{"id":"F2024L01185","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 3) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442588,"registerId":"F2024L01185-fast-fetch-1775957559818","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. 3) 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\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 3) Determination 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     17 September 2024\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh  Assistant 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\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. 3) 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 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 September 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 | $58,469,391.48 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,782,219.43 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $62,251,610.91 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance. It is an administrative allocation made under subsection 9(1) of the Act (Part 2 note) that specifies amounts and timing for a particular payment round; it does not amend the Act, redefine terms, or alter eligibility criteria."},"complexity_factors":["Simple single-purpose instrument: specifies payment amounts in a single table (Part 2, s.5).","Made under an external statute: relies on the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 for authority and meanings (Preliminaries, s.3; Definitions, s.4).","Most line items are zero, so administrative effect is concentrated on two jurisdictions (table in s.5).","Timing and commencement are procedural: immediate commencement on registration and payment proposed for September 2024 (Commencement, s.2; Part 2 note).","No substantive changes to law or eligibility; instrument performs an allocation function rather than creating new obligations."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes amounts of general purpose financial assistance to be paid to states. It allocates $58,469,391.48 to Western Australia and $3,782,219.43 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $62,251,610.91) and proposes payment in September 2024.\n\nThe Commonwealth, acting through the Assistant Minister, authorises these transfers. Mechanically it routes funding into state budgets for this instalment; most states are allocated nil in this payment."},"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":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making periodic determinations of GST redistribution payments. The scope remains tightly constrained to the specific administrative task of authorising particular payment amounts to specific jurisdictions for a specific payment round."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections across 2 Parts","Only 1 defined term ('the Act')","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","Minimal legislative machinery — essentially a payment instruction with legislative formality"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises Commonwealth grants of $58.47 million to Western Australia and $3.78 million to the Australian Capital Territory as part of the GST redistribution (Payment No. 3 for 2024–25). It’s routine administrative action under the ongoing system that reallocates GST revenue so states and territories can fund services like hospitals, schools and roads."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-/documents"}}