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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
10 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25BoovalIpswich$17,192.50GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Churchill 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25ChurchillIpswich$575GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Journey Early Learning Centre Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25FernvaleSomerset$460GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Camp Australia - Augusta State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Augustine HeightsIpswich$20,540.54GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Amaze Early Education Centre Gaven — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$4,738GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Beaudesert - Eaglesfield Street — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$132.48GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$4,655.59GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Happy Hearts Child Care Centre and Kindergarten Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25GoodnaIpswich$1,265GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Springfield CentralIpswich$276GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Karalee Kindergarten and Schoolie House — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25ChuwarIpswich$2,300GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Kindy Patch West Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25West IpswichIpswich$6,440GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$138GrantConnect award
10 April 2025ST MARY'S OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE BEAUDESERT — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$2,955.50GrantConnect award
10 April 2025C&K Ripley Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25RipleyIpswich$2,070GrantConnect award
10 April 2025ST AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE COMBINED OSHC PROGRAM — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$1,040.75GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield Southern Cross Circuit — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Springfield CentralIpswich$1,150GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25LaidleyLockyer Valley$8,073GrantConnect award
10 April 2025WOODCREST EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE & PRE SCHOOL 1 & 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$13,144.50GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Little Locals Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Collingwood ParkIpswich$3,438.51GrantConnect award
10 April 2025OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE GATTON — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$5,330.25GrantConnect award
10 April 2025ST JOSEPH'S NORTH IPSWICH COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25North IpswichIpswich$1,564GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Silkstone State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25SilkstoneIpswich$5,658GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Amaze Early Education Centre Beaudesert — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$368GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Little School Highland Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25UnspecifiedScenic Rim$5,819GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Helidon Early Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25HelidonLockyer Valley$1,184.50GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Helping Hands Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$4,023.08GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Brassall — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25BrassallIpswich$2,120.60GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Harmony Early Learning Journey Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Spring MountainIpswich$5,543GrantConnect award
10 April 2025YMCA SPRINGFIELD LAKES OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Springfield LakesIpswich$4,375.75GrantConnect award
10 April 2025KALBAR EARLY LEARNING — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25KalbarScenic Rim$1,058GrantConnect 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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