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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.

1,261 location records

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Australian Government — Grant funding awarded
Activity dateRecipient / projectSuburbCouncilGrant funding awardedOfficial source
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Bellbird ParkIpswich$15,916GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Yamanto — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26YamantoIpswich$11,649.50GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Happy Hearts Child Care Centre and Kindergarten Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$3,105GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Collingwood Park State School P & C Association OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Collingwood ParkIpswich$6,762GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Collingwood ParkIpswich$5,911GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Joy Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RipleyIpswich$1,380GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Ipswich East State School Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26East IpswichIpswich$22,430.75GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Ipswich Girls Grammar School Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26East IpswichIpswich$345GrantConnect award
8 July 2026ST JOSEPH'S NORTH IPSWICH COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26North IpswichIpswich$414GrantConnect award
8 July 2026St Ann's Kindergarten + Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$16,232.25GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Play & Learn Child Care - Raceview — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$17,158GrantConnect award
8 July 2026North Ipswich Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26North IpswichIpswich$2,990GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Seedlings & Co. Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Bellbird ParkIpswich$4,922GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Westside Christian College Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$4,623GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Ripley Valley State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RipleyIpswich$6,037.50GrantConnect award
8 July 2026ST BRIGID'S ROSEWOOD OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RosewoodIpswich$506GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Rising Stars Early Learning Centre (1) — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RedbankIpswich$4,002GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Tivoli State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26TivoliIpswich$4,025GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Shapes Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$7,912GrantConnect award
8 July 2026ST MARY'S IPSWICH OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26WoodendIpswich$644GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Nova Star Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RiverviewIpswich$3,660.07GrantConnect award
8 July 2026YMCA CAMIRA OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26CamiraIpswich$4,841.50GrantConnect award
8 July 2026YMCA Woodcrest College Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$2,507GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Redbank Plains Childcare Children's Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$25,507GrantConnect award
8 July 2026ST AUGUSTINES CHILD CARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$3,915.75GrantConnect award
8 July 2026WOODCREST EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE & PRE SCHOOL 1 & 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$7,141.50GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Springfield Child Care and Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$2,484GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Smartland Early Learning Centre Ripley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RipleyIpswich$1,863GrantConnect award
8 July 2026ST FRANCIS XAVIER GOODNA OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$4,669GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Riverview State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RiverviewIpswich$2,576GrantConnect 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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