{"id":"F2018L00726","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No.110 (May 2018)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-110-may-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":100101,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L00726-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. 110 (May 2018)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 110 (May 2018)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"preliminary","content":"```html\n

Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 110 (May 2018)

I, MICHAEL SVEN SUKKAR, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, make this determination under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

MICHAEL SVEN SUKKAR


Dated: 17 May 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.110 (May 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 21 May 2018\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$66,064,287.47

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,296,804.93

Northern Territory

-

Total

$69,361,092.40

\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.110 (May 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 21 May 2018","content":"### Table: General purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 May 2018\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$66,064,287.47

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,296,804.93

Northern Territory

-

Total

$69,361,092.40

\n```","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves exactly its original purpose: making a specific payment of general purpose financial assistance to specified states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, transactional function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (3 operative sections)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering provision (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009)","Simple tabular format for payment amounts","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward commencement provision (commences on date of making)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay general purpose financial assistance to Western Australia ($66,064,287.47) and the Australian Capital Territory ($3,296,804.93), totalling $69,361,092.40; other states and territories receive no payment. It affects the WA and ACT governments and the Treasury.\n\nIt matters as part of horizontal fiscal equalisation—redistributing GST-related revenue so jurisdictions with weaker revenue (notably WA after the mining boom) can deliver comparable public services."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the scope of the Federal Financial Relations scheme; it is an instance of the routine exercise of the Minister's power to specify GPFA payments. It does not expand program purpose, add conditions, or create new responsibilities — it simply allocates one set of payment amounts on a specified date."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (commencement clause, single operative clause and one payment table)","Single statutory cross‑reference: subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009","Payment table lists eight jurisdictions but only two non‑zero payments","No defined terms, no nested exceptions, no conditional logic or schedules beyond the table","Repetition of header material in the provided text (document formatting duplication) adds no legal complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanics)\n\n- This is a Ministerial determination made under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It instructs the Commonwealth to pay specified amounts to States and Territories as \"general purpose financial assistance\" (GPFA).\n- The determination starts on the day it is signed and specifies a single payment to be made on 21 May 2018.\n- The table in the determination lists the recipients and amounts. For this payment the only non‑zero entries are:\n - Western Australia: $66,064,287.47\n - Australian Capital Territory: $3,296,804.93\n - Total: $69,361,092.40\n- The determination is administrative: it does not create new program rules or attach bespoke conditions. Its legal authority is the cited subsection of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nWho it affects\n\n- The Commonwealth (through the Treasurer / Assistant Minister) — it is the payer of the listed amounts.\n- The named States/Territories — they are the recipients of GPFA for the specified payment date (in practice Western Australia and the ACT receive funds; other jurisdictions are listed with a dash, i.e. no payment in this instrument).\n- Indirectly, state budgets and service provision: states decide how to spend GPFA because the payments are for general purpose financial assistance (i.e. not tied to specific Commonwealth conditions in this instrument).\n\nWhy it matters (stated purpose and practical effects)\n\n- The stated purpose is to provide GPFA to States at the amounts listed (this is a routine fiscal instrument that implements a Commonwealth grant to States).\n- Practically, it transfers federal funds ($69.36m total) into state/territory budgets on the listed date. Those funds become available for the recipient jurisdictions to allocate according to their own priorities.\n\nAnalytical note — testing the stated purpose against trade‑offs, incentives and implementation: \n\n- Fiscal cost and who pays: the Commonwealth bears the $69.36m outlay. That cost is borne by federal revenues and ultimately taxpayers; the instrument does not create offsetting revenue streams or conditions that generate income for the Commonwealth.\n- Concentrated benefits vs diffuse costs: nearly all of the money in this instance is concentrated in one State (Western Australia) and a small amount in the ACT. Other jurisdictions listed receive nothing under this particular determination. The distributional effect is therefore concentrated.\n- Behavioural effects and incentives: because the payment is labelled general purpose financial assistance (i.e. unconditional within this instrument), states are free to substitute these funds into their existing budget priorities. The determination does not change states' policy responsibilities or attach new Commonwealth conditions.\n- Bureaucratic discretion and implementation risk: discretion exercised here is limited to the Ministerial power to set amounts (the Act supplies the legal basis). Implementation risk is low — the instrument is a straightforward payment instruction to Treasury.\n- Compliance and administrative burden: minimal for recipients, as no program reporting or compliance requirements are set out in this determination. Administrative burden falls on the Commonwealth to process the payment.\n- Opportunity cost: the Commonwealth forgoes alternative uses of these funds; the instrument does not record offsets or conditionality that would change state behaviour beyond increasing available cash.\n\nKey legal citation\n\n- Authority: subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (the determination states it is made under that provision).\n\nBottom line\n\n- This is a short, routine determination that authorises one GPFA payment on 21 May 2018 totalling $69,361,092.40, largely to Western Australia and to the ACT. It changes neither program rules nor conditions attached to GPFA; its effect is the transfer of federal funds to state/territory budgets for general use."},"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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