{"id":"F2015L00883","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General purpose financial assistance) Determination No. 70 (January 2015)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-70-january-2015","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":128828,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2015L00883-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Federal Financial Relations (General Pur","sectionType":"part","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 70 (January 2015)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 70 (January 2015)","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"preliminary","content":"```html\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.02pt; vertical-align:top\"><h1 id=\"navPoint_1\"><span>Federal Financial Relations (</span><span>General Purpose Financial Assistance</span><span>) Determination</span><span> </span><span>No.</span><span> </span><span>70</span><span> (</span><span>January</span><span> </span><span>2015</span><span>)</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"margin-top:12pt; font-size:11pt\"><span>I, </span><span>JOSEPH BENEDICT HOCKEY</span><span>, </span><span>Treasurer</span><span>, make this Determination under </span><span>s</span><span>ection </span><span>9</span><span> of the </span><span style=\"font-style:italic\">Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:52.3pt\"><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:209.75pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"width:198pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; text-decoration:underline; display:inline-block\"></span></p><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:11pt\"><span>JOSEPH BENEDICT HOCKEY</span></p></td><td style=\"width:209.75pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p style=\"margin-top:3pt; font-size:11pt\"><br><span>Dated: </span><span>15</span><span>January 2015</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding:1.02pt 2.85pt 1.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>\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. 70 (January 2015).\n\n### Commencement\n\n    2. This determination commences on the day on which this determination is made.\n\n### Definitions\n\n    3. The following definitions are used throughout this determination:\n\nAct means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nCOAG Reform Fund means the COAG Reform Fund established by section 5 of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008.\n\nDrawing right means a drawing right issued under section 27 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.\n\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 January 2009. The Intergovernmental Agreement provides an overarching framework for financial transfers between the Commonwealth and the States and related collaboration on policy development and service delivery.\n\nState includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.\n\n### Exemption from section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003\n\n    4. Subsection 9(5) of the Act provides that this determination is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 does not apply to this determination.\n\n## PArt 2 — Purpose\n\n### Provision of financial assistance\n\n    5. This determination is made, in accordance with section 9 of the Act, for the purpose of providing financial support for the States’ service delivery efforts through general purpose financial assistance to be used by the States for any purpose.\n\n### Terms and conditions\n\n    6. Subsection 9(2) of the Act requires that an amount determined under subsection 9(1) must be credited to the COAG Reform Fund.\n    7. The COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 established the COAG Reform Fund and specifies that it is a Special Account for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n    8. Subsection 7(2) of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 requires that the terms and conditions on which financial assistance is granted through the COAG Reform Fund are to be set out in a written agreement between the Commonwealth and the State.\n    9. The terms and conditions for all payments of general purpose financial assistance are provided in ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement. Schedule 1 to this determination provides a summary of the relevant provisions for general purpose financial assistance.\n\n## Part 3 — General Purpose Financial Assistance\n\n### Determination\n\n    10. In accordance with subsection 9(1) of the Act, the amounts specified in Table 1 are to be credited to the COAG Reform Fund before being paid on 21 January 2015 to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance to those States.\n\n### Table 1: General Purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 January 2015\n\n    ![](image.001.png)\n\n    11. Schedule 2 to this determination provides further information on these payments\n    12. The terms and conditions for all payments of general purpose financial assistance are provided in ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement.\n\n### Drawing rights limits\n\n    13. Subsection 9(3) of the Act provides that the total amount credited to the COAG Reform Fund for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance in the financial year starting on 1 July 2014 must not exceed $5,000,000,000.00.\n    14. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts determined in the 2014-15 financial year in respect of general purpose financial assistance, including this determination.\n\n### Table 2: Total cumulative payments of general purpose financial assistance in 2014-15\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n    15. The total amount determined for payment of general purpose financial assistance to date in the 2014-15 financial year does not exceed the general drawing rights limit.","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. 70 (January 2015).","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Commencement","sectionType":"division","heading":"Commencement","content":"### Commencement\n\n    2. This determination commences on the day on which this determination is made.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Definitions","sectionType":"division","heading":"Definitions","content":"### Definitions\n\n    3. The following definitions are used throughout this determination:\n\nAct means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nCOAG Reform Fund means the COAG Reform Fund established by section 5 of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008.