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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 2026Goodstart Early Learning Camira 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$17,825GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Collingwood ParkIpswich$3,520.84GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26BoovalIpswich$13,259.50GrantConnect award
14 January 2026GOOD SHEPHERD CHILD CARE SERVICES AND KINDERGARTEN — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Springfield LakesIpswich$3,392.50GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Edge Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Bellbird ParkIpswich$4,866.80GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Springfield CentralIpswich$7,038GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$14,283GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Helping Hands Fernbrooke — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$944.91GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Helping Hands Ipswich Junior — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26East IpswichIpswich$552GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Guardian Childcare & Education Augustine Heights — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Augustine HeightsIpswich$4,761GrantConnect 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 2026Kalbar Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26KalbarScenic Rim$69GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Highfields Central Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$552GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield Southern Cross Circuit — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Springfield CentralIpswich$2,185GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Bellbird ParkIpswich$17,140.75GrantConnect award
14 January 2026IMMACULATE HEART COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26LeichhardtIpswich$4,600GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26FernvaleSomerset$239.58GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning - Springfield Lakes — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Springfield LakesIpswich$8,889.50GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodna Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$6,325GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$4,036.50GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Ipswich East State School Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26East IpswichIpswich$17,618GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$10,534GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$20,525.66GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Yamanto — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26YamantoIpswich$19,653.50GrantConnect award
14 January 2026KALBAR EARLY LEARNING — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26KalbarScenic Rim$4,554GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$7,659GrantConnect award
13 January 2026BETHANY LUTHERAN COMMUNITY KINDERGARTEN — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$7,130GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Byrneville House Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26BundambaIpswich$2,760GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Active Kids Early Learning Centre Brassall — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26BrassallIpswich$4,692GrantConnect award
13 January 2026Active Kids Early Learning Centre Laidley 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26LaidleyLockyer Valley$15,134GrantConnect 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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