{"id":"F2020L01036","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No. 2) Determination 2020","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-2-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440574,"registerId":"F2020L01036-fast-fetch-1775956153673","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. 2) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att A GPA Determination - 21 August 2020\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. 2) Determination 2020\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated  17 August 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.  2) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 August 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 | $1,569,045,402.05 |\n| 5 | South Australia | - |\n| 6 | Tasmania | - |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,437,218.31 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $1,991,573.05 |\n| 9 | Total | $1,574,474,193.41 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making a specific determination of grant amounts for a single payment occasion. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections across 2 Parts","Only 1 defined term ('the Act') in the interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single purpose instrument: one table with fixed amounts, no discretion or formulae","Straightforward tabular format for the actual determination (section 5)"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises a single August 2020 general purpose financial assistance payment of about $1.57 billion. Most goes to Western Australia (over $1.56 billion), with smaller amounts to the ACT (~$3.4m) and NT (~$2m); NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania receive nothing in this payment.\n\nIt affects state/territory budgets and, indirectly, residents who rely on services funded by GST revenue grants, reflecting Australia’s federal revenue‑sharing rules."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not alter the statutory grant framework; it performs a narrow administrative function under subsection 9(1) of the Act by specifying amounts for a single general-purpose financial assistance payment (see Part 2 Note 1 and s5). It neither amends the Act nor expands the categories of recipients; it simply applies the existing mechanism to allocate sums for the identified payment date (Note 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Legal basis and delegation: instrument made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see s3 'Authority') and the determination power referenced in Part 2 Note 1 (subsection 9(1) of the Act).","Scope-limited content: s5 contains a single table specifying amounts for one payment date (Note 2: proposed August 2020), so the instrument is narrow in operation.","Omitted calculation method: the instrument lists final amounts but does not set out how those amounts were calculated or the underlying formula, so implementers must refer to the Act or other sources to verify inputs.","Ambiguous entries: most states in the table show a dash ('-') rather than a zero or amount, requiring interpretation whether no payment is intended or amounts are recorded elsewhere (s5).","Precision and accounting: amounts are specified to cents with long decimals (s5), which has straightforward but exacting administrative and accounting implications.","Commencement formalities: commencement rules and registration timing are set out in s2, with a table-based commencement mechanism that implementers must follow.","Definitions linkage: s4 defers definitions to the Act (Legislation Act s13(1)(b) effect), so meaning of key terms depends on cross-reference, adding a layer of legal lookup.","Low operational discretion: the instrument primarily records fixed monetary figures rather than granting ongoing powers, reducing procedural complexity but increasing reliance on external budgeting documents."],"plain_english_summary":"This Ministerial determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act, sets the Commonwealth general-purpose grant amounts for a single 2020–21 payment (proposed for August 2020). It records specific dollar amounts for Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory and a total. It matters because it authorises the Commonwealth to transfer those sums to the named jurisdictions and fixes the payment timing; most other States in the table are not allocated amounts in this instrument."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-2-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-2-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-2-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-2-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-2-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-2-determination-/documents"}}