{"id":"F2023L01521","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2023-24 Payment No. 5) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442179,"registerId":"F2023L01521-fast-fetch-1775957249114","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. 5) 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 Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2023-24 Payment No. 5) Determination 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated  16 November 2023\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury  Parliamentary Secretary to the 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\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. 5) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 November 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 | $33,108,013.52 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,664,916.67 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $36,772,930.19 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the scope of federal financial assistance; it only specifies the dollar amounts for Payment No. 5 (2023–24) to particular States/Territories under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act. It introduces no new categories, eligibility rules or payment mechanisms and therefore does not expand or narrow the Act's coverage."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument: sets specific payment amounts rather than new policy.","Clear legal authority: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (note in Part 2 that the determination is made under subsection 9(1) of the Act).","Simple commencement rules: whole instrument commences on registration (section 2).","Use of defined-term linkage to the Act (section 4 relies on Legislation Act 2003 for definitions) rather than lengthy local definitions.","Precise monetary figures in a short table reduce interpretative complexity.","No new eligibility criteria, formulas, or contingent administrative discretions included — only an allocation table."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs Commonwealth general-purpose grant payments for 2023–24 Payment No. 5: it allocates $33,108,013.52 to Western Australia and $3,664,916.67 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $36,772,930.19); other jurisdictions are listed with nil amounts. Made under the Federal Financial Relations Act, the determination causes the Commonwealth to transfer the specified sums to those jurisdictions in November 2023, imposing the usual administrative and reporting obligations tied to federal payments."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making periodic determinations of general purpose financial assistance amounts. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions across 2 Parts","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a straightforward payment table","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Mechanical implementation of existing statutory framework (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises one-off general purpose financial assistance payments of $33,108,013.52 to Western Australia and $3,664,916.67 to the Australian Capital Territory. \n\nAs untied budget support, the payments (the fifth instalment for 2023–24, made November 2023) flow from the Commonwealth to those state/territory governments to help equalise capacity to deliver public services."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-/documents"}}