{"id":"F2023L01087","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2023-24 Payment No. 2) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-2-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442033,"registerId":"F2023L01087-fast-fetch-1775957160152","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. 2) Determination 2023","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![Commonwealth of Australia Coat of Arms](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2023-24 Payment No. 2) Determination 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   14 August 2023\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\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. 2) Determination 2023.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 2023.\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 | $61,715,490.71 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,664,916.67 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $65,380,407.38 |\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 function intended by the parent Act: making specific determinations of general purpose financial assistance amounts. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections across 2 Parts","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Mechanical execution of existing statutory formula rather than creation of new legal rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the federal government to make unconditional, general-purpose payments in August 2023: $61.7 million to Western Australia and $3.7 million to the Australian Capital Territory. It forms part of Australia’s fiscal equalisation arrangements for sharing GST revenue and is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the legal scope of general purpose financial assistance under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It simply implements a routine allocation by specifying payment amounts and timing under the Act (see 'Authority' and the Determination table). No new recipients, eligibility rules, or powers are created or removed in this instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Legal basis is straightforward: instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see 'Authority' and Note 1 referencing subsection 9(1)).","Content is narrowly confined to a single payments table specifying amounts for each State/Territory, with only two non‑zero entries (WA and ACT).","Commencement and timing provisions are simple: the whole instrument commences on registration and payment is proposed in August 2023 (Commencement, Note 2).","No formula, conditions, or allocation methodology is contained in the instrument — amounts are stated as fixed figures, which reduces interpretive complexity but increases reliance on external calculation/records.","Administrative detail is minimal but numerically precise (includes cents), creating routine payment and accounting tasks for Treasury and recipient Treasuries.","Compliance and reporting burden on recipients is not specified here; discretion and ongoing implementation details remain with the administering agency under the Act."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs the Commonwealth to pay general-purpose financial assistance for 2023–24, specifying amounts to be paid to Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory totalling $65,380,407.38. \n\nIt affects the named state governments as recipients and matters because it allocates Commonwealth grant funds, fixes timing (payment proposed in August 2023) and requires the Treasury to transfer the listed amounts under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"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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