{"id":"F2024L00178","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2023-24 Payment No. 8) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-8-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442271,"registerId":"F2024L00178-fast-fetch-1775957328301","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. 8) Determination 2024","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. 8) Determination 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   14 February 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\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. 8) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 February 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 | $80,958,831.25 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,658,876.85 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $84,617,708.10 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the statutory scope of the Federal Financial Relations Act. It simply exercises the Act's power to specify amounts for a single general purpose payment (see cl.5), consistent with the Act's purpose and the instrument's authority (cl.3 and Part 2 notes)."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward payment table specifying amounts to named jurisdictions (cl.5).","Made under statutory authority of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (cl.3).","Definitions clause relies on cross‑references to the Act rather than creating new terms (cl.4).","Commencement is immediate on registration (cl.2), so operational effect is simple and time‑bound.","Notes identify legal basis and payment timing (Part 2 notes referencing subsection 9(1) and proposed February 2024 payment).","No new eligibility criteria, conditions, or discretionary allocation rules are created—mechanical exercise of power.","Most states receive nil for this payment, concentrating the cash flow to two jurisdictions, which simplifies calculations but concentrates effects."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the General Purpose Financial Assistance amounts for 2023‑24 Payment No. 8. It allocates $80,958,831.25 to Western Australia and $3,658,876.85 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $84,617,708.10); all other States are listed with nil for this payment. Made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, it directs the Commonwealth to make the proposed February 2024 payment. It matters because it determines which jurisdictions receive unconditional grant cash and the timing of that transfer."},"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 periodic determinations of general purpose financial assistance payments to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act'","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Simple tabular format for payment amounts — no conditional logic or exceptions","Single purpose: authorising one specific payment to two jurisdictions","No amendments, schedules, or transitional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the 8th instalment of general purpose financial assistance for 2023–24, totalling $84.6 million. It directs payments to Western Australia ($80.96 million) and the Australian Capital Territory ($3.66 million); other jurisdictions receive no payment this round. It implements routine Commonwealth fiscal equalisation transfers to state and territory governments."},"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-8-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-8-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-8-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-8-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-8-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2023-24-payment-no-8-determination-/documents"}}