{"id":"F2024L00898","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 1) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-1-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442499,"registerId":"F2024L00898-fast-fetch-1775957480997","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—2024-25 Payment No. 1) 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—2024-25 Payment No. 1) Determination 2024\n\nI, Stephen Jones, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, make the following determination.\n\n \n\nDated     16 July 2024\n\n \n\nStephen Jones\n\nAssistant Treasurer\n\nMinister for Financial Services\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—2024-25 Payment No. 1) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 July 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 | $52,512,514.08 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,782,219.43 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $56,294,733.51 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: authorising a specific instalment of GST-related general purpose financial assistance to states and territories. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original purpose of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument — only 5 substantive sections","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the Act'","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Minimal interpretative provisions — relies entirely on definitions in the parent Act"],"plain_english_summary":"The instrument authorises the Australian Government to pay $56.3 million in general purpose financial assistance for 2024–25 — $52.5 million to Western Australia and $3.8 million to the Australian Capital Territory. It affects WA and the ACT (they receive untied federal funding) while other jurisdictions receive nothing in this particular Payment No. 1; these instalments are routine technical adjustments to revenue-sharing."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the legal scope of general purpose financial assistance under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It simply determines specific payment amounts for 2024–25 Payment No. 1 (s 5) and sets commencement and timing (s 2; Part 2 notes). There is no amendment to the Act or expansion of duties or recipient categories in the instrument."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, transactional scope: the instrument only lists determined payment amounts (s 5 table).","Clear legal authority: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s 3).","Simple commencement rule: the whole instrument commences on registration (s 2).","Specified timing: payment is proposed for July 2024 (Note 2 to Part 2).","Many zero or dash entries ($-) in the table create potential for reader confusion about whether those are nil payments or placeholders (s 5 table).","No calculation methodology, formula, or explanatory rationale is included in the text (no schedules or formulas in instrument), limiting ability to verify how amounts were derived.","Administrative discretion is limited because fixed amounts are specified rather than delegated ranges or criteria (s 5).","Low compliance and implementation burden: instrument purely authorises payment amounts without imposing new reporting, conditions, or obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes the amounts the Commonwealth will pay as general purpose financial assistance for 2024–25 Payment No. 1. It names specific dollar amounts to be paid to States and Territories (a payment is proposed for July 2024) and is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nIt chiefly affects state and territory treasuries: only Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory are allocated non‑zero amounts here. The instrument directs the federal payment of those sums and sets its own commencement on registration."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-1-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-1-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-1-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-1-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-1-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-1-determination-/documents"}}