{"id":"F2025L00018","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 7) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-7-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442704,"registerId":"F2025L00018-fast-fetch-1775957660451","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. 7) 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](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 7) Determination 2025\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   15 January 2025\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. 7) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 January 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 | $57,003,578.91 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,782,219.43 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $60,785,798.34 |\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 administrative function it was designed for: authorising specific GST-related payments to states. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of implementing payment determinations under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions across 2 Parts","Zero defined terms of its own (relies entirely on definitions from the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No amendments, schedules, or transitional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"Authorises $57 million to Western Australia and $3.78 million to the Australian Capital Territory for 2024–25 as untied (general purpose) financial assistance. It’s an administrative instrument that triggers these scheduled Federal Financial Relations transfers, reflecting horizontal fiscal equalisation adjustments and allowing WA and the ACT to allocate the funds to their own priorities."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance; it exercises the Act’s power to set payment amounts for a specific payment round and assigns funds to named States (see s5 and Part 2 Notes)."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: specifies amounts for general purpose payments (s5)","Very small number of non-zero entries in the payment table (only WA and ACT)","Uses existing statutory definitions and powers (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; Legislation Act effect noted at Definitions)","Standard commencement rule—immediate effect on registration (cl 2)","Minimal procedural detail or conditionality; low administrative complexity","Payment timing declared but no new compliance regime or reporting obligations (Part 2 Note 2)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs the Commonwealth to make a one-off general purpose financial assistance payment in January 2025 of $60,785,798.34: $57,003,578.91 to Western Australia and $3,782,219.43 to the Australian Capital Territory (s5, Note 2). Made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, the Assistant Minister authorises the payment (s3). Mechanically, the Commonwealth transfers taxpayer-funded cash to state budgets; states receive discretionary revenue, while timing, allocation and administrative control rest with the Commonwealth determination (s2–s5)."},"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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