{"id":"F2024L01313","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 4) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-4-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442607,"registerId":"F2024L01313-fast-fetch-1775957579915","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. 4) 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](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 4) Determination 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   15 October 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. 4) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 October 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 | $60,212,103.35 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,782,219.43 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $63,994,322.78 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: authorising a specific scheduled payment of general purpose financial assistance to states under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. There is no scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply refers to the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward table with fixed dollar amounts","No amendments, transitional provisions, or sunset clauses"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises a one-off federal payment of $60.2 million to Western Australia and $3.8 million to the Australian Capital Territory (just under $64 million total) as general-purpose financial assistance — untied grants the recipients can spend as they choose.  \n\nIt is a routine Payment No. 4 for 2024–25 under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, a top‑up adjustment that enables the Commonwealth to legally transfer updated GST/grant entitlements."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It operates under subsection 9(1) (Part 2, note 1) to specify payment amounts for this payment round (s5) and does not amend eligibility, program design, or attach new conditions."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument: specifies payment amounts only (s5).","Clear statutory authority and commencement provisions (s3; s2).","No new regulatory duties, conditions or eligibility changes; purely administrative allocation.","Simple tabular presentation of amounts and total; minimal cross-references.","Uses defined terms from the Act but does not introduce new definitions (s4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes Commonwealth grants of general purpose financial assistance for 2024–25: $60,212,103.35 to Western Australia and $3,782,219.43 to the Australian Capital Territory, totalling $63,994,322.78, with payment proposed in October 2024 (Part 2, note 2; s5). Made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 by the Assistant Minister (s3), it directs one-off transfers to state budgets and does not change eligibility rules or create new conditions."},"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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