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
13 October 2025Goodstart Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$18,461.33GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Redbank Plains Childcare Children's Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$18,142.40GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Raceview Kindergarten and Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$7,015GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Winston Glades Early Education Centre & Preschool — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Flinders ViewIpswich$460GrantConnect award
13 October 2025KALBAR EARLY LEARNING — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26KalbarScenic Rim$5,327.57GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Smartland Early Learning Centre Ripley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26RipleyIpswich$8,970GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Collingwood ParkIpswich$6,095GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield Lakes — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Springfield LakesIpswich$10,971GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Silkstone State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26SilkstoneIpswich$3,726GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Kids World Gilston — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$1,794GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Little Gems Child Care & Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26LowoodSomerset$18,722GrantConnect award
13 October 2025ST AUGUSTINES CHILD CARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$3,220GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Goodstart Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$17,675.50GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Sparrow Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$3,496GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Kindy Patch West Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26West IpswichIpswich$5,980GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Kindy Patch Springfield 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$3,933GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Honour Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$2,012.50GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Little Scholars School of Early Learning George St — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$3,220GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Little Locals Bundamba — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26BundambaIpswich$8,395GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Kool Kids Early Learning Centre - Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$3,795GrantConnect award
13 October 2025MILESTONES EARLY LEARNING AUGUSTINE HEIGHTS — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Augustine HeightsIpswich$3,795GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Milestones Early Learning Canungra — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26CanungraScenic Rim$1,840GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Smart Start Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$5,290GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Little Locals Ripley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26RipleyIpswich$4,600GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Journey Early Learning Centre Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26FernvaleSomerset$13,248GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Goodstart Early Learning Raceview 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$356.50GrantConnect award
13 October 2025The Lakes Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Springfield LakesIpswich$13,685GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Camira — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26CamiraIpswich$1,426GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Riverview State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26RiverviewIpswich$6,635.50GrantConnect award
13 October 2025NCC Early Learners Withcott — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26WithcottLockyer Valley$5,405GrantConnect 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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