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

$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
6 March 2025Tamborine Mountain College Early Learning and Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23UnspecifiedScenic Rim$16,387.57GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23Springfield CentralIpswich$4,600GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Nova Star Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23RiverviewIpswich$9,430GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23Redbank PlainsIpswich$13,704.21GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Amaze Education Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23Redbank PlainsIpswich$1,426GrantConnect award
6 March 2025St Bernards Village Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23UnspecifiedScenic Rim$345GrantConnect award
6 March 2025C&K Springfield Central Community Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23Springfield CentralIpswich$8,186.19GrantConnect award
6 March 2025School Plus - William Duncan OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23UnspecifiedScenic Rim$34,005.60GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Goodna Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23GoodnaIpswich$21,723.51GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$12,489GrantConnect award
18 March 2025THE TRUSTEE FOR CREIGHTON FAMILY TRUST — News Media Relief Program STORMVALE PTY. LTD.BoonahScenic Rim$63,206GrantConnect award
21 March 2025IPSWICH MEDIA PTY LTD — News Media Relief Program IPSWICH MEDIA PTY LTDIpswichIpswich$71,500GrantConnect award
25 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22GoodnaIpswich$26,082GrantConnect award
25 March 2025SOUTHERN RNA PTY LTD — Export Market DevelopmentSpringfield CentralIpswich$160,000GrantConnect award
25 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Collingwood ParkIpswich$35,891.50GrantConnect award
25 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Churchill 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22ChurchillIpswich$920GrantConnect award
25 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22FernvaleSomerset$2,346GrantConnect award
25 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Camira 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22SpringfieldIpswich$35,075GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Byrneville House Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BundambaIpswich$2,300GrantConnect award
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

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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