{"id":"F2021L01443","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2021-22 Payment No. 4) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441043,"registerId":"F2021L01443-fast-fetch-1775956468488","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. 4) 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. 4) 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   18 October 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—2021-22 Payment No. 4) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 October 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 | $57,532,084.74 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,475,027.71 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $61,007,112.45 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the program's scope. It solely determines amounts for Payment No. 4 of 2021–22 under the existing general purpose financial assistance framework (Part 2 Note 1; s.5). It does not amend the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, alter eligibility rules, or introduce new conditions; it only allocates specified cash amounts and timing information."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: narrowly specifies monetary amounts in a single table (s.5 table).","Legal authority clear and simple: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Part 2 Note 1; s.3).","Definitions minimal and adopted from the Act (s.4), reducing interpretive burden.","Commences on registration, with no staged or conditional commencements (s.2).","No formulae, allocation methodology, or conditions included—only outcome figures are given (s.5), so administrative implementation relies on existing processes.","Dollar entries of '$-' (nil) could be read as zero for this payment but the instrument does not explicitly explain that notation (s.5 table).","Impacts are chiefly fiscal and timing-related for state budgets rather than requiring new regulatory compliance (Part 2 Note 2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes the amounts of general purpose financial assistance (untied Commonwealth grants) for Payment No. 4 of 2021–22: Western Australia $57,532,084.74 and the Australian Capital Territory $3,475,027.71; all other States/Territories are listed as nil, with a total of $61,007,112.45. The payment was proposed for October 2021. It matters because the Commonwealth (who pays) directs cash flows to state governments (who receive), affecting state budgets and timing of receipts."},"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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow function intended: making a specific payment determination under the Federal Financial Relations Act. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of authorising a single tranche of general purpose financial assistance."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections across 2 Parts","Zero defined terms in section 4 (just a pointer to the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the enabling Act","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No amendments, schedules, or explanatory material embedded in the text"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a short legal instrument that authorises a specific federal payment to two Australian states and territories. The Assistant Treasurer has determined that **Western Australia will receive $57.5 million** and the **Australian Capital Territory will receive $3.5 million** in \"general purpose financial assistance\" — essentially untied federal funding that these governments can spend as they see fit. The other states (NSW, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and Northern Territory) receive nothing in this particular payment round. The total payment across all jurisdictions is just over $61 million. This is the fourth such payment for the 2021-22 financial year, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2021-22-payment-no-4-determination-/documents"}}