{"id":"F2025L00577","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 11) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-11-determination","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442831,"registerId":"F2025L00577-fast-fetch-1775957760437","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. 11) Determination 2025","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\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 11) Determination 2025\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     14 May 2025\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh  Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury\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\n \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. 11) Determination 2025.\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 Immediately after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 May 2025.\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 | $75,883,991.67 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,782,219.43 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $79,666,211.10 |\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 2009. It applies the Act by specifying amounts to be paid for a particular 2024‑25 general purpose assistance payment round (s5) under the Act (s3), without creating new powers, conditions or broader obligations."},"complexity_factors":["Single, fixed payment table with clear amounts (s5) — low procedural complexity.","Instrument relies on definitions and statutory authority in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s4; s3), creating an external legal reference point.","Nearly all jurisdictions receive nil allocations, concentrating fiscal effect in two recipients — simple distributive pattern but potentially notable budgetary concentration.","Commencement is immediate (s2), leaving little phased implementation detail.","No formulas, eligibility criteria or calculation methodology are included — understanding policy basis requires consulting external materials.","Administrative action is foreseen (payment proposed in May 2025, Note 2) but compliance/administration burden on recipients is minimal given fixed cash amounts."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes Commonwealth general purpose financial assistance payments for 2024‑25 Payment No. 11, listing two non‑zero amounts: Western Australia $75,883,991.67 and the Australian Capital Territory $3,782,219.43 (total $79,666,211.10). It affects State and Territory treasuries as recipients and the Commonwealth as payer (s5; Note 2). The Assistant Minister made the determination under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and the instrument commences immediately (s3; s2). Most jurisdictions are allocated nil in this schedule."},"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 specific determinations of GST and general purpose financial assistance payments to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections across 2 Parts","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Simple tabular format for payment amounts with no conditions or exceptions","No conditional logic, triggers, or operative thresholds","Straightforward administrative determination with no substantive policy rules"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to make untied general purpose financial assistance payments for 2024–25: $75,883,991.67 to Western Australia and $3,782,219.43 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $79,666,211.10).  \n\nIt affects the Commonwealth Treasury and the WA and ACT budgets, and matters as part of Australia’s horizontal fiscal equalisation system — routine top‑up funding to help states 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. 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