{"id":"F2020L01442","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2020-21 Payment No.5) Determination 2020","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440665,"registerId":"F2020L01442-fast-fetch-1775956223500","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.5) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: Att A - GPA - Determination 23 Nov 2020\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. 5) Determination 2020\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated 17 November 2020\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nMinister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer\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.5) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 November 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 | $14,931,918.56 |\n| 5 | South Australia | - |\n| 6 | Tasmania | - |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,437,218.31 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | - |\n| 9 | Total | $18,369,136.87 |\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 scope of the general purpose financial assistance program. It applies the existing authority to specify amounts for a particular scheduled payment (Part 2, item 5; Note 1) rather than altering eligibility, allocation methods or the underlying Act. The instrument is procedural: it identifies recipients and amounts for Payment No. 5; entries shown as '-' indicate no amount is specified in this table for those jurisdictions."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument that only lists payment amounts (Part 2, item 5).","Clear legal authority: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Note 1 to Part 2).","Commencement is straightforward: instrument takes effect on registration (clause 2).","Table entries are explicit monetary figures with cents—requires accurate accounting.","Presence of '-' for most jurisdictions creates a small interpretive ambiguity (whether zero or not applicable).","Minimal policy texture or novel legal tests; no new eligibility or formula changes.","Administrative discretion limited to executing payments; low ongoing compliance burden."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes the Commonwealth amounts to be paid as general purpose financial assistance for the 2020–21 Payment No. 5 (payment proposed in November 2020). It records payments to Western Australia ($14,931,918.56) and the Australian Capital Territory ($3,437,218.31); other jurisdictions show no amount.\n\nWho pays: the Commonwealth. Who decides: the Minister under the Act. Effect: a routine specification of one-off payment amounts; implementation requires standard payment processing and accounting."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow function intended: authorising a specific scheduled payment of general purpose financial assistance to states/territories. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of making determinations under section 9 of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (only 5 substantive provisions)","Minimal defined terms (only 'the Act' is explicitly defined)","Simple tabular structure for payment amounts with no conditions attached","No cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Straightforward commencement provision with single trigger (registration)","No exceptions, conditional logic, or operative complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short legal instrument that authorises the Australian Government to pay specific amounts of money to two states/territories—Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory—as part of the 2020-21 financial year budget. These payments are called \"general purpose financial assistance,\" which is essentially untied funding that states can spend however they choose (unlike grants for specific projects). The total payment being authorised is just over $18.3 million, with Western Australia receiving about $14.9 million and the ACT receiving about $3.4 million. The other states and territories are listed but receive nothing in this particular payment. This is the fifth such payment determination made for the 2020-21 financial year."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2020-21-payment-no-5-determination-/documents"}}