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
27 March 2025Green Leaves Early Learning Murrumba Downs — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedSomerset$2,415GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Redbank PlainsIpswich$9,832.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Genius Learning - Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$3,013GrantConnect award
27 March 2025BINDARRA CHILDREN'S DAYCARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BoovalIpswich$34,826.60GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Free Range Kids Childcare - Laidley 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22LaidleyLockyer Valley$18,469GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Bright Horizons Australia Childcare Hatton Vale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Hatton ValeLockyer Valley$42,584.50GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Helping Hands Fernbrooke — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Redbank PlainsIpswich$7,632.16GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Jabiru Spring Mountain — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Spring MountainIpswich$2,576GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Country Kids Play and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22ToogoolawahSomerset$10,074GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$1,840GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre Booval — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22North BoovalIpswich$20,194GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Ipswich East State School Combined OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22East IpswichIpswich$40,765.20GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Kindy Patch West Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22West IpswichIpswich$10,948GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning - Springfield Lakes — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Springfield LakesIpswich$6,198.50GrantConnect award
25 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22GoodnaIpswich$26,082GrantConnect award
25 March 2025SOUTHERN RNA PTY LTD — Export Market DevelopmentSpringfield CentralIpswich$160,000GrantConnect award
25 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Collingwood Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Collingwood ParkIpswich$35,891.50GrantConnect award
25 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Churchill 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22ChurchillIpswich$920GrantConnect award
25 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22FernvaleSomerset$2,346GrantConnect award
25 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Camira 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22SpringfieldIpswich$35,075GrantConnect award
21 March 2025IPSWICH MEDIA PTY LTD — News Media Relief Program IPSWICH MEDIA PTY LTDIpswichIpswich$71,500GrantConnect award
18 March 2025THE TRUSTEE FOR CREIGHTON FAMILY TRUST — News Media Relief Program STORMVALE PTY. LTD.BoonahScenic Rim$63,206GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Brassall — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23BrassallIpswich$4,600GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$1,498.85GrantConnect award
6 March 2025The Lakes Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23Springfield LakesIpswich$31,832GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Community Kids Goodna Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23GoodnaIpswich$15,282.12GrantConnect award
6 March 2025BETHANY LUTHERAN OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23RaceviewIpswich$11,201.07GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Raceview Kindergarten and Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23RaceviewIpswich$21,445.22GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Milestones Early Learning Canungra — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23CanungraScenic Rim$11,592.04GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Kindy Patch West Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23West IpswichIpswich$6,164GrantConnect 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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