{"id":"F2024L01721","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 6) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-6-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442697,"registerId":"F2024L01721-fast-fetch-1775957645560","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. 6) 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. 6) Determination 2024\n\nI, Stephen Jones, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, make the following determination.\n\nDated     18 December 2024\n\n \n\nStephen Jones  Assistant Treasurer  Minister for Financial Services\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. 6) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 December 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 | $61,706,052.56 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,782,219.43 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $65,488,271.99 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument implements a routine payment determination under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and does not change the statutory scope or create new legal obligations. It specifies amounts to be paid to named jurisdictions (see Part 2, Note 1 and section 5) but does not amend definitions, funding mechanisms, or entitlements in the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Instrument is a single-purpose, transactional determination specifying monetary amounts (low structural complexity).","Relies on external definitions and authority in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (cross-reference cognitive load).","Precise monetary figures with decimal cents require administrative accuracy in payment systems.","Commencement mechanism is immediate on registration (straightforward timing rule).","Limited number of recipients reduces legal and operational ambiguity.","No novel regulatory standards, conditions, or compliance regimes introduced—administrative rather than policy complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination instructs the Commonwealth to pay specified general purpose financial assistance amounts under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 for the December 2024 payment: Western Australia $61,706,052.56 and the Australian Capital Territory $3,782,219.43 (total $65,488,271.99). It is made by the Assistant Treasurer as a specific funding allocation.\n\nIt affects state and territory budgets by transferring Commonwealth funds; the Commonwealth funds the payments and the Assistant Treasurer decides the amounts under subsection 9(1) of the Act."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the parent Act: making periodic determinations of GST revenue sharing payments to states. The scope remains tightly constrained to this specific administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions across 2 Parts","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' — relies entirely on definitions from the parent Act","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a simple table of amounts","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority provisions","Straightforward administrative instrument with minimal legal machinery"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth’s sixth 2024–25 payment of general purpose financial assistance to states and territories, formally directing $61,706,052.56 to Western Australia and $3,782,219.43 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $65,488,271.99). It implements a horizontal fiscal equalisation transfer that lets the Treasurer make these untied payments under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"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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