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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
6 November 2025KEITH JACKWITZ — ADSB Rebate ProgramGattonLockyer Valley$3,106GrantConnect award
28 October 2025INSPIRITUS CO PTY LTD — Export Market DevelopmentUnspecifiedScenic Rim$100,000GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26UnspecifiedSomerset$17,422.50GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Guardian Childcare and Education Springfield Central — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Springfield CentralIpswich$10,120GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$11,638GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Little Wonderland Childcare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Carole ParkIpswich$6,555GrantConnect award
13 October 2025St Ann's Kindergarten + Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$10,706.50GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Play & Learn Child Care - Raceview — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$12,926GrantConnect award
13 October 2025SACRED HEART BOOVAL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26BoovalIpswich$172.50GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Springfield Child Care and Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$16,008GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Little Learners Child Care Centre Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$13,869GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Itty Innovators — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$8,510GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Little School Highland Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$7,245GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Helping Hands Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$4,868.33GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Helping Hands Fernbrooke — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$2,365.17GrantConnect award
13 October 2025ST JOSEPH'S NORTH IPSWICH COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26North IpswichIpswich$13,351.50GrantConnect award
13 October 2025School Plus - William Duncan OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$12,094.17GrantConnect award
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

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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