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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 2025Goodstart Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Bellbird ParkIpswich$76,751GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Earlybird Early Childhood and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BrassallIpswich$17,140.52GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Gatton Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22GattonLockyer Valley$3,450GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Kindy Patch Springfield 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22SpringfieldIpswich$28,629.25GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodna Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22GoodnaIpswich$11,040GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Raceview 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22RaceviewIpswich$38,841.25GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Amaze Education Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Redbank PlainsIpswich$11,040GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22GoodnaIpswich$56,246.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Ally's Kindy at One Mile — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22IpswichIpswich$5,060GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedScenic Rim$36,845.40GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Camp Australia - Park Lake State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedScenic Rim$27,354.67GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Amaze Early Education Centre Beaudesert — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BeaudesertScenic Rim$2,794.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22LaidleyLockyer Valley$17,664GrantConnect award
27 March 2025BETHANY LUTHERAN COMMUNITY KINDERGARTEN — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22RaceviewIpswich$17,043GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Yamanto — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22YamantoIpswich$16,203.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Expeditions Early Learning Journey — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22RaceviewIpswich$11,419.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Camp Australia - Kruger State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Bellbird ParkIpswich$115GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Milestones Early Learning Canungra — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22CanungraScenic Rim$15,973.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedSomerset$2,415GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Redbank PlainsIpswich$9,832.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Genius Learning - Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$3,013GrantConnect award
27 March 2025BINDARRA CHILDREN'S DAYCARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BoovalIpswich$34,826.60GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22LaidleyLockyer Valley$18,469GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$42,584.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Helping Hands Fernbrooke — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Redbank PlainsIpswich$7,632.16GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Jabiru Spring Mountain — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Spring MountainIpswich$2,576GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Country Kids Play and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22ToogoolawahSomerset$10,074GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$1,840GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22North BoovalIpswich$20,194GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Ipswich East State School Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22East IpswichIpswich$40,765.20GrantConnect 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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