{"id":"F2025L00133","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 8) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2024-25-payment-no-8-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442724,"registerId":"F2025L00133-fast-fetch-1775957679452","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. 8) 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 of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2024-25 Payment No. 8) Determination 2025\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     17 February 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. 8) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 February 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 | $57,351,652.57 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,782,219.43 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $61,133,872.00 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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 specific determinations of general purpose financial assistance amounts. 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)","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a straightforward payment table","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citation","Minimal legislative machinery: standard commencement, name, and authority provisions only"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to make Payment No. 8 for 2024–25 of general purpose (unrestricted) financial assistance: $57,351,652.57 to Western Australia and $3,782,219.43 to the Australian Capital Territory (total $61,133,872). The federal Treasury will effect the transfers; other states receive no payment in this instalment. As general purpose funding, recipients may allocate the money across priorities (health, schools, infrastructure, debt) rather than to specified projects."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument sets out specified grant amounts under the Act and does not indicate any departure from the Act's normal scope or from prior determinations. It confines payments to Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory for the named payment round (s.5; Note 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, single-purpose instrument limited to one payment round and nine table entries","Numeric precision (specific dollar amounts) reduces interpretive ambiguity","Relies on cross-reference to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and subsection 9(1) for legal authority","Standard commencement and formality provisions (immediate effect on registration) create predictable timing","Few discretionary elements—determination is largely declarative rather than rule-setting"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, specifies general-purpose grants totalling $61,133,872—$57,351,652.57 to Western Australia and $3,782,219.43 to the Australian Capital Territory; other states are nil—and takes effect on registration with payment proposed for February 2025 (s.5; Note 2). It directs Commonwealth payments (made under subsection 9(1)) and alters near-term federal funding inflows for WA and the ACT, imposing the routine administrative task of receipt and accounting for those grants."},"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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