{"id":"F2024L01466","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 5) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-5-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442639,"registerId":"F2024L01466-fast-fetch-1775957599792","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. 5) 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. 5) Determination 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     15 November 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. 5) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 November 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 | $48,090,548.62 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,782,219.43 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $51,872,768.05 |\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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the statutory scope of federal financial relations. It applies the existing grant-making power under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to specify payment amounts for 2024–25 Payment No. 5 (see Note 1 and s5) and does not alter eligibility, purposes or mechanisms established by the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Fixed, small set of numeric allocations to specific jurisdictions (Part 2, s5) reduces interpretive complexity.","Statutory basis and decision-making power are referenced to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Authority, cl 3; Note 1 referencing subsection 9(1)), requiring familiarity with that Act to fully understand legal foundation.","Immediate commencement mechanism is simple (cl 2), limiting transitional complexity.","Instrument is procedural (specifies amounts) rather than normative—low number of definitions and no new obligations reduces implementation burden.","Administrative discretion exists at the Act level to determine amounts (Note 1), but this instrument records the exercise of that discretion without creating new criteria."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs Commonwealth general-purpose grants for 2024–25 (Payment No. 5), allocating $48,090,548.62 to Western Australia and $3,782,219.43 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $51,872,768.05). It is made by the Assistant Minister under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (subsection 9(1)); the Commonwealth pays the grants, states receive funds for general budget use, discretion to set amounts arises from the Act (see Part 2, s5), and recipient compliance is routine budget administration."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the parent Act: making periodic determinations of general purpose financial assistance payments to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions across 2 Parts","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","No cross-references except to the enabling Act","Simple tabular format for the actual determination of amounts","No conditional logic, exceptions, or operative complexity","Essentially a ministerial signature on a payment schedule"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the fifth 2024–25 general purpose financial assistance payment, directing untied federal funds of $48,090,548.62 to Western Australia and $3,782,219.43 to the Australian Capital Territory (other jurisdictions receive $0), totalling $51,872,768.05. \n\nIt maintains routine Commonwealth-to-state funding so state and territory governments can meet service costs. Made by Assistant Minister Dr Andrew Leigh under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-5-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-5-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-5-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-5-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-5-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-5-determination-/documents"}}