{"id":"F2025L01373","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2025-26 Payment No. 5) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-5-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443036,"registerId":"F2025L01373-fast-fetch-1775957945973","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—2025-26 Payment No. 5) 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—2025-26 Payment No. 5) Determination 2025\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     12 November 2025\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh  Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury\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—2025-26 Payment No. 5) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 November 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 | $25,570,599.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,861,646.03 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $29,432,245.03 |\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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation serves exactly its original intended purpose: making a routine, specific payment of general purpose financial assistance to states under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections, with most being boilerplate (name, commencement, authority)","Zero defined terms in section 4 — just a reference to the parent Act for definitions","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the basic authority provision","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward table allocating fixed dollar amounts","No amendments, schedules, or explanatory material embedded in the text"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises Payment No. 5 for 2025–26: $25,570,599 to Western Australia and $3,861,646.03 to the Australian Capital Territory as general purpose financial assistance (untied grants). It affects WA and the ACT as recipients and leaves other jurisdictions with no payment in this instalment. Made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, it’s part of the Commonwealth’s routine GST/financial-relations distributions and is proposed for payment in November 2025."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory scope of federal financial relations; it simply exercises the Act's power to determine amounts to be paid to States (s3; s5). It does not amend the Act, alter eligibility rules, or add conditions. It specifies selected payment amounts for a proposed November 2025 grant round (Note 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Very narrow subject matter — single payment round with a short table of amounts to States (s5 table).","Legal formality is simple: instrument made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3) and under subsection 9(1) of the Act (Note 1).","Commencement is immediate on registration (s2), reducing temporal complexity.","Definitions rely on the Act for meaning rather than adding new terms (s4), simplifying interpretation.","Payment timing is stated but procedural detail is limited: payment is proposed for November 2025 (Note 2).","Table entries use a dash ($-) for most States, which could be read as zero or unspecified in this instrument (s5 table), creating minor ambiguity about non‑payments.","No allocation formula, conditions, or mechanistic distribution rules are included — only amounts are specified (s5), so implementation relies on existing administrative processes under the Act."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination directs the Commonwealth to pay specific general-purpose grants to States: Western Australia $25,570,599 and the Australian Capital Territory $3,861,646.03 (total $29,432,245.03). It is made by the Assistant Minister under the Federal Financial Relations Act and proposes the payment in November 2025. It changes who receives a one-off federal grant and by how much."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-5-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-5-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-5-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-5-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-5-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-5-determination-/documents"}}