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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
28 April 2026BETHANY LUTHERAN OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$3,271.75GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Highfields Child Care Centre Highfields — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$690GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Gleneagle State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26GleneagleScenic Rim$2,305.75GrantConnect award
28 April 2026JUBILEE PRIMARY SCHOOL COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$3,553.50GrantConnect award
24 April 2026OUR LADY OF GOOD COUNSEL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE GATTON — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26GattonLockyer Valley$6,854GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Seedlings & Co. Bellbird Park — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Bellbird ParkIpswich$736GrantConnect award
24 April 2026ST AUGUSTINES CHILD CARE CENTRE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$2,346GrantConnect award
24 April 2026NCC Early Learners Withcott — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26WithcottLockyer Valley$4,255GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Play & Learn Child Care - Raceview — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26RaceviewIpswich$12,696GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Tamborine Early Education — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Tamborine MountainScenic Rim$1,104GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Ripley Valley State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26RipleyIpswich$7,107GrantConnect award
24 April 2026TeamKids - Laidley District State School — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26LaidleyLockyer Valley$782GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Shapes Early Learning Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$4,715GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Rising Stars Early Learning Centre (1) — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26RedbankIpswich$5,037GrantConnect award
24 April 2026ST BRIGID'S ROSEWOOD OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26RosewoodIpswich$1,644.50GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Tivoli State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26TivoliIpswich$3,507.50GrantConnect award
24 April 2026North Ipswich Child Care Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26North IpswichIpswich$3,266GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Wings Early Learning Ripley — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26RipleyIpswich$1,150GrantConnect award
24 April 2026YMCA CAMIRA OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26CamiraIpswich$557.75GrantConnect award
24 April 2026SACRED HEART BOOVAL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26BoovalIpswich$184GrantConnect award
24 April 2026ST AUGUSTINE'S COLLEGE COMBINED OSHC PROGRAM — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$5,928.25GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Winston Glades Early Education Centre & Preschool — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Flinders ViewIpswich$1,127GrantConnect award
24 April 2026ST MARY'S IPSWICH OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26WoodendIpswich$10,936.50GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Redbank Plains Childcare Children's Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26Redbank PlainsIpswich$18,055GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Sparrow Early Learning Pacific Pines — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedScenic Rim$1,334GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Riverview State School TheirCare — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26RiverviewIpswich$4,117GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Sunrise Kids Early Education and Care - Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26IpswichIpswich$2,093GrantConnect award
24 April 2026WOODCREST EARLY EDUCATION CENTRE & PRE SCHOOL 1 & 2 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$1,035GrantConnect award
24 April 2026ST JOSEPH'S NORTH IPSWICH COMBINED OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26North IpswichIpswich$12,834GrantConnect award
24 April 2026Springfield Child Care and Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26SpringfieldIpswich$6,762GrantConnect 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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