{"id":"F2019L01480","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 126 (August 2019)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-126-august-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":100302,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2019L01480-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. 126 (August 2019)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 126 (August 2019)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"preliminary","content":"```html\n

Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 126 (August 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: 15 August 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. 126 (August 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 August 2019\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$58,836,487.79

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,389,761.64

Northern Territory

$2,079,568.04

Total

$64,305,817.47

\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. 126 (August 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 August 2019","content":"### Table: General purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 August 2019\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$58,836,487.79

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,389,761.64

Northern Territory

$2,079,568.04

Total

$64,305,817.47

\n```","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"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 administrative function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short document (3 operative clauses)","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009)","Simple tabular data with no conditional logic","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward administrative instrument with single purpose: specifying payment amounts"],"plain_english_summary":"Ministerial determination authorises a single $64.3 million general-purpose payment on 21 August 2019 to three jurisdictions—Western Australia ($58.8m), the ACT ($3.4m) and the NT ($2.1m). It directs Commonwealth funds (via Treasury/Finance) to state and territory governments for unrestricted use, part of routine federal fiscal transfers that affect taxpayers and GST balancing."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination does not alter the legal scope of general purpose financial assistance; it merely specifies amounts to be paid to particular States on 21 August 2019 under the existing grant framework (see s3 and the payment table)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow, one‑off payment schedule limited to a single payment date (s3 and table)","Clear statutory authority: made under s9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (header)","Monetary amounts are explicit and unqualified in the table (low interpretive complexity)","No new conditions, formulas or obligations attached — minimal compliance burden for recipients","Text includes duplicated headings and formatting redundancy, adding clerical complexity but not legal complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made by the Minister under s9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, directs the Commonwealth to pay specified general purpose financial assistance to States on 21 August 2019. The table lists payments: Western Australia $58,836,487.79; Australian Capital Territory $3,389,761.64; Northern Territory $2,079,568.04; other States show no payment. It is an administrative payment schedule rather than a new policy: the Minister authorises payments and State treasuries receive the funds (see s3 and the table)."},"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"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-126-august-2019","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-126-august-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-126-august-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-126-august-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-126-august-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-126-august-2019/documents"}}