{"id":"F2024L00704","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2023-24 Payment No. 12) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-12-determination","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442428,"registerId":"F2024L00704-fast-fetch-1775957440792","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—2023-24 Payment No. 12) Determination 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2023-24 Payment No. 12) Determination 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     17 June 2024\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\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 2\n\n5  Determination of general purpose financial assistance\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2023-24 Payment No. 12) Determination 2024.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 June 2024.\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 | $55,230,908.07 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,658,876.86 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $58,889,784.93 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the substantive scope of the Federal Financial Relations Act; it only determines the monetary amounts for a single scheduled general purpose payment (Payment No. 12, 2023–24) and sets commencement and definitional pointers to the Act (s5; s2; s4). It neither amends eligibility nor creates new categories of assistance."},"complexity_factors":["Single, discrete policy action: specifies amounts in one table (s5) — lowers complexity.","Clear legal basis provided: instrument made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3) — reduces interpretive work.","Commencement rule is simple: instrument commences on registration (s2) — administrative clarity.","Definitions point to the parent Act for meanings (s4) — reduces standalone definitional complexity but requires cross-reference.","Presentation of many jurisdictions as “$-” (s5) introduces minor interpretive ambiguity about whether that denotes zero or ‘not applicable’.","Procedural note that the payment is “proposed” for June 2024 (Part 2 note) creates a timing/administration nuance."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, sets the dollar amounts of general purpose financial assistance for Payment No. 12 of 2023–24 (a payment proposed for June 2024). It allocates $55,230,908.07 to Western Australia and $3,658,876.86 to the Australian Capital Territory; all other jurisdictions are shown with nil amounts, for a total of $58,889,784.93 (s5; Part 2 notes). The Commonwealth will make these grant payments to the named States/Territories (s3)."},"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 determinations of general purpose financial assistance to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, specific purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument — 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) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No nested provisions or subsections with multiple paragraphs","Purpose is purely administrative — authorising specific dollar amounts already calculated elsewhere"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument authorises the Australian Government to pay $55,230,908.07 to Western Australia and $3,658,876.86 to the Australian Capital Territory as unconditional general-purpose financial assistance for 2023–24. It’s the 12th such payment this year and forms part of Commonwealth redistributions that help states and territories provide comparable public services."},"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-2023-24-payment-no-12-determination","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-12-determination/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-12-determination/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-12-determination/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-12-determination/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-12-determination/documents"}}