{"id":"F2021L01001","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 1) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-1-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440932,"registerId":"F2021L01001-fast-fetch-1775956381194","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—2021-22 Payment No. 1) Determination 2021","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\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 1) 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   16 July 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\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 1) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 July 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 | $58,528,063.94 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,475,027.71 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $62,003,091.65 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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 payment amounts for general purpose financial assistance. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (only 5 substantive provisions)","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the Act'","Simple tabular format for payment amounts with no conditions or formulas","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Straightforward commencement provision with single trigger (registration)","No exceptions, exemptions, or conditional logic"],"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 ($58.5 million) and the Australian Capital Territory ($3.5 million)—as part of the 2021-22 financial year budget. These payments are called \"general purpose financial assistance,\" which is essentially untied funding that states and territories can spend however they choose (unlike grants that must be used for specific projects). The total payment covered by this determination is about $62 million. The other states (NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and Northern Territory) receive nothing under this particular payment. This is a routine administrative mechanism used to distribute federal funds to states throughout the year."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of federal financial relations; it implements the Act's existing power to determine payment amounts (subsection 9(1)) by specifying one-off grant amounts and a payment schedule for 2021–22. It alters only the quantum and timing of payments, not eligibility rules or the underlying legislative framework."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow subject matter: single-purpose payment determination listing fixed dollar amounts.","Legal authority is straightforward: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (note references subsection 9(1) for determinations).","Commencement mechanics are simple (takes effect on registration).","Relies on external Act for defined terms (Legislation Act note refers definitions to the Act).","No formulas, conditions or ongoing reporting obligations included — purely administrative payment instruction.","Precision in monetary figures and timing (payment proposed in July 2021) requires accurate treasury processing but little interpretive complexity.","Only two jurisdictions receive non-zero amounts, which reduces distributional complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets one-round general purpose grant payments for 2021–22: $58,528,063.94 to Western Australia and $3,475,027.71 to the Australian Capital Territory, totalling $62,003,091.65. It is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and takes effect on registration. The determination specifies Commonwealth cash flows to state governments (payments proposed for July 2021) and therefore directly alters the timing and amounts of intergovernmental grant receipts for the named jurisdictions."},"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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