{"id":"F2024L00547","name":"Federal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2022-23) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2022-23-dete","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442389,"registerId":"F2024L00547-fast-fetch-1775957402568","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2022-23) Determination 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth coat of arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2022-23) Determination 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     16 May 2024\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name \n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\nPart 2—Determination of housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2022-23\n\n5  Housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2022-23\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (Housing, Homelessness and Housing Affordability Payments for 2022‑23) Determination 2024.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: Paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 has the effect that expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 as in force from time to time.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nthe Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nPart 2—Determination of housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2022-23\n\n5  Housing, homelessness and housing affordability payments for 2022-23\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 15C(2) of the Act, each item of the following table specifies an amount that is to be paid to the State specified in the item, for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance for the 2022‑23 financial year, for the purpose of expenditure in accordance with the primary housing agreement, and a supplementary housing agreement that relates to that financial year to which that State is a party:\n\n \n\n| Item | For this State: | The amount of financial assistance for the 2022‑23 financial year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $498,603,672.58 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $419,445,030.30 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $342,425,877.07 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $182,297,597.30 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $116,344,366.42 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $36,739,675.90 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $29,193,404.46 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $ 21,007,215.75 |\n|  | Total | $1,646,056,839.79 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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 legislation serves exactly its original purpose: to determine specific payment amounts for housing and homelessness funding for 2022-23. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument — only 5 operative provisions","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the Act'","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation beyond the empowering Act","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward table of amounts","No amendments, transitional provisions, or machinery provisions","Purpose is purely administrative — determining specific payment amounts already agreed between governments"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Treasurer to pay specified sums to each Australian state and territory for housing and homelessness programs in 2022–23, implementing the existing primary and supplementary housing agreements. \n\nIt distributes over $1.6 billion across jurisdictions (larger states receive more), enabling state delivery of services that support people experiencing homelessness or housing stress."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the legal scope of the housing, homelessness or housing‑affordability programs; it specifies monetary amounts to be paid for the 2022–23 year (section 5) under the authority of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (section 3). It neither amends the underlying primary or supplementary housing agreements nor alters eligibility or program rules; its function is a fiscal determination rather than a change in program scope."},"complexity_factors":["Numeric allocation structure is straightforward: eight jurisdictional amounts and a total are specified in section 5 (low legal complexity, but non-trivial fiscal magnitude).","Legal authority is a single statutory delegation: instrument made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see section 3), and effect depends on subsection 15C(2) of that Act (requires cross-reference to understand longer-term legal context).","Definitions and interpretive note reference the Legislation Act 2003 and the Federal Financial Relations Act (section 4), a routine interpretive linkage that adds minor reading requirements.","Commencement mechanics are procedural: instrument commences the day after registration (section 2) and the published table contains a non‑binding column 3 note — small technical details for practitioners.","The instrument only specifies amounts and the stated purpose (expenditure under primary and supplementary housing agreements, section 5); it does not create new eligibility criteria or conditionality, limiting discretionary complexity but concentrating implementation risk on existing grant agreements."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes the Commonwealth payment amounts for housing, homelessness and housing‑affordability grants for the 2022–23 financial year. It lists the dollar amounts to be paid to each state and territory and the total.\n\nIt affects state and territory governments (recipients) and the Commonwealth (payer) because it directs funds for expenditure under each jurisdiction’s primary and supplementary housing agreements. The determination matters because it allocates specific fiscal resources for housing programs and thereby enables state‑level expenditure."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2022-23-dete","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2022-23-dete/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2022-23-dete/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2022-23-dete/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2022-23-dete/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-housing-homelessness-and-housing-affordability-payments-for-2022-23-dete/documents"}}