{"id":"F2026L00111","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance—2025-26 Payment No. 8) Determination 2026","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443139,"registerId":"F2026L00111-fast-fetch-1775958054409","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. 8) 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. 8) Determination 2026\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     16 February 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. 8) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 February 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 | $42,447,628.60 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $- |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $- |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,861,646.04 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $- |\n| 9 | Total | $46,309,274.64 |\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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument performs exactly the narrow, technical function it was designed for: authorising a specific scheduled payment under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose of making periodic determinations for GST-related general purpose financial assistance."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions across 2 Parts","No defined terms in section 4 — just a single reference to 'the Act' meaning the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a basic table with 9 rows","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the standard 'made under' authority citation","Standard legislative template structure (Name, Commencement, Authority, Definitions, Substantive provision)","Note references to external legislation (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009) but no complex interpretive provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises a routine federal payment of $42.4 million to Western Australia and $3.9 million to the Australian Capital Territory as untied “general purpose financial assistance.” It affects those two governments (other states/territories are listed but receive zero) and is a routine GST equalisation top‑up/adjustment from the Federal Treasury to align prior estimates."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance under the Act. It simply allocates specific payment amounts for Payment No. 8 of 2025–26 (section 5), relies on the Act for definitions (section 4), and is made under the Act’s determination power (Part 2 Note 1 referencing subsection 9(1)). No new categories, eligibility rules, or enduring program modifications are introduced."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose, short instrument: one operative table specifying amounts (section 5).","Legal authority straightforward: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (section 3) and the determination power referred to in Part 2 Note 1 (subsection 9(1) of the Act).","Definitions and terms are delegated to the parent Act (section 4), reducing in-instrument definitional complexity.","Commencement is immediate upon registration (section 2), minimizing phased implementation complexity.","Monetary precision but limited scope: only two jurisdictions receive non-zero amounts in the table (section 5); other rows show \"$-\" entries which the instrument formats as dashes rather than numeric zero (section 5 table).","Administrative detail light: a payment timing note indicates the payment is proposed for February 2026 (Part 2 Note 2), but operational mechanics and payment timing rely on existing Act processes rather than new procedural rules."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets Commonwealth general-purpose grants for Payment No. 8 of 2025–26, allocating $46,309,274.64 in total — $42,447,628.60 to Western Australia and $3,861,646.04 to the Australian Capital Territory. It is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and takes effect immediately after registration. It matters because it directs federal cash to those jurisdictions and records who decides the payment and the exact amounts."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-/documents"}}