{"id":"F2019L00967","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 124 (June 2019)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-124-june-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":99578,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2019L00967-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. 124 (June 2019)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 124 (June 2019)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"preliminary","content":"```html\n

Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 124 (June 2019)

I, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make this determination under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

Michael Sukkar


Dated: 17 June 2019

\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. 124 (June 2019).\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 June 2019\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

$51,734,679.25

Victoria

$25,867,339.63

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$68,358,534.55

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,342,960.19

Northern Territory

-

Total

$149,303,513.62

\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. 124 (June 2019).","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 June 2019","content":"### Table: General purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 June 2019\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

$51,734,679.25

Victoria

$25,867,339.63

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$68,358,534.55

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,342,960.19

Northern Territory

-

Total

$149,303,513.62

\n```","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination implements a routine, narrowly focused purpose: it allocates specified cash amounts as general purpose financial assistance payable on a set date. It does not broaden or repurpose the legal power under the Federal Financial Relations Act; it remains within the original transactional scope of making GPFA payments to States and Territories."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument (commencement clause, authority citation, one operative clause and a table)","Single table listing payments to jurisdictions (no multi-part formulas or definitions)","Minimal conditional logic or exceptions","No defined-term-heavy interpretation section","Repeats the same table/content in the document (duplication) but does not add conditional complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanically)\n\n- This is a ministerial determination made under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It specifies one-off cash amounts the Commonwealth will pay to particular States and Territories as \"general purpose financial assistance\" (GPFA). The determination takes effect on the day it is made (clause 2) and directs payments for 21 June 2019 (clause 3 and the table).\n\n**Who it affects\n\n- The Commonwealth (Australian Government) — who makes the payment.\n- The listed State and Territory governments — who receive the grants. The table names New South Wales, Victoria, Western Australia and the Australian Capital Territory as recipients; Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the Northern Territory are shown as receiving no payment on this date.\n\n**Key numbers (payment on 21 June 2019)\n\n- New South Wales: $51,734,679.25\n- Victoria: $25,867,339.63\n- Queensland: $0\n- Western Australia: $68,358,534.55\n- South Australia: $0\n- Tasmania: $0\n- Australian Capital Territory: $3,342,960.19\n- Northern Territory: $0\n- Total: $149,303,513.62\n\n**Why it matters (claimed purpose and practical effect)\n\n- The stated legal purpose is to make grants of \"general purpose financial assistance\" to the States (clause 3). \"General purpose\" characteristically means the receiving State can use the money for its own priorities rather than being tied to a specific program or condition.\n\n- Financially, the instrument transfers cash from the Commonwealth to particular State and Territory budgets on a specified date. That increases the fiscal flexibility of recipient governments and reduces Commonwealth cash by the listed total.\n\n**Operational and policy implications (testing the stated purpose against trade-offs)\n\n- Discretion and incentives: Because the assistance is general purpose, recipient governments decide how to spend it; there is little or no ongoing Commonwealth control created by this instrument itself (clause 3 and the table). That can change State spending choices but does not impose new reporting or program conditions in this instrument.\n\n- Concentration of benefits and opportunity cost: The payments are concentrated in a small number of jurisdictions (notably Western Australia and New South Wales). The Commonwealth forgoes that cash for other uses when it makes the payments; the instrument does not explain the underlying allocation formula or policy objective beyond the legal purpose.\n\n- Administrative and compliance burden: The instrument is mechanically simple: it sets amounts and a payment date. There is minimal new compliance or reporting burden created by this determination itself.\n\n- Implementation risk: Low. The determination simply authorises a payment on a set date; the main operational requirement is payment processing.\n\n**Where this instrument sits in the broader framework\n\n- This is a routine exercise of the power under the Federal Financial Relations Act to make determinations about financial assistance. The determination does not itself create new conditions, formulae, or policy levers — it implements a cash transfer decision. Any details about why amounts differ between States (for example, underlying entitlement rules, indexing, or adjustments) would come from the broader fiscal arrangements (not reproduced in this instrument).\n\n(References: instrument signed 17 June 2019; made under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; clauses 2–3 and the payment table.)"},"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 periodic payment amounts for general purpose financial assistance. The scope has not expanded beyond this narrow technical function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document — only 3 operative provisions plus a 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)","Single straightforward condition: payment amounts are specified in the table","No exceptions, exemptions, or conditional logic","Duplicated content in the source (table appears twice, headings repeated) creates visual clutter but doesn't add legal complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises a single Commonwealth general-purpose payment of $149.3 million on 21 June 2019, distributed to four jurisdictions: New South Wales $51.7m, Victoria $25.9m, Western Australia $68.4m and the Australian Capital Territory $3.3m (Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and NT receive nothing in this tranche).\n\nIt affects state and territory treasuries and cash flow and forms part of Australia’s GST horizontal fiscal equalisation adjustments, reflecting changes to earlier revenue estimates under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"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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