{"id":"F2017L00412","name":"Federal Financial Relations (General purpose financial assistance) Determination No. 95 (February 2017)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-general-purpose-financial-assistance-determination-no-95-february-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":96145,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2017L00412-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. 95 (February 2017)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (General Purpose Financial Assistance) Determination No. 95 (February 2017)","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> </span><span>9</span><span>5</span><span> (</span><span>February</span><span> 201</span><span>7</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>SCOTT JOHN MORRISON</span><span>,</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>SCOTT JOH</span><span>N</span><span> MORRISON</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:15 </span><span>February</span><span> 201</span><span>7</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. 95 (February 2017).\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\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 February 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 February 2017 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 February 2017\n\n    ![](image.001.png)\n\n    11. Schedule 2 to this determination provides further information on these payments.\n\n### Debit limit\n\n    12. Under subsection 9(3) of the Act, 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 2016 must not exceed $5,000,000,000.00.\n    13. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts so far determined in the 2016-17 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 2016‑17\n\n    ![](image.002.png)\n\n    14. The total amount determined for payment of general purpose financial assistance to date in the 2016-17 financial year does not exceed the debit 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. 95 (February 2017).","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\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 February 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> </span><span>9</span><span>5</span><span> (</span><span>February</span><span> 201</span><span>7</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>SCOTT JOHN MORRISON</span><span>,</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>SCOTT JOH</span><span>N</span><span> MORRISON</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:15 </span><span>February</span><span> 201</span><span>7</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. 95 (February 2017).\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\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 February 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 February 2017 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 February 2017\n\n    ![](image.001.png)\n\n    11. Schedule 2 to this determination provides further information on these payments.\n\n### Debit limit\n\n    12. Under subsection 9(3) of the Act, 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 2016 must not exceed $5,000,000,000.00.\n    13. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts so far determined in the 2016-17 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 2016‑17\n\n    ![](image.002.png)\n\n    14. The total amount determined for payment of general purpose financial assistance to date in the 2016-17 financial year does not exceed the debit 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> </span><span>9</span><span>5</span><span> (</span><span>February</span><span> 201</span><span>7</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>SCOTT JOHN MORRISON</span><span>,</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>SCOTT JOH</span><span>N</span><span> MORRISON</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:15 </span><span>February</span><span> 201</span><span>7</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. 95 (February 2017).\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\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 February 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 February 2017 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 February 2017\n\n    ![](image.001.png)\n\n    11. Schedule 2 to this determination provides further information on these payments.\n\n### Debit limit\n\n    12. Under subsection 9(3) of the Act, 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 2016 must not exceed $5,000,000,000.00.\n    13. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts so far determined in the 2016-17 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 2016‑17\n\n    ![](image.002.png)\n\n    14. The total amount determined for payment of general purpose financial assistance to date in the 2016-17 financial year does not exceed the debit 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 February 2017 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 February 2017","content":"### Table 1: General purpose financial assistance for payment on 21 February 2017\n\n    ![](image.001.png)\n\n    11. Schedule 2 to this determination provides further information on these payments.","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"Debit limit","sectionType":"division","heading":"Debit limit","content":"### Debit limit\n\n    12. Under subsection 9(3) of the Act, 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 2016 must not exceed $5,000,000,000.00.\n    13. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts so far determined in the 2016-17 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 2016‑17","content":"### Table 2: Total cumulative payments of general purpose financial assistance in 2016‑17\n\n    ![](image.002.png)\n\n    14. The total amount determined for payment of general purpose financial assistance to date in the 2016-17 financial year does not exceed the debit 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 arrangements of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\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 arrangements of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n| Royalty payments                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                      |\n| — Ranger Project Area                                    | The Commonwealth will provide general purpose financial assistance to the Northern Territory in lieu of royalties on uranium mining due to the Commonwealth's ownership of uranium in the Northern Territory.