{"id":"F2017L01144","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No.100 (July 2017)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-100-july-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":97030,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2017L01144-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Federal Financial Relations (General Pur","sectionType":"part","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 100 (JULY 2017)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 100 (JULY 2017)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"preliminary","content":"```html\n

Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 100 (JULY 2017)

I, SCOTT JOHN MORRISON, Treasurer, make this determination under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

SCOTT JOHN MORRISON


Dated: 18 July 2017

\n```\n\n## Part 1 — preliminary\n\n### Name of determination\n\n This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No.100 (July 2017).\n\n### Commencement\n\n 2. This determination commences on the day on which it is made.\n\n### Determination\n\n 3. The amounts specified in the following table are to be paid to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance to those States.\n\n### Table: General Purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 July 2017\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General Purpose Financial Assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$62,855,808.68

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,296,804.93

Northern Territory

-

Total

$66,152,613.61

\n```","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Name of determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Name of determination","content":"### Name of determination\n\n This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No.100 (July 2017).","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Commencement","sectionType":"division","heading":"Commencement","content":"### Commencement\n\n 2. This determination commences on the day on which it is made.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Determination","content":"### Determination\n\n 3. The amounts specified in the following table are to be paid to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance to those States.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Table: General Purpose financial assista","sectionType":"division","heading":"Table: General Purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 July 2017","content":"### Table: General Purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 July 2017\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General Purpose Financial Assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$62,855,808.68

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,296,804.93

Northern Territory

-

Total

$66,152,613.61

\n```","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs the core, intended function of the Federal Financial Relations Act — directing the Commonwealth to make specified general purpose financial assistance payments to States/Territories on a set date. It does not expand or change the statutory scheme, add new powers or impose conditions beyond routine payment mechanics, and therefore does not change the scope of the legislation from its original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (3 clauses and a table)","Single cross-reference to subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009","No defined-terms section within the determination itself","One conditional element only (commencement on day made)","Simple tabular listing of payments with only 2 non-zero entries","No nested exceptions, no schedules, no ongoing regulatory delegations"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)**\n\n- This is a Treasurer’s determination made under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. (That Act governs how the Commonwealth gives money to States and Territories.)\n- It directs the Commonwealth to pay specific amounts of general purpose financial assistance (GPFA — untied grant funding) to named States/Territories on a specified payment date.\n- The determination: (a) commences on the day it is made (clause 2); and (b) lists the amounts to be paid to each State/Territory for the payment date 21 July 2017 (clause 3 and the table).\n- The table shows only Western Australia ($62,855,808.68) and the Australian Capital Territory ($3,296,804.93) as recipients; the other States and the Northern Territory have zero listed for this payment. The total payment listed is $66,152,613.61.\n\n**Who it affects**\n\n- Directly: the Commonwealth (as payer) and the specified recipient jurisdictions (Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory) as recipients of GPFA on 21 July 2017.\n- Indirectly: other State and Territory Treasuries (because payment timing and amounts affect overall fiscal balances and cash flows), and the Commonwealth’s budget/appropriations (because the Commonwealth must have funds available to make the payment).\n\n**Why it matters (purpose claims, tested against practical effects)**\n\n- Official purpose claim: to make a grant of general purpose financial assistance to the States/Territories named in the table (clause 3). Mechanically the instrument implements that claim by specifying amounts and a payment date.\n\n- Costs and who pays: the Commonwealth funds the payments; they reduce Commonwealth cash/appropriations for the relevant financial period. The recipient jurisdictions receive cash that can be spent without Commonwealth-imposed program conditions (GPFA is untied).\n\n- Concentrated benefits / distributional effect: benefits are concentrated in two jurisdictions for this payment date (WA and the ACT). All other jurisdictions receive nothing under this particular scheduled payment.\n\n- Incentives and behaviour effects: the instrument is a cash flow mechanism only. It does not impose conditions or change policy settings that would alter recipient behaviour directly. In practice, receiving untied funds may affect a recipient’s short-term budget choices (spending, borrowing or timing of payments), but that is a decision for each State/Territory.\n\n- Trade-offs and opportunity cost: funds allocated here could have been used for other Commonwealth priorities. For recipients, the opportunity cost is what they would have done had they not received the GPFA (e.g. alternate spending or reduced borrowing).\n\n- Implementation risk and compliance burden: very low. This is a routine, formulaic payment direction under the Federal Financial Relations Act; the administrative task is to execute the transfer on the specified date. There are no new reporting or compliance requirements in the instrument itself.\n\n- Bureaucratic discretion and transparency: the determination is a discrete, dated direction from the Treasurer listing amounts. The instrument does not confer new discretionary powers beyond the Treasurer’s power to determine payments under the Act; it does not create ongoing discretionary frameworks or conditional programs.\n\n**Where to look in the instrument**\n\n- Commencement: clause 2.\n- Payment directive and amounts: clause 3 and the table (payment date 21 July 2017).\n\n**Net practical effect**\n\n- A one-off set of GPFA payments is scheduled and will be made on 21 July 2017: $62.856m to Western Australia and $3.297m to the Australian Capital Territory (total $66.153m). The instrument is an administrative payment order under the Federal Financial Relations Act rather than a change to policy settings or grant conditions."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 — authorising specific payments of general purpose financial assistance to States. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document — only 3 operative provisions","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009)","Simple tabular format for the substantive content","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward arithmetic calculation (sum of two amounts equals total)"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay $66.15 million in untied general purpose financial assistance on 21 July 2017: $62.86 million to Western Australia and $3.30 million to the Australian Capital Territory.\n\nIt affects State and Territory governments (recipients) and Australian taxpayers (the funding source); as untied grants the payments can be spent at recipients’ discretion and form part of federal revenue redistribution to support services like health, education and roads."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-100-july-2017","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-100-july-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-100-july-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-100-july-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-100-july-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-100-july-2017/documents"}}