{"id":"F2025L01609","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2025-26 Payment No. 6) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-6-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443099,"registerId":"F2025L01609-fast-fetch-1775958023307","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. 6) 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. 6) Determination 2025\n\nI, Daniel Mulino, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, make the following determination.\n\nDated    17 December 2025\n\n \n\nDr Daniel Mulino  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—2025-26 Payment No. 6) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 December 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 | $30,147,732.96 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,861,646.04 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $34,009,379.00 |\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 function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making determinations for specific GST and general purpose financial assistance payments. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions across 2 Parts","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply refers to 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 policy complexity — purely mechanical allocation of pre-determined dollar amounts"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Australian Government to pay $34 million in general purpose financial assistance for 2025–26 — $30.1 million to Western Australia and $3.9 million to the Australian Capital Territory. It’s the sixth scheduled payment for the year, an administrative step releasing budgeted funds that the states and territory may use at their discretion to support services."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not alter the legal scope or eligibility framework for general purpose financial assistance. It operates under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act to specify Payment No.6 amounts and commencement (see Note 1 to Part 2, s5 table, s2 and s4). Its effect is limited to allocating the listed monetary amounts to named States."},"complexity_factors":["Single, narrowly focused schedule of monetary amounts (s5 table) — limited substantive content.","Relies on external definitions in the Federal Financial Relations Act and the Legislation Act rather than defining terms locally (s4; Legislation Act para 13(1)(b) noted).","Immediate commencement mechanic (s2) — administrative timing consideration for payment processing.","Precision to cents and explicit total requires numerical reconciliation for accounting (s5 table figures sum to total).","Use of dashes for zero amounts (s5 table) may require administrative interpretation to confirm ‘no payment’ versus omitted data.","No new eligibility, conditions or compliance duties are created in this instrument — procedural rather than regulatory complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the Commonwealth general‑purpose grant amounts for Payment No.6 of 2025–26: $30,147,732.96 to Western Australia and $3,861,646.04 to the Australian Capital Territory, totalling $34,009,379. It is made by the Assistant Treasurer under the Federal Financial Relations Act and takes effect immediately. \n\nIt does not change who is eligible or the rules that govern the grants; it only specifies the amounts and timing, so the Commonwealth budget bears the cost and state treasuries receive and account for the payments."},"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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