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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
27 February 2025Edge Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24Bellbird ParkIpswich$2,300GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Tamborine Mountain College Early Learning and Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24UnspecifiedScenic Rim$8,878GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Helping Hands Tamborine Mountain — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24Tamborine MountainScenic Rim$7,425.16GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Happy Hearts Child Care Centre and Kindergarten Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24GoodnaIpswich$1,518GrantConnect award
27 February 2025BETHANY LUTHERAN OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24RaceviewIpswich$13,432GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Amaze Early Education Centre Gaven — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24UnspecifiedScenic Rim$49,105GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Kids World Gilston — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24UnspecifiedScenic Rim$43,608GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24Bellbird ParkIpswich$64,837GrantConnect award
27 February 2025JUBILEE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24UnspecifiedScenic Rim$1,081GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Edge Early Learning Beaudesert — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24BeaudesertScenic Rim$5,313GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Goodna Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24GoodnaIpswich$40,572GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Beaudesert - Eaglesfield Street — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24BeaudesertScenic Rim$391GrantConnect award
27 February 2025OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE GATTON — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24GattonLockyer Valley$25,645GrantConnect award
27 February 2025St Ann's Kindergarten + Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24Redbank PlainsIpswich$104,701.75GrantConnect award
27 February 2025SACRED HEART BOOVAL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24BoovalIpswich$11,845GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Milestones Early Learning Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24North IpswichIpswich$17,411GrantConnect award
27 February 2025The Lakes Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24Springfield LakesIpswich$15,387GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Ipswich Grammar OSHClub — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24IpswichIpswich$15,007.52GrantConnect award
27 February 2025YMCA SPRINGFIELD LAKES OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24Springfield LakesIpswich$16,675GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Augustine Heights — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24Augustine HeightsIpswich$9,890GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Silkstone State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24SilkstoneIpswich$18,630GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Harmony Early Learning Journey Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24Spring MountainIpswich$27,347GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24GoodnaIpswich$65,504GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Kaleidoscope Kids Early Learning Centre Redbank — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24RedbankIpswich$10,925GrantConnect award
27 February 2025YMCA Woodcrest College Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24SpringfieldIpswich$18,762.25GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Yamanto — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24YamantoIpswich$24,236.25GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Highfields Gardens Childcare Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$9,085GrantConnect award
10 February 2025MURRAY JOEL — ADSB Rebate ProgramGattonLockyer Valley$5,000GrantConnect award
6 February 2025The Lakes Early Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Springfield LakesIpswich$2,760GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Augustine Heights — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25Augustine HeightsIpswich$5,957GrantConnect 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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