{"id":"F2019L01433","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 128 (October 2019)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-128-october-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":100261,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2019L01433-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. 128 (October 2019)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 128 (October 2019)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"preliminary","content":"```html\n

Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 128 (October 2019)

I, Mathias Cormann, Acting Treasurer, make this determination under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

Mathias Cormann

Dated: 17 October 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. 128 (October 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 October 2019\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$73,536,340.88

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,389,761.64

Northern Territory

-

Total

$76,926,102.52

\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. 128 (October 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 October 2019","content":"### Table: General purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 October 2019\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of General purpose financial assistance

New South Wales

-

Victoria

-

Queensland

-

Western Australia

$73,536,340.88

South Australia

-

Tasmania

-

Australian Capital Territory

$3,389,761.64

Northern Territory

-

Total

$76,926,102.52

\n```","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The determination does not alter the statutory scope of general-purpose financial assistance under the Act. It is an administrative allocation specifying amounts and a payment date consistent with the Minister's power under s9(1); it does not introduce new conditions, recipients, or duties beyond making the listed payments."},"complexity_factors":["Simple legal basis: made under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009","Single, one-off payment schedule with numeric amounts and a single payment date (21 October 2019)","No eligibility rules, conditions, or formulae set out in the instrument — operational, not policy-setting","Document uses hyphen/dash entries for nil amounts which could create minor data-interpretation burden","Immediate commencement on the day made reduces timing ambiguity"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made by Acting Treasurer Mathias Cormann under subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, directs the Commonwealth to pay specified general-purpose grants to States on 21 October 2019. It allocates $73,536,340.88 to Western Australia and $3,389,761.64 to the Australian Capital Territory, other States are shown as nil, total $76,926,102.52. The Commonwealth decides the amounts and payment date; the States receive these funds to use within their own budgets for general-purpose assistance."},"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"},"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 — only 3 operative provisions","No defined terms section","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling provision (subsection 9(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single purpose: authorise specific dollar amounts to specific recipients","Tabular data presented in HTML format but content is straightforward"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay $76,926,102.52 in general purpose financial assistance to Western Australia ($73,536,340.88) and the Australian Capital Territory ($3,389,761.64).\n\nAs unrestricted funding, these routine payments affect state and territory budgets and Australian taxpayers, reflect ongoing federal financial relations, and allow the two jurisdictions to allocate the money to their own priorities."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-128-october-2019","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-128-october-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-128-october-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-128-october-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-128-october-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-128-october-2019/documents"}}