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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
8 July 2026OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE GATTON — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26GattonLockyer Valley$5,750GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Tivoli State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26TivoliIpswich$4,025GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Shapes Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$7,912GrantConnect award
8 July 2026ST MARY'S IPSWICH OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26WoodendIpswich$644GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Nova Star Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RiverviewIpswich$3,660.07GrantConnect award
8 July 2026YMCA CAMIRA OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26CamiraIpswich$4,841.50GrantConnect award
8 July 2026YMCA Woodcrest College Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$2,507GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Redbank Plains Childcare Children's Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$25,507GrantConnect award
8 July 2026ST AUGUSTINES CHILD CARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$3,915.75GrantConnect award
8 July 2026WOODCREST EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE & PRE SCHOOL 1 & 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$7,141.50GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Springfield Child Care and Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$2,484GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Smartland Early Learning Centre Ripley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RipleyIpswich$1,863GrantConnect award
8 July 2026ST FRANCIS XAVIER GOODNA OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$4,669GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Riverview State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26RiverviewIpswich$2,576GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Tamborine Mountain College Early Learning and Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$3,335GrantConnect award
8 July 2026ST PETERS LUTHERAN KINDERGARTEN SPRINGFIELD — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Springfield CentralIpswich$16,008GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Sunrise Kids Early Education and Care - Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26IpswichIpswich$6,279GrantConnect award
8 July 2026ST AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE COMBINED OSHC PROGRAM — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$6,762GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Winston Glades Early Education Centre & Preschool — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26Flinders ViewIpswich$2,300GrantConnect award
8 July 2026Westside Christian College Kindergarten — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$2,760GrantConnect award
8 July 2026NCC Early Learners Withcott — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26WithcottLockyer Valley$8,353.60GrantConnect award
12 June 2026HELIDON STATE SCHOOL — Helidon Lego Robotics: Journey to STEM ShowcaseUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$10,700GrantConnect award
9 June 2026BOONAH GLIDING CLUB INC — ADSB Rebate ProgramBoonahScenic Rim$3,478GrantConnect award
4 June 2026Toowoomba Christian College — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$5,580GrantConnect award
4 June 2026St Peters Lutheran College Springfield — Parliament and Civics Education Rebate (PACER)Springfield CentralIpswich$4,770GrantConnect award
27 May 2026JENNIFER THOMPSON — ADSB Rebate ProgramUnspecifiedLockyer Valley$4,594GrantConnect award
19 May 2026THE TRUSTEE FOR COLVILLE FAMILY TRUST NO 2 — ADSB Rebate ProgramAtkinsons DamLockyer Valley$5,000GrantConnect award
11 May 2026Country Kids Play and Learning Centre — Early Childhood Worker Retention Payment (WRP) Year 2ToogoolawahSomerset$113,000GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Collingwood Park State School P & C Association OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Collingwood ParkIpswich$8,809GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Amaze Early Education Centre Silkstone — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26SilkstoneIpswich$1,380GrantConnect 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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