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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.

1,940 location records

Australian Government — Grant funding awarded
Activity dateRecipient / projectSuburbCouncilGrant funding awardedOfficial source
14 January 2026Edge Early Learning Beaudesert — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26BeaudesertScenic Rim$8,832GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Cribb Street Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Sadliers CrossingIpswich$6,325GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield Lakes — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Springfield LakesIpswich$10,603GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Beaudesert - Brisbane Street — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26BeaudesertScenic Rim$6,854GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Brookwater — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26BrookwaterIpswich$3,289GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Boonah — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26BoonahScenic Rim$9,021.75GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$13,938GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Harmony Early Learning Journey Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Spring MountainIpswich$4,715GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Itty Innovators — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$3,243GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Mount Tamborine — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$2,800.25GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$4,203.25GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Guardian Childcare & Education Camira — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26CamiraIpswich$10,752.50GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Helping Hands Tamborine Mountain — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Tamborine MountainScenic Rim$6,050.53GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Collingwood Park State School P & C Association OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Collingwood ParkIpswich$7,544GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre Redbank — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26RedbankIpswich$6,095GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Karalee Play and Learn Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26ChuwarIpswich$4,140GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Journey Early Learning Centre Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26FernvaleSomerset$10,005GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Raceview 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$2,334.50GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Jabiru Spring Mountain — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Spring MountainIpswich$14,076GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Churchill 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26ChurchillIpswich$7,751GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26GattonLockyer Valley$4,005.83GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Helping Hands Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$5,947.41GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodna Queen Street Kids ELC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$7,475GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Guardian Childcare and Education Springfield Central — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Springfield CentralIpswich$14,122GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Karalee Kindergarten & Early Years Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26KaraleeIpswich$1,104GrantConnect award
14 January 2026First Steps Early Childhood Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26GattonLockyer Valley$1,495GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Ipswich Girls Grammar School Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26East IpswichIpswich$7,705GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Helidon Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26HelidonLockyer Valley$3,904.25GrantConnect award
14 January 2026JUBILEE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$3,191.25GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Collingwood ParkIpswich$13,225GrantConnect 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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