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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
27 March 2025Collingwood Park State School P & C Association OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Collingwood ParkIpswich$22,873.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Beaudesert - Brisbane Street — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BeaudesertScenic Rim$218.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$8,165GrantConnect award
27 March 2025123 4 Kids — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22KaraleeIpswich$6,900GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Camp Australia - Canungra State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22CanungraScenic Rim$5,489.35GrantConnect award
27 March 2025C&K Amberley Community Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22YamantoIpswich$15,433.77GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Amaze Early Education Centre Gaven — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedScenic Rim$1,955GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BoovalIpswich$32,723.25GrantConnect award
27 March 2025TRACTION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE LTD — TRACTION Youth Mentoring: Place-based Expansion to Toowoomba and IpswichUnspecifiedIpswich$935,000GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Blair Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22IpswichIpswich$47,845.75GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Helping Hands Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedScenic Rim$11,170.32GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Camp Australia - Beaudesert State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BeaudesertScenic Rim$3,229.58GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Little Learners Child Care Centre Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Redbank PlainsIpswich$1,150GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Little World for Scholars — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22ChurchillIpswich$11,615GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Community Kids Goodna Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22GoodnaIpswich$1,472GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Mount Tamborine — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedScenic Rim$23,874GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield Lakes — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Springfield LakesIpswich$4,462GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Kool Kids Early Learning Centre - Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedScenic Rim$7,521GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Kidz Magic — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Redbank PlainsIpswich$20,028.40GrantConnect award
27 March 2025IMMACULATE HEART COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22LeichhardtIpswich$4,036.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Amaze Early Education Centre Silkstone — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22SilkstoneIpswich$17,100.51GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Harmony Early Learning Journey Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Spring MountainIpswich$4,600GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Boonah — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BoonahScenic Rim$4,232GrantConnect award
27 March 2025C&K Ripley Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22RipleyIpswich$15,908.34GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$4,258.84GrantConnect award
27 March 2025MILESTONES EARLY LEARNING AUGUSTINE HEIGHTS — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Augustine HeightsIpswich$1,242GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Brookwater — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BrookwaterIpswich$26,306.25GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Ipswich Grammar OSHClub — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22IpswichIpswich$9,803.75GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Kambu Long Day Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22SilkstoneIpswich$2,663.40GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Karalee Kindergarten & Early Years Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22KaraleeIpswich$24,403GrantConnect 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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