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

$64,116,785.91

1,293 records

Lockyer Valley

$3,505,640.39

234 records

Scenic Rim

$7,369,621.43

358 records

Somerset

$6,395,120.08

97 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.

1,982 location records

Australian Government — Grant funding awarded
Activity dateRecipient / projectSuburbCouncilGrant funding awardedOfficial source
13 January 2026Amaze Education Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$15,226GrantConnect award
7 January 2026IPSWICH MEDIA PTY LTD — Journalism Assistance Fund IPSWICH MEDIA PTY LTDIpswichIpswich$300,300GrantConnect award
22 December 2025Boonah & District Family Day Care Association Inc. — Community Child Care Fund - Special CircumstancesBoonahScenic Rim$115,303.10GrantConnect award
10 December 2025GOODNESS ENTERPRISES LIMITED — Chuwar Koala and Native Fauna Conservation ParkChuwarIpswich$1,320,000GrantConnect award
8 December 2025SCENIC RIM MEDIA PTY LTD — Journalism Assistance Fund SCENIC RIM MEDIA PTY LTDUnspecifiedScenic Rim$141,570GrantConnect award
1 December 2025UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND — Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Seventh Assessment Cycle Experts GrantUnspecifiedIpswich$31,973GrantConnect award
25 November 2025MCJEJ Pty Ltd — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programSpringfield LakesIpswich$4,363.52GrantConnect award
25 November 2025Ipswich Grammar School — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programIpswichIpswich$7,218.60GrantConnect award
25 November 2025Cribb Street Childcare Centre — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programSadliers CrossingIpswich$17,627.79GrantConnect award
25 November 2025Crayons Early Learning Centre — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programHatton ValeLockyer Valley$3,609.30GrantConnect award
25 November 2025Board of Trustees of Ipswich Girl's Grammar School — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programEast IpswichIpswich$6,901GrantConnect award
25 November 2025Shukr Investments Pty Ltd ATF Shukr Trust — Professional Development and Paid Practicum Subsidy programBeaudesertScenic Rim$3,401.64GrantConnect award
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

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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