{"id":"F2026L00030","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2025-26 Payment No. 7) Determination 2026","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-7-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443131,"registerId":"F2026L00030-fast-fetch-1775958041212","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. 7) Determination 2026","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. 7) Determination 2026\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     15 January 2026\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. 7) Determination 2026.\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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 2026.\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 | $42,003,910.78 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,861,646.04 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $45,865,556.82 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not alter the scope of federal financial relations law; it merely makes a periodic payment determination under subsection 9(1) of the Act (see Note to Part 2 and s5). It specifies amounts to be paid in January 2026 (s5) — $42,003,910.78 to Western Australia and $3,861,646.04 to the ACT, totalling $45,865,556.82 — and records no payments for other jurisdictions (s5 table). Commencement (s2) and authority (s3) are procedural; no substantive policy or eligibility changes are made."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: only specifies monetary amounts for GPFA (Part 2, s5).","Clear statutory authority: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3) and s9(1) noted in the instrument.","Routine commencement mechanics: instrument takes effect immediately after registration (s2).","Definitions limited and cross-refer to the Act and Legislation Act (s4); no new terminology introduced.","Tabulated numeric values with high precision (two payments listed, many entries shown as \"$-\"), which may require interpretation as nil/zero for some jurisdictions (s5 table).","Minimal administrative discretion or conditions — the instrument records amounts only, not eligibility rules or formulae."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, sets the Commonwealth’s general purpose financial assistance payments for 2025–26 (Payment No. 7), to be paid in January 2026. It allocates a total of $45,865,556.82, chiefly to Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory, while other jurisdictions receive no amount under this instrument. The Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury exercises the authority to make the allocation."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making specific determinations of general purpose financial assistance payments to states and territories. 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 points to the parent Act)","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a straightforward payment table","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority and commencement provisions","Table format makes the actual legal operation immediately transparent"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises one-off general purpose financial assistance payments totalling $45,865,556.82 under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, allocating $42,003,910.78 to Western Australia and $3,861,646.04 to the Australian Capital Territory. It affects WA and the ACT (other jurisdictions receive no payment here) and is part of Australia’s horizontal fiscal equalisation process to top up state and territory revenues for 2025–26."},"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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