{"id":"F2018L00136","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No.106 (January 2018)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-106-january-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":96776,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L00136-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. 106 (JANUARY 2018)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 106 (JANUARY 2018)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"preliminary","content":"```html\n

Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 106 (JANUARY 2018)

I, KELLY MEGAN O’DWYER, Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, make this determination under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

KELLY MEGAN O’DWYER


Dated: 18 January 2018

\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.106 (January 2018).\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 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 22 January 2018\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$52,740,859.01

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,296,804.93

Northern Territory

-

Total

$56,037,663.94

\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.106 (January 2018).","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 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 22 January 2018","content":"### Table: General purpose financial assistance for payment on 22 January 2018\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$52,740,859.01

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,296,804.93

Northern Territory

-

Total

$56,037,663.94

\n```","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument exercises the existing power to specify payments under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; it does not alter the statutory scope or create new categories of assistance. It simply designates the amounts and recipients for the 22 January 2018 general purpose financial assistance payment (see clauses 2–3 and the payment table)."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose, short instrument: specifies amounts for one payment date (see clause 3 and the table).","Made under an explicit statutory power: issued under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (header/signature block).","No formulas, conditions or ongoing obligations: amounts are fixed figures in a schedule, reducing interpretive complexity.","Limited number of monetary entries and recipients: only Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory have non-zero amounts in the table.","Immediate commencement: commences on the day it is made (clause 2), so no phased implementation to consider.","Minor drafting repetition: the determination repeats headings and the table, which creates small clarity overhead but no legal complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 by the Minister for Revenue and Financial Services, fixes one-off general purpose grant payments to States for payment on 22 January 2018. The Commonwealth will pay $56,037,663.94 in total, allocated as $52,740,859.01 to Western Australia and $3,296,804.93 to the Australian Capital Territory; other jurisdictions are listed with no payment for this date.\n\nIt matters because it specifies who receives Commonwealth general purpose financial assistance on a particular payment date and the exact amounts to be transferred."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves exactly its original purpose under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: to specify amounts of general purpose financial assistance to be paid to states. It is a routine administrative instrument that operates within the established framework without expanding beyond the Act's intent."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document — only 3 operative provisions plus a payment table","No defined terms section; all language is plain English","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering provision (subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single purpose: specify dollar amounts for payment on a specific date (22 January 2018)","Table format creates visual clutter in the raw HTML but content is straightforward"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay $56,037,663.94 in untied general purpose financial assistance to two jurisdictions—Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory—so they can use the funds for their own priorities. It affects state and territory governments (recipients) and federal taxpayers, and matters as part of Australia’s fiscal federalism system for equalising capacity to deliver public services."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-106-january-2018","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-106-january-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-106-january-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-106-january-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-106-january-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-106-january-2018/documents"}}