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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
3 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21BoovalIpswich$27,030.75GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21LaidleyLockyer Valley$13,455GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Kindy Patch Springfield 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21SpringfieldIpswich$1,265GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Camp Australia - Canungra State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21CanungraScenic Rim$15,191.49GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Camp Australia - Highfields State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$156.79GrantConnect award
3 April 2025WOODCREST EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE & PRESCHOOL NO 3&4 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21SpringfieldIpswich$18,365.50GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Karalee Play and Learn Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21ChuwarIpswich$989GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Jabiru Spring Mountain — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21Spring MountainIpswich$1,104GrantConnect award
3 April 2025School Plus - William Duncan OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21UnspecifiedScenic Rim$35,178.50GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21North BoovalIpswich$1,150GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Churchill 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21ChurchillIpswich$15,410GrantConnect award
3 April 2025ST AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE COMBINED OSHC PROGRAM — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21SpringfieldIpswich$5,497GrantConnect award
3 April 2025BETHANY LUTHERAN COMMUNITY KINDERGARTEN — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21RaceviewIpswich$12,155.50GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Amaze Education Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21Redbank PlainsIpswich$230GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21GoodnaIpswich$86,298.76GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Springfield Children's Development Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21SpringfieldIpswich$9,775GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Ipswich East State School Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21East IpswichIpswich$10,074GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Beaudesert - Brisbane Street — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21BeaudesertScenic Rim$10,764GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21Bellbird ParkIpswich$47,029.25GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21Redbank PlainsIpswich$16,997GrantConnect award
28 March 2025YMCA SPRINGFIELD LAKES OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Springfield LakesIpswich$391GrantConnect award
28 March 2025REDBANK PLAINS EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Redbank PlainsIpswich$4,025GrantConnect award
28 March 2025Seedlings & Co. Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Bellbird ParkIpswich$44,758GrantConnect award
28 March 2025YMCA CAMIRA OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22CamiraIpswich$6,123.75GrantConnect award
28 March 2025Paisley Park Early Learning Centre Laidley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22LaidleyLockyer Valley$8,257GrantConnect award
28 March 2025Westside Christian College Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22GoodnaIpswich$1,495GrantConnect award
28 March 2025PCYC Brassall Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BrassallIpswich$29,975.90GrantConnect award
28 March 2025ST AUGUSTINES CHILD CARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22SpringfieldIpswich$12,581GrantConnect award
28 March 2025Petit Early Learning Journey Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Springfield CentralIpswich$27,554GrantConnect award
28 March 2025School Plus - William Duncan OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedScenic Rim$30,227.75GrantConnect 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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