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Schedule D – Payment arrangement of the Intergovernmental Agreement  |\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 are 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 arrangements of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n|                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                      |","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 arrangements of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\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 arrangements of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n| Royalty payments                                         |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                      |\n| — Ranger Project Area                                    | The Commonwealth will provide general purpose financial assistance to the Northern Territory in lieu of royalties on uranium mining due to the Commonwealth's ownership of uranium in the Northern Territory.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Schedule D – Payment arrangement of the Intergovernmental Agreement  |\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 are 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 arrangements of the Intergovernmental Agreement |\n|                                                          |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |                                                                      |","sortOrder":15},{"sectionNumber":"Schedule 2","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"# Schedule 2\n\n## Amounts of general purpose financial assistance on 21 February 2017 ($)\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 February 2017 ($)","content":"## Amounts of general purpose financial assistance on 21 February 2017 ($)\n\n![](image.003.png)","sortOrder":17}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No change to scope. The instrument implements routine allocations under the Federal Financial Relations Act by specifying amounts and payment timing consistent with existing frameworks: funds are credited to the COAG Reform Fund and paid as untied grants to States under the Intergovernmental Agreement (ss5, 6–9, 10, 12). It does not expand recipients, purposes, or payment rules beyond those established in the cited Acts and schedules."},"complexity_factors":["Cross-references to multiple statutes and instruments (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; COAG Reform Fund Act 2008; PGPA Act 2013; Legislative Instruments Act 2003) increasing interpretive workload (see definitions and ss6–9, s4).","Reliance on external agreement text: payment terms are set out in Schedule D of the Intergovernmental Agreement (not reproduced in full here), requiring users to consult another instrument (s9, para 9).","Numerical limits and cumulative accounting: a $5,000,000,000 debit limit for 2016–17 and cumulative Tables 1–2 tracking prior determinations require aggregation and verification (s12–14; Tables 1–2).","Operational detail held in tables/figures (Table 1 and Table 2 and Schedule 2 images) rather than prose, so numeric content must be extracted from attachments.","Treasurer’s discretion is constrained but exercised by determining amounts to be credited (ss9(1), 10), creating a narrow decision point with statutory guardrails.","Administrative requirement that amounts be credited to a Special Account (COAG Reform Fund) and paid under written agreements adds compliance/recordkeeping steps (ss6–8).","Exemption from parliamentary disallowance removes a routine legislative check (s4), which affects oversight pathways."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination directs the Treasurer to credit specified amounts to the COAG Reform Fund and pay them to States as general-purpose (untied) financial assistance on 21 February 2017 (ss5, 10). Payments must be credited to the COAG Reform Fund and made under written terms between the Commonwealth and each State set out in the Intergovernmental Agreement (ss6–9). The total for 2016–17 must not exceed the $5,000,000,000 debit limit (s12). The instrument is exempt from disallowance (s4)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination appears to operate within its original intended scope. It is one in a series of routine determinations (No. 95) made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to authorise periodic payments of general purpose financial assistance. The structure and content align with the standard template for such instruments, dealing with specific compensation arrangements and royalty-sharing agreements that have been part of the federal financial framework since 2009."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 defined terms in the interpretation section (Act, COAG Reform Fund, Intergovernmental Agreement, State)","Straightforward structure: preliminary provisions, purpose, determination of amounts, schedules with explanatory tables","No nested exceptions or conditional logic — the determination simply states amounts and cross-references the governing legislation","Cross-references to 3 external Acts (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, COAG Reform Fund Act 2008, Legislative Instruments Act 2003) but these are standard machinery provisions","Contains placeholder images for the actual monetary tables, which would normally contain the substantive data","Simple temporal scope: single payment date (21 February 2017) and single financial year limit (2016-17)"],"plain_english_summary":"This Ministerial determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay general-purpose financial assistance from the COAG Reform Fund to each State and Territory on 21 February 2017. It allocates specific, untied payments tied to historical compensation and royalty sharing — notably WA compensation for condensate tax changes, ACT municipal service costs, NT payments in lieu of uranium royalties, and WA offshore petroleum royalty sharing — while confirming the 2016‑17 general‑purpose payment total stays within a $5 billion cap."},"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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