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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
9 July 2026Camp Australia - Rosewood State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RosewoodIpswich$1,840.01GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Mayfield Nature Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26WanoraSomerset$4,278GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Brookwater — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26BrookwaterIpswich$4,467.75GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Gaven — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$7,521GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedSomerset$33,051GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodna Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$3,818GrantConnect award
9 July 2026KALBAR EARLY LEARNING — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26KalbarScenic Rim$4,527.17GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$8,538.75GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Milestones Early Learning Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26North IpswichIpswich$4,301GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Busy Bees at Springfield Lakes — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Springfield LakesIpswich$3,220GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Imagine Childcare and Kindergarten Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Collingwood ParkIpswich$16,330GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Edge Early Learning Silkstone — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SilkstoneIpswich$2,484GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Byrneville House Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26BundambaIpswich$1,610GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26BoovalIpswich$17,307.50GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26North BoovalIpswich$3,565GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Camp Australia - Highfields State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$5,306.09GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Goodstart Early Learning Camira 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$9,970.50GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Little Locals Bundamba — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26BundambaIpswich$4,462GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Edge Early Learning Beaudesert — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26BeaudesertScenic Rim$2,645GrantConnect award
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

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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