{"id":"F2025L00695","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 12) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442853,"registerId":"F2025L00695-fast-fetch-1775957784988","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. 12) 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. 12) Determination 2025\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     16 June 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. 12) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 June 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 | $50,966,978.07 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,782,219.38 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $54,749,197.45 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making periodic determinations of GST and general purpose financial assistance payments to states. The scope remains tightly constrained to this specific administrative task."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward table with dollar amounts","No amendments, schedules, or transitional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises one of the regular 2024–25 general-purpose financial assistance payments: $50,966,978.07 to Western Australia and $3,782,219.38 to the Australian Capital Territory. These untied federal transfers form part of Australia’s horizontal fiscal equalisation system, redistributing funds so jurisdictions can deliver comparable public services."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument applies the existing grant-making power under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to specify payment amounts for Payment No. 12. It does not introduce new categories, conditions, or alter the statutory scope; it simply records which jurisdictions receive amounts (notably WA and ACT) and the total payable (Part 2, Note 1; s 5)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-table payment schedule listing amounts by State — mechanically simple (s 5).","Specific statutory authority and formality: instrument made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s 3) and note that determinations proceed under subsection 9(1) of the Act (Part 2, Note 1).","Immediate commencement on registration creates no phased implementation complexity (s 2).","Many entries are recorded as zero/`$-`, which is administratively simple but may require confirmation of whether zero means nil payment or not applicable (s 5).","Limited policy or rule detail: no new definitions, conditions, or reporting obligations beyond referencing the Act (s 4).","Operational tasks remain: Treasury/Finance must execute transfers and reconcile totals against appropriations (implicit from role of determination and payment note).","Low compliance burden and limited discretion — the determination fixes amounts rather than creating ongoing regulatory rules (s 5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, specifies 2024–25 general-purpose grant payments (Payment No. 12). It allocates $50,966,978.07 to Western Australia and $3,782,219.38 to the Australian Capital Territory; all other states and territories are recorded with no amount. The total payment authorised is $54,749,197.45. It matters because it authorises and schedules Commonwealth grant transfers to those two jurisdictions for the stated payment round."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination/documents"}}