\n\nDrawing right means a drawing right issued under section 27 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.\n\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 January 2009. The Intergovernmental Agreement provides an overarching framework for financial transfers between the Commonwealth and the States and related collaboration on policy development and service delivery.\n\nState includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Exemption from section 42 (disallowance)","sectionType":"division","heading":"Exemption from section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003","content":"### Exemption from section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003\n\n    4. Subsection 9(5) of the Act provides that this determination is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 does not apply to this determination.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"PArt 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Purpose","content":"```html\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.02pt; vertical-align:top\"><h1 id=\"navPoint_1\"><span>Federal Financial Relations (</span><span>General Purpose Financial Assistance</span><span>) Determination</span><span> </span><span>No.</span><span> </span><span>70</span><span> (</span><span>January</span><span> </span><span>2015</span><span>)</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"margin-top:12pt; font-size:11pt\"><span>I, </span><span>JOSEPH BENEDICT HOCKEY</span><span>, </span><span>Treasurer</span><span>, make this Determination under </span><span>s</span><span>ection </span><span>9</span><span> of the </span><span style=\"font-style:italic\">Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:52.3pt\"><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:209.75pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"width:198pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; text-decoration:underline; display:inline-block\"></span></p><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:11pt\"><span>JOSEPH BENEDICT HOCKEY</span></p></td><td style=\"width:209.75pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p style=\"margin-top:3pt; font-size:11pt\"><br><span>Dated: </span><span>15</span><span>January 2015</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding:1.02pt 2.85pt 1.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>\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. 70 (January 2015).\n\n### Commencement\n\n    2. This determination commences on the day on which this determination is made.\n\n### Definitions\n\n    3. The following definitions are used throughout this determination:\n\nAct means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nCOAG Reform Fund means the COAG Reform Fund established by section 5 of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008.\n\nDrawing right means a drawing right issued under section 27 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.\n\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 January 2009. The Intergovernmental Agreement provides an overarching framework for financial transfers between the Commonwealth and the States and related collaboration on policy development and service delivery.\n\nState includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.\n\n### Exemption from section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003\n\n    4. Subsection 9(5) of the Act provides that this determination is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 does not apply to this determination.\n\n## PArt 2 — Purpose\n\n### Provision of financial assistance\n\n    5. This determination is made, in accordance with section 9 of the Act, for the purpose of providing financial support for the States’ service delivery efforts through general purpose financial assistance to be used by the States for any purpose.\n\n### Terms and conditions\n\n    6. Subsection 9(2) of the Act requires that an amount determined under subsection 9(1) must be credited to the COAG Reform Fund.\n    7. The COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 established the COAG Reform Fund and specifies that it is a Special Account for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n    8. Subsection 7(2) of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 requires that the terms and conditions on which financial assistance is granted through the COAG Reform Fund are to be set out in a written agreement between the Commonwealth and the State.\n    9. The terms and conditions for all payments of general purpose financial assistance are provided in ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement. Schedule 1 to this determination provides a summary of the relevant provisions for general purpose financial assistance.\n\n## Part 3 — General Purpose Financial Assistance\n\n### Determination\n\n    10. In accordance with subsection 9(1) of the Act, the amounts specified in Table 1 are to be credited to the COAG Reform Fund before being paid on 21 January 2015 to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance to those States.\n\n### Table 1: General Purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 January 2015\n\n    ![](image.001.png)\n\n    11. Schedule 2 to this determination provides further information on these payments\n    12. The terms and conditions for all payments of general purpose financial assistance are provided in ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement.\n\n### Drawing rights limits\n\n    13. Subsection 9(3) of the Act provides that the total amount credited to the COAG Reform Fund for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance in the financial year starting on 1 July 2014 must not exceed $5,000,000,000.00.\n    14. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts determined in the 2014-15 financial year in respect of general purpose financial assistance, including this determination.\n\n### Table 2: Total cumulative payments of general purpose financial assistance in 2014-15\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n    15. The total amount determined for payment of general purpose financial assistance to date in the 2014-15 financial year does not exceed the general drawing rights limit.