) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)IpswichIpswich$7,110GrantConnect award
4 March 2026Ipswich Grammar School (Ipswich, QLD) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)IpswichIpswich$7,110GrantConnect award
4 March 2026Ipswich Grammar School (Qld) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)IpswichIpswich$6,660GrantConnect award
4 March 2026Hillview State School (QLD) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)HillviewScenic Rim$360GrantConnect award
4 March 2026Ipswich Grammar School — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)IpswichIpswich$5,490GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Springfield Lakes State School, Springfield lakes, QLD — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Springfield LakesIpswich$3,240GrantConnect award
3 March 2026St Peters Lutheran College (Springfield Central) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Springfield CentralIpswich$4,770GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Toowoomba Christian College (QLD) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$6,300GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Springfield Lakes State School (QLD) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Springfield LakesIpswich$3,330GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Walloon State School (Walloon QLD) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)WalloonIpswich$4,995GrantConnect award
3 March 2026The Springfield Anglican College, QLD — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)SpringfieldIpswich$4,590GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Mount Sylvia State School QLD — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Mount SylviaLockyer Valley$1,350GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Springfield Lakes State School — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Springfield LakesIpswich$3,510GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Mary MacKillop Catholic College (Highfields) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$5,760GrantConnect award
3 March 2026St Peters Lutheran College (Springfield Central QLD) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Springfield CentralIpswich$5,130GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Westside Christian College (Goodna, Qld) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)GoodnaIpswich$7,740GrantConnect award
3 March 2026St Peters Lutheran College (Springfield Central, Qld) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Springfield CentralIpswich$4,230GrantConnect award
3 March 2026The Springfield Anglican College (QLD) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)SpringfieldIpswich$6,030GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Toowoomba Christian College, Highfields, QLD — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$4,320GrantConnect award
3 March 2026St Peters Lutheran College Springfield — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Springfield CentralIpswich$4,680GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Ma Ma Creek State School (QLD) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$1,620GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Walloon State School (Qld) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)WalloonIpswich$3,780GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Rathdowney State School (QLD) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)RathdowneyScenic Rim$2,835GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Westside Christian College (Goodna, Qld) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)GoodnaIpswich$7,650GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Mary MacKillop Catholic College Highfields (QLD) — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$6,480GrantConnect award
3 March 2026Westside Christian College, Goodna — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)GoodnaIpswich$7,470GrantConnect award
25 February 2026BUNYA PEOPLES' ABORIGINAL CORPORATION — Bunya Burras First Nations led Planning for Condamine Cultural FlowsUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$330,000GrantConnect award
25 February 2026ALAN MCVINISH — ADSB Rebate ProgramUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$4,961GrantConnect award
11 February 2026JAMES LAVEL — ADSB Rebate ProgramBoonahScenic Rim$368GrantConnect award
20 January 2026TONY LOEFFEL — ADSB Rebate ProgramWillowbankIpswich$4,610GrantConnect 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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