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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
11 July 2025Springfield Child Care and Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$11,362GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Redbank Plains Childcare Children's Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$18,607GrantConnect award
11 July 2025ST FRANCIS XAVIER GOODNA OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$8,751.50GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kids World Gilston — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$4,416GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Augustine Heights — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Augustine HeightsIpswich$1,564GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kindy Patch Springfield 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$7,153GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Peace Lutheran Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$828GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Journey Early Learning Centre Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25FernvaleSomerset$3,496GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Little Scholars School of Early Learning George St — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$575GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Sparrow Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$1,771GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$3,032.17GrantConnect award
11 July 2025School Plus - William Duncan OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$9,625.50GrantConnect award
11 July 2025LOWOOD EARLY LEARNING CENTRE & PRESCHOOL — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25LowoodSomerset$1,840GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Kindy Patch West Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25West IpswichIpswich$4,922GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Silkstone State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25SilkstoneIpswich$3,519GrantConnect award
11 July 2025PCYC WoodLinks Fun Squad — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Collingwood ParkIpswich$3,975.17GrantConnect award
11 July 2025LITTLE WORLD FOR SCHOLARS — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25ChurchillIpswich$10,465GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield Southern Cross Circuit — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Springfield CentralIpswich$2,433.40GrantConnect award
11 July 2025ST MARY'S IPSWICH OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25WoodendIpswich$7,463.50GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Westside Christian College Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$2,254GrantConnect award
11 July 2025The Lakes Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Springfield LakesIpswich$10,649GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Little Locals South Ripley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25South RipleyIpswich$15,502GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Collingwood ParkIpswich$6,334.20GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield Lakes — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Springfield LakesIpswich$11,040GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Westside Christian College Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$4,692GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Highfields Central Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$1,460.50GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Riverview State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25RiverviewIpswich$713GrantConnect award
11 July 2025School Plus - Amberley OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25YamantoIpswich$10,934.97GrantConnect award
11 July 2025Helping Hands Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$3,062.84GrantConnect award
11 July 2025LOCKYER EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE & PRESCHOOL — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$2,729.34GrantConnect 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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