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"Provision of financial assistance","sectionType":"division","heading":"Provision of financial assistance","content":"### Provision of financial assistance\n\n    5. This determination is made, in accordance with section 9 of the Act, for the purpose of providing financial support for the States’ service delivery efforts through general purpose financial assistance to be used by the States for any purpose.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"Terms and conditions","sectionType":"division","heading":"Terms and conditions","content":"### Terms and conditions\n\n    6. Subsection 9(2) of the Act requires that an amount determined under subsection 9(1) must be credited to the COAG Reform Fund.\n    7. The COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 established the COAG Reform Fund and specifies that it is a Special Account for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n    8. Subsection 7(2) of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 requires that the terms and conditions on which financial assistance is granted through the COAG Reform Fund are to be set out in a written agreement between the Commonwealth and the State.\n    9. The terms and conditions for all payments of general purpose financial assistance are provided in ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement. Schedule 1 to this determination provides a summary of the relevant provisions for general purpose financial assistance.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"General Purpose Financial Assistance","content":"```html\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" style=\"margin-bottom:0pt; border-collapse:collapse\"><tbody><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt 1.02pt; vertical-align:top\"><h1 id=\"navPoint_1\"><span>Federal Financial Relations (</span><span>General Purpose Financial Assistance</span><span>) Determination</span><span> </span><span>No.</span><span> </span><span>70</span><span> (</span><span>January</span><span> </span><span>2015</span><span>)</span></h1></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"margin-top:12pt; font-size:11pt\"><span>I, </span><span>JOSEPH BENEDICT HOCKEY</span><span>, </span><span>Treasurer</span><span>, make this Determination under </span><span>s</span><span>ection </span><span>9</span><span> of the </span><span style=\"font-style:italic\">Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.</span></p></td></tr><tr style=\"height:52.3pt\"><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style=\"width:209.75pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:11pt\"><span style=\"width:198pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; text-decoration:underline; display:inline-block\"></span></p><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"margin-bottom:3pt; font-size:11pt\"><span>JOSEPH BENEDICT HOCKEY</span></p></td><td style=\"width:209.75pt; padding:1.4pt 2.85pt; vertical-align:top\"><p style=\"margin-top:3pt; font-size:11pt\"><br><span>Dated: </span><span>15</span><span>January 2015</span></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan=\"2\" style=\"width:425.2pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; padding:1.02pt 2.85pt 1.4pt; vertical-align:top\"><p class=\"SingleParagraph\" style=\"font-size:11pt\"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>\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. 70 (January 2015).\n\n### Commencement\n\n    2. This determination commences on the day on which this determination is made.\n\n### Definitions\n\n    3. The following definitions are used throughout this determination:\n\nAct means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nCOAG Reform Fund means the COAG Reform Fund established by section 5 of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008.\n\nDrawing right means a drawing right issued under section 27 of the Financial Management and Accountability Act 1997.\n\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 January 2009. The Intergovernmental Agreement provides an overarching framework for financial transfers between the Commonwealth and the States and related collaboration on policy development and service delivery.\n\nState includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.\n\n### Exemption from section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003\n\n    4. Subsection 9(5) of the Act provides that this determination is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 does not apply to this determination.\n\n## PArt 2 — Purpose\n\n### Provision of financial assistance\n\n    5. This determination is made, in accordance with section 9 of the Act, for the purpose of providing financial support for the States’ service delivery efforts through general purpose financial assistance to be used by the States for any purpose.\n\n### Terms and conditions\n\n    6. Subsection 9(2) of the Act requires that an amount determined under subsection 9(1) must be credited to the COAG Reform Fund.\n    7. The COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 established the COAG Reform Fund and specifies that it is a Special Account for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n    8. Subsection 7(2) of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 requires that the terms and conditions on which financial assistance is granted through the COAG Reform Fund are to be set out in a written agreement between the Commonwealth and the State.\n    9. The terms and conditions for all payments of general purpose financial assistance are provided in ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement. Schedule 1 to this determination provides a summary of the relevant provisions for general purpose financial assistance.\n\n## Part 3 — General Purpose Financial Assistance\n\n### Determination\n\n    10. In accordance with subsection 9(1) of the Act, the amounts specified in Table 1 are to be credited to the COAG Reform Fund before being paid on 21 January 2015 to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance to those States.\n\n### Table 1: General Purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 January 2015\n\n    ![](image.001.png)\n\n    11. Schedule 2 to this determination provides further information on these payments\n    12. The terms and conditions for all payments of general purpose financial assistance are provided in ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement.\n\n### Drawing rights limits\n\n    13. Subsection 9(3) of the Act provides that the total amount credited to the COAG Reform Fund for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance in the financial year starting on 1 July 2014 must not exceed $5,000,000,000.00.\n    14. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts determined in the 2014-15 financial year in respect of general purpose financial assistance, including this determination.\n\n### Table 2: Total cumulative payments of general purpose financial assistance in 2014-15\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n    15. The total amount determined for payment of general purpose financial assistance to date in the 2014-15 financial year does not exceed the general drawing rights limit.","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"Determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Determination","content":"### Determination\n\n    10. In accordance with subsection 9(1) of the Act, the amounts specified in Table 1 are to be credited to the COAG Reform Fund before being paid on 21 January 2015 to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance to those States.","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"Table 1: General Purpose financial assis","sectionType":"division","heading":"Table 1: General Purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 January 2015","content":"### Table 1: General Purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 January 2015\n\n    ![](image.001.png)\n\n    11. Schedule 2 to this determination provides further information on these payments\n    12. The terms and conditions for all payments of general purpose financial assistance are provided in ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement.","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"Drawing rights limits","sectionType":"division","heading":"Drawing rights limits","content":"### Drawing rights limits\n\n    13. Subsection 9(3) of the Act provides that the total amount credited to the COAG Reform Fund for the purpose of making a grant of general purpose financial assistance in the financial year starting on 1 July 2014 must not exceed $5,000,000,000.00.\n    14. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts determined in the 2014-15 financial year in respect of general purpose financial assistance, including this determination.","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"Table 2: Total cumulative payments of ge","sectionType":"division","heading":"Table 2: Total cumulative payments of general purpose financial assistance in 2014-15","content":"### Table 2: Total cumulative payments of general purpose financial assistance in 2014-15\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n    15. The total amount determined for payment of general purpose financial assistance to date in the 2014-15 financial year does not exceed the general drawing rights limit.","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"SChedule 1","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"# SChedule 1\n\n## Summary of relevant agreements for general purpose financial assistance\n\n| Payment title                                            | Purpose                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Relevant agreement                                                  |\n| -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Compensation for impact on royalties of excise amendment | The Commonwealth provides general purpose financial assistance to compensate Western Australia for the loss of royalty revenue resulting from the removal in the 2008-09 Budget of the exemption of condensate from crude oil excise.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Schedule D – Payment arrangement of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n|                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                     |\n| ACT Municipal Services                                   | The Commonwealth provides general purpose financial assistance to the Australian Capital Territory to:• assist in meeting the additional municipal costs which arise from Canberra's role as the national capital; and• compensate the Australian Capital Territory for additional costs resulting from the national capital planning influences on the provision of water and sewerage services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Schedule D – Payment arrangement of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n| Royalty payments                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                     |\n| — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 | The Commonwealth provides general purpose financial assistance to Western Australia from royalties payable under the Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Act 2006 in respect of the North West Shelf oil and gas project off the coast of Western Australia. The Commonwealth collects these royalties because it has jurisdiction over off‑shore areas.These royalties will be shared between the Commonwealth (approximately one third) and Western Australia (approximately two thirds). These payment arrangements are in accordance with section 75 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006. | Schedule D – Payment arrangement of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n|                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                     |\n\n# Schedule 2\n\n## Amounts of general purpose financial assistance on 21 January 2015 ($)\n\n![](image.003.png)","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"Summary of relevant agreements for gener","sectionType":"part","heading":"Summary of relevant agreements for general purpose financial assistance","content":"## Summary of relevant agreements for general purpose financial assistance\n\n| Payment title                                            | Purpose                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Relevant agreement                                                  |\n| -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Compensation for impact on royalties of excise amendment | The Commonwealth provides general purpose financial assistance to compensate Western Australia for the loss of royalty revenue resulting from the removal in the 2008-09 Budget of the exemption of condensate from crude oil excise.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Schedule D – Payment arrangement of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n|                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                     |\n| ACT Municipal Services                                   | The Commonwealth provides general purpose financial assistance to the Australian Capital Territory to:• assist in meeting the additional municipal costs which arise from Canberra's role as the national capital; and• compensate the Australian Capital Territory for additional costs resulting from the national capital planning influences on the provision of water and sewerage services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Schedule D – Payment arrangement of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n| Royalty payments                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                     |\n| — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 | The Commonwealth provides general purpose financial assistance to Western Australia from royalties payable under the Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Act 2006 in respect of the North West Shelf oil and gas project off the coast of Western Australia. The Commonwealth collects these royalties because it has jurisdiction over off‑shore areas.These royalties will be shared between the Commonwealth (approximately one third) and Western Australia (approximately two thirds). These payment arrangements are in accordance with section 75 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006. | Schedule D – Payment arrangement of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n|                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                     |","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 2","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"# SChedule 1\n\n## Summary of relevant agreements for general purpose financial assistance\n\n| Payment title                                            | Purpose                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Relevant agreement                                                  |\n| -------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| Compensation for impact on royalties of excise amendment | The Commonwealth provides general purpose financial assistance to compensate Western Australia for the loss of royalty revenue resulting from the removal in the 2008-09 Budget of the exemption of condensate from crude oil excise.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Schedule D – Payment arrangement of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n|                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                     |\n| ACT Municipal Services                                   | The Commonwealth provides general purpose financial assistance to the Australian Capital Territory to:• assist in meeting the additional municipal costs which arise from Canberra's role as the national capital; and• compensate the Australian Capital Territory for additional costs resulting from the national capital planning influences on the provision of water and sewerage services.                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Schedule D – Payment arrangement of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n| Royalty payments                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                     |\n| — Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 | The Commonwealth provides general purpose financial assistance to Western Australia from royalties payable under the Offshore Petroleum (Royalty) Act 2006 in respect of the North West Shelf oil and gas project off the coast of Western Australia. The Commonwealth collects these royalties because it has jurisdiction over off‑shore areas.These royalties will be shared between the Commonwealth (approximately one third) and Western Australia (approximately two thirds). These payment arrangements are in accordance with section 75 of the Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006. | Schedule D – Payment arrangement of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n|                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                     |\n\n# Schedule 2\n\n## Amounts of general purpose financial assistance on 21 January 2015 ($)\n\n![](image.003.png)","sortOrder":16},{"sectionNumber":"Amounts of general purpose financial ass","sectionType":"part","heading":"Amounts of general purpose financial assistance on 21 January 2015 ($)","content":"## Amounts of general purpose financial assistance on 21 January 2015 ($)\n\n![](image.003.png)","sortOrder":17}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-realtime","completionTokens":1375},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination remains tightly focused on its original purpose: authorizing a specific tranche of general purpose financial assistance payments for the 2014-15 financial year. While it references various underlying agreements (condensate compensation, ACT municipal services, offshore royalties), these are established payment categories within the existing Intergovernmental Agreement framework, not an expansion of the instrument's scope beyond payment authorization."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple cross-references to other Acts (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, COAG Reform Fund Act 2008, Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006)","References to external agreements (Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations Schedule D) not fully reproduced in the text","Mechanical references to 'Special Accounts' and 'drawing rights' under public finance law","Tabular data referenced but not displayed in the extracted text (image placeholders)","Duplicate section headings suggesting formatting artifacts in the source document"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination authorises the Commonwealth to transfer untied general-purpose financial assistance to all States and Territories via the COAG Reform Fund, with payments due 21 January 2015 and a 2014–15 cap of $5 billion. It also formalises three specific payments: compensation to Western Australia for condensate excise changes, sharing of North West Shelf offshore petroleum royalties, and extra municipal-cost support for the ACT. The measure preserves flexible funding for state services (hospitals, schools, roads) while settling particular resource and capital-city cost arrangements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-70-january-2015","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-70-january-2015/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-70-january-2015/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-70-january-2015/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-70-january-2015/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-70-january-2015/documents"}}