{"id":"F2020L00927","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 1) Determination 2020","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-1-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440549,"registerId":"F2020L00927-fast-fetch-1775956139557","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 1) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 1) Determination 2020\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated 15 July 2020\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nMinister for Housing  Assistant Treasurer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name \n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\nPart 2—Determination of general purpose financial assistance\n\n5  Determination of general purpose financial assistance\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No.  1) Determination 2020.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: Paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 has the effect that expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 as in force from time to time.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nthe Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nPart 2—Determination of general purpose financial assistance\n\n \n\nNote 1: A determination in this Part is made under subsection 9(1) of the Act.\n\nNote 2: A payment of the amounts determined in this Part is proposed to be made in July 2020.\n\n5  Determination of general purpose financial assistance\n\n  Each item of the following table specifies an amount to be paid to the State mentioned in that item for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance to that State.\n\n \n\n| Item | State | Determined amount of general purpose financial assistance |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | - |\n| 2 | Victoria | - |\n| 3 | Queensland | - |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $37,765,418.71 |\n| 5 | South Australia | - |\n| 6 | Tasmania | - |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,437,218.31 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | - |\n| 9 | Total | $41,202,637.02 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: specifying a particular instalment of general purpose financial assistance to specific states. It has not expanded beyond the original intent of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 framework."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions across 2 Parts","Minimal defined terms: only 'the Act' is explicitly defined; otherwise relies on inherited definitions from the parent Act","No conditional logic or exceptions: straightforward payment table with no if/then scenarios","Single cross-reference: only refers back to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 for commencement and authority","Simple tabular format for the actual operative content (the payment amounts)","No amendments, schedules, or transitional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises $41.2 million in general-purpose federal assistance for the 2020–21 year, paid only to Western Australia ($37.8m) and the Australian Capital Territory ($3.4m). \n\nIt affects state/territory treasuries and residents by supporting local services and forms part of Australia’s fiscal equalisation and GST distribution framework to balance funding across jurisdictions."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It simply determines the amounts and timing for Payment No.1 of 2020–21 (see s3; Part 2, Note 1; s5) and does not amend eligibility, entitlements, or the Act’s framework."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow subject matter: single-purpose schedule specifying fixed monetary amounts (s5).","Few beneficiaries: only Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory are allocated non‑zero amounts; other jurisdictions listed as nil (s5 table).","Limited legal content: no formulas, conditions, obligations, or administrative procedures set out—only amounts and timing (s5; Part 2, Note 2).","Statutory footing is explicit and limited: made under subsection 9(1) of the Act (Part 2, Note 1), implying low delegated discretion.","Commencement is immediate on registration, reducing phased or complex implementation issues (s2).","Numeric precision: exact dollar figures are specified to cents, requiring accurate payment mechanics but little legal interpretation (s5 table)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument specifies the Commonwealth’s first 2020–21 general purpose financial assistance payment: $37,765,418.71 to Western Australia and $3,437,218.31 to the Australian Capital Territory, totalling $41,202,637.02, with payment proposed in July 2020 (Part 2, s5; Note 2). It is made by the Minister under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Part 2, Note 1) and commences on the day the instrument is registered (s2); it does not itself change eligibility rules or the underlying Act."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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