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
9 July 2026Kool Kids Early Learning Centre - Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$10,695GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Children's Choice Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$7,728GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Raceview 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$2,254GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Minden State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26MindenSomerset$2,196.50GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Helping Hands Ipswich Junior — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26East IpswichIpswich$6,898.12GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Camp Australia - Augusta State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Augustine HeightsIpswich$34,498.08GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Edge Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Bellbird ParkIpswich$4,370GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Springfield CentralIpswich$1,656GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Camp Australia - Kruger State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Bellbird ParkIpswich$1,558.25GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Harmony Early Education Ripley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26South RipleyIpswich$16,100GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$13,386GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Kindy Patch Springfield 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$3,105GrantConnect award
9 July 2026GOOD SHEPHERD CHILD CARE SERVICES AND KINDERGARTEN — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Springfield LakesIpswich$3,921.50GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Kidz Magic — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$5,865GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Harmony Early Learning Journey Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Spring MountainIpswich$8,050GrantConnect award
9 July 2026JUBILEE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$3,266GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Churchill 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26ChurchillIpswich$10,557GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Bellbird ParkIpswich$15,916GrantConnect award
9 July 2026LOWOOD EARLY LEARNING CENTRE & PRESCHOOL — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26LowoodSomerset$2,438GrantConnect 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 2026Camp Australia - William Duncan State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$8,802.87GrantConnect 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 2026First Steps Early Childhood Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26GattonLockyer Valley$15,479GrantConnect 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
9 July 2026Camp Australia Delaneys Creek State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedSomerset$713GrantConnect award
10 July 2026Blair Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26IpswichIpswich$10,850.25GrantConnect 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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