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

$58,974,184.21

1,279 records

Lockyer Valley

$3,495,754.22

232 records

Scenic Rim

$7,306,210.43

355 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.

1,963 location records

Australian Government — Grant funding awarded
Activity dateRecipient / projectSuburbCouncilGrant funding awardedOfficial source
13 January 2026Busy Bees at Springfield Lakes — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26Springfield LakesIpswich$17.25GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Kalbar Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26KalbarScenic Rim$69GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Highfields Central Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$115GrantConnect award
15 January 2026ST BRIGID'S ROSEWOOD OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26RosewoodIpswich$115GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Camp Australia - Kruger State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22Bellbird ParkIpswich$115GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield Southern Cross Circuit — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23Springfield CentralIpswich$115GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Kindy Patch Springfield 1 — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25SpringfieldIpswich$115GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Kalbar Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25KalbarScenic Rim$126.50GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Beaudesert - Eaglesfield Street — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$132.48GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Gatton — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25GattonLockyer Valley$138GrantConnect award
6 March 2025Camp Australia - Deebing Heights State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2022-23Deebing HeightsIpswich$138GrantConnect award
27 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Boonah — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2023-24BoonahScenic Rim$138GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Camp Australia - Highfields State School OSHC — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$156.79GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Kids Academy Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Redbank PlainsIpswich$161GrantConnect award
13 October 2025SACRED HEART BOOVAL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26BoovalIpswich$172.50GrantConnect award
24 April 2026SACRED HEART BOOVAL OUTSIDE SCHOOL HOURS CARE — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26BoovalIpswich$184GrantConnect award
27 March 2025Goodstart Early Learning Beaudesert - Brisbane Street — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2021-22BeaudesertScenic Rim$218.50GrantConnect award
3 April 2025Amaze Education Redbank Plains — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2020-21Redbank PlainsIpswich$230GrantConnect award
14 January 2026Goodstart Early Learning Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2025-26FernvaleSomerset$239.58GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Beaudesert - Eaglesfield Street — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2024-25BeaudesertScenic Rim$253GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Freckles Kindy and Learning Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25UnspecifiedLockyer Valley$260.68GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Goodstart Early Learning Goodna — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26GoodnaIpswich$276GrantConnect award
24 April 2025Goodstart Early Learning Peak Crossing — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2018-19Peak CrossingScenic Rim$276GrantConnect award
10 April 2025Guardian Childcare & Education Springfield — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2024-25Springfield CentralIpswich$276GrantConnect award
6 February 2025Goodstart Early Learning Fernvale — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q2 2024-25FernvaleSomerset$276GrantConnect award
28 September 2026KOWAI INDUSTRIES PTY LTD — Professional Development Subsidy programRedbank PlainsIpswich$296.19GrantConnect award
17 April 2025Sunrise Kids Early Education and Care - Ipswich — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments 2019-20IpswichIpswich$312.80GrantConnect award
13 October 2025Kalbar Outside School Hours Care — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q1 2025-26KalbarScenic Rim$339.25GrantConnect award
9 July 2026Ipswich Girls Grammar School Early Education Centre — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q4 2025-26East IpswichIpswich$345GrantConnect award
28 April 2026Milestones Early Learning Canungra — Inclusion Support Program - Inclusion Development Fund Subsidy payments Q3 2025-26CanungraScenic Rim$345GrantConnect 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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