{"id":"F2019L00492","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2017-18) Determination 2019","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2017-18-determination-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440015,"registerId":"F2019L00492-fast-fetch-1775955815160","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2017-18) Determination 2019","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2017‑18) Determination 2019\n\nI, Josh Frydenberg, Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated 25 March 2019\n\n \n\nJosh Frydenberg\n\nTreasurer\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 national health reform payments for 2017-18\n\n5  National health reform payments for 2017-18\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2017‑18) Determination 2019.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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\n  In this instrument:\n\nthe Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nNote: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Act as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\nPart 2—Determination of national health reform payments for 2017-18\n\n \n\n5  National health reform payments for 2017-18\n\n  For the purposes of section 15A 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 2017-18 payment year, for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance for the purpose of expenditure in accordance with the National Health Reform Agreement:\n\n \n\n| Item | For this State: | The amount of financial assistance for the 2017‑18 payment year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $6,149,319,484.85 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $4,878,692,798.88 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $4,347,559,042.01 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $2,152,283,833.08 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $1,300,470,552.92 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $412,115,456.19 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $373,216,332.05 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $263,365,403.94 |\n|  | Total | $19,877,022,903.92 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves exactly its intended purpose: to specify the annual health reform payment amounts for a particular financial year. It has not expanded beyond the original scope of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, which explicitly provides for such determinations to be made."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument — only 5 substantive sections","Only 1 defined term ('the Act') in the interpretation section","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a straightforward payment table","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Purpose is purely administrative — specifying pre-calculated amounts"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **determination** (a type of legal instrument made by a Minister) that sets out exactly how much **federal money** the Australian Government will give to each state and territory for **public hospitals and health services** for the 2017-18 financial year.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Authorises **$19.88 billion** in total payments to be distributed among the eight states and territories\n- Specifies the exact dollar amount each jurisdiction receives (from NSW's $6.15 billion down to the NT's $263 million)\n- These payments are made under the **National Health Reform Agreement** — a deal between the Commonwealth and states about how to fund public hospitals\n\n**Who it affects:**\n- **State and territory governments** — they receive this money to run public hospitals\n- