{"id":"F2019L01068","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 125 (July 2019)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-125-july-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":99685,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2019L01068-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. 125 (JuLY 2019)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 125 (JuLY 2019)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"preliminary","content":"```html\n

Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 125 (JuLY 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: 16 July 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. 125 (July 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 22 July 2019\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$879,975,447.52

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,389,761.64

Northern Territory

$252,131,155.05

Total

$1,135,496,364.21

\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. 125 (July 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 22 July 2019","content":"### Table: General purpose financial assistance for payment on 22 July 2019\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$879,975,447.52

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,389,761.64

Northern Territory

$252,131,155.05

Total

$1,135,496,364.21

\n```","sortOrder":5}],"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination does not change the statutory scope of general purpose financial assistance under the Act. It simply specifies the amounts and the payment date (see commencement provision and table at s 3). No eligibility, purpose or program design is altered."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: specifies payment amounts rather than new policy rules","Short text with a single table of monetary figures (few lines of substantive content)","Legal authority is a single statutory reference (s 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009)","Immediate commencement on date made (no phased implementation or conditions)","Minor interpretive ambiguity where table entries show dashes (representing nil or no payment)","Administrative reliance: requires departmental payment and accounting actions (implementation detail outside instrument)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under s 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, sets the one‑off amounts the Commonwealth will pay as general purpose financial assistance to listed States and Territories on 22 July 2019. The table names recipients and exact dollar amounts (Western Australia, ACT, Northern Territory and a total) and therefore commits Commonwealth funds, identifies payees, and triggers the administrative processes for that payment on the stated date."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"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 has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 3 operative provisions","No defined terms or interpretation section","No cross-references to other legislation (except the empowering Act in the preamble)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or triggers","Single purpose: authorise specific dollar amounts to specific recipients on a specific date","Content is essentially a payment schedule in legislative form"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination (under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009) authorised $1.135 billion in untied, general-purpose Commonwealth payments on 22 July 2019. Payments chiefly go to Western Australia (the bulk), with substantial support to the Northern Territory and a small payment to the ACT. \n\nIt matters because these untied grants implement horizontal fiscal equalisation—redistributing GST revenue so jurisdictions can provide comparable services despite differing revenues and costs."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-125-july-2019","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-125-july-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-125-july-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-125-july-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-125-july-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-125-july-2019/documents"}}