{"id":"F2021L00592","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 11) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-11-determination","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440847,"registerId":"F2021L00592-fast-fetch-1775956329255","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. 11) Determination 2021","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att A - GRA Determination\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 11) Determination 2021\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Assistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing, make the following determination.\n\nDated    17 May 2021\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nAssistant Treasurer, Minister for Housing and Minister for Homelessness, Social and Community Housing\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 2\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. 11) Determination 2021.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 May 2021.\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 | $46,178,151.06 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,437,218.31 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $49,615,369.37 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance. It operates within the Act’s existing grant-making power by specifying payment amounts for Payment No. 11 of 2020–21 (Part 2 Note 1; section 5) and sets commencement and proposed payment timing (section 2; Part 2 Note 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, mechanical effect: the instrument only lists dollar amounts to be paid to jurisdictions (section 5).","Statutory basis is straightforward: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Authority, section 3) and noted as a subsection 9(1) determination (Part 2 Note 1).","Commencement and timing are simple: instrument commences on registration (section 2) and payment was proposed for May 2021 (Part 2 Note 2).","Most entries are zero, which reduces substantive allocation complexity but may require administrative explanation in departmental records (section 5).","Precise monetary figures for two jurisdictions and a total create limited accounting/treasury execution requirements (section 5).","Low compliance burden on recipients: the instrument specifies amounts rather than creating new obligations or conditions (section 5).","Executive discretion is limited to making the determination authorised by the Act; no new policy rules or eligibility criteria are created (Authority, section 3; Part 2 Note 1)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes specific general purpose financial assistance (GPFA) payments for Payment No. 11 of 2020–21 under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It records payments of $46,178,151.06 to Western Australia and $3,437,218.31 to the Australian Capital Territory, totalling $49,615,369.37, with other jurisdictions shown as $0.\n\nThe Assistant Treasurer makes the determination and the payments were proposed for May 2021. The determination sets the Commonwealth’s grant amounts and timing for those States/Territories."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making specific determinations of general purpose financial assistance payments to states and territories. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a straightforward payment table","No nested provisions or subsections beyond basic commencement machinery"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay $46,178,151.06 to Western Australia and $3,437,218.31 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $49,615,369.37) as the 11th general purpose payment for 2020–21. It’s a routine administrative payment under Australia’s federal financial relations, directing budgeted funds to those state/territory governments to support services they deliver."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. 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