Official government reports

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

$64,116,785.91

1,293 records

Lockyer Valley

$3,505,640.39

234 records

Scenic Rim

$7,369,621.43

358 records

Somerset

$6,395,120.08

97 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.

1,982 location records

Australian Government — Grant funding awarded
Activity dateRecipient / projectSuburbCouncilGrant funding awardedOfficial source
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gaven — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$12,034.75GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Play & Learn Child Care - Raceview — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25RaceviewIpswich$9,522GrantConnect award
6 February 2025PCYC WoodLinks Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25Collingwood ParkIpswich$5,140.50GrantConnect award
6 February 2025KALBAR EARLY LEARNING — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25KalbarScenic Rim$1,215.17GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Redbank Plains Child Care Children's Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$6,095GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$6,946GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Milestones Early Learning Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25North IpswichIpswich$11,799GrantConnect award
6 February 2025C&K Springfield Central Community Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25Springfield CentralIpswich$1,610GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Petit Early Learning Journey Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25Springfield CentralIpswich$7,820GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Blair Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25IpswichIpswich$6,992GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Karalee Kindergarten and Schoolie House — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25ChuwarIpswich$2,530GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Springfield Child Care and Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$11,960GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Beaudesert - Brisbane Street — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$914.25GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Westside Christian College Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$7,245GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$2,645GrantConnect award
6 February 2025JUBILEE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$4,416GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Ipswich Girls Grammar School Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25East IpswichIpswich$3,335GrantConnect award
6 February 2025ST MARY'S OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE BEAUDESERT — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$3,990.50GrantConnect award
6 February 2025ST JOSEPH'S NORTH IPSWICH COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25North IpswichIpswich$7,015GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Building Futures Montessori - Blackstone — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25BlackstoneIpswich$10,603GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Camp Australia - Canungra State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25CanungraScenic Rim$3,366.82GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Milestones Early Learning Canungra — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25CanungraScenic Rim$690GrantConnect award
6 February 2025St Ann's Kindergarten + Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$14,852.25GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Sunrise Kids Early Education and Care - Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25IpswichIpswich$8,579GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$1,449GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield Southern Cross Circuit — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Springfield CentralIpswich$1,840GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Camp Australia - Goodna State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$837.96GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Collingwood ParkIpswich$13,602.20GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Smartland Early Learning Centre Ripley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25RipleyIpswich$7,222GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25UnspecifiedSomerset$13,882.80GrantConnect 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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