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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.

95 location records

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Australian Government — Grant funding awarded
Activity dateRecipient / projectSuburbCouncilGrant funding awardedOfficial source
26 August 2026LOWOOD EARLY LEARNING CENTRE & PRESCHOOL — Innovative Solutions SupportLowoodSomerset$605GrantConnect award
28 July 2026Somerset Regional Council — The project will deliver a new enclosed pool and a new clubhouse/recreation facility at the Lowood Swimming PoolLowoodSomerset$4,050,000GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26FernvaleSomerset$3,220GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Country Kids Play and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26ToogoolawahSomerset$3,536.25GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Little Gems Child Care & Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26LowoodSomerset$17,733GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Mayfield Nature Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26WanoraSomerset$4,278GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedSomerset$33,051GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Minden State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26MindenSomerset$2,196.50GrantConnect award
9 July 2026LOWOOD EARLY LEARNING CENTRE & PRESCHOOL — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26LowoodSomerset$2,438GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Camp Australia Delaneys Creek State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedSomerset$713GrantConnect award
11 May 2026Country Kids Play and Learning Centre — Early Childhood Worker Retention Payment (WRP) Year 2ToogoolawahSomerset$113,000GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Journey Early Learning Centre Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26FernvaleSomerset$1,656GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Minden State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26MindenSomerset$2,035.50GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedSomerset$14,478.50GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Mayfield Nature Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26WanoraSomerset$4,255GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Country Kids Play and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26ToogoolawahSomerset$5,663.75GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Little Gems Child Care & Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26LowoodSomerset$12,190GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Camp Australia Delaneys Creek State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedSomerset$2,392GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Goodstart Early Learning Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26FernvaleSomerset$3,651.25GrantConnect award
1 April 2026Prenzlau State School — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)UnspecifiedSomerset$420GrantConnect award
1 April 2026Esk State School — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)EskSomerset$1,380GrantConnect award
1 April 2026Glamorgan Vale State School — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Glamorgan ValeSomerset$1,260GrantConnect award
1 April 2026Harlin State School — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)UnspecifiedSomerset$720GrantConnect award
31 March 2026Kilcoy State School — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)KilcoySomerset$3,000GrantConnect award
15 January 2026Minden State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26MindenSomerset$517.50GrantConnect award
15 January 2026Mayfield Nature Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26WanoraSomerset$5,186.50GrantConnect award
15 January 2026Little Gems Child Care & Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26LowoodSomerset$19,136GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Journey Early Learning Centre Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26FernvaleSomerset$10,005GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26UnspecifiedSomerset$18,929GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26FernvaleSomerset$239.58GrantConnect 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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