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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
3 April 2025Kidz Magic — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21Redbank PlainsIpswich$3,220GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Bush Kidz Blacksoil — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21BlacksoilIpswich$17,135GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Yamanto — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21YamantoIpswich$17,020GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Community Kids Goodna Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21GoodnaIpswich$1,035GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Petit Early Learning Journey Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21Springfield CentralIpswich$42,860.50GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Camp Australia - Beaudesert State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21BeaudesertScenic Rim$1,224.74GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Blair Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21IpswichIpswich$25,415GrantConnect award
3 April 2025YMCA SPRINGFIELD LAKES OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21Springfield LakesIpswich$687.70GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Camira 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21SpringfieldIpswich$66,642.50GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Mount Tamborine — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21UnspecifiedScenic Rim$19,861.65GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Smart Start Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21Redbank PlainsIpswich$29,382.50GrantConnect award
3 April 2025BINDARRA CHILDREN'S DAYCARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21BoovalIpswich$22,685.36GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Ipswich Grammar OSHClub — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21IpswichIpswich$10,754.41GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Helping Hands Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21UnspecifiedScenic Rim$29,208.08GrantConnect award
3 April 2025123 4 Kids — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21KaraleeIpswich$6,095GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Genius Learning - Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$10,695GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21UnspecifiedSomerset$7,762.50GrantConnect award
3 April 2025NCC Early Learners Withcott — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21WithcottLockyer Valley$1,932GrantConnect award
3 April 2025SACRED HEART BOOVAL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21BoovalIpswich$10,143GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$12,535GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$33,649GrantConnect award
3 April 2025TSAC Early Years ABCC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21SpringfieldIpswich$9,338GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Tamborine Mountain College Early Learning and Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21UnspecifiedScenic Rim$25,853.92GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Springfield Children's Development Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21SpringfieldIpswich$8,855GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21UnspecifiedScenic Rim$42,682.25GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Paisley Park Early Learning Centre Laidley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21LaidleyLockyer Valley$12,880GrantConnect award
3 April 2025St Ann's Kindergarten + Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21Redbank PlainsIpswich$3,174GrantConnect award
3 April 2025C&K Amberley Community Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21YamantoIpswich$57,277.68GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Natures Kids Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21KalbarScenic Rim$6,551.17GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Karalee Kindergarten & Early Years Learning — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21KaraleeIpswich$20,286GrantConnect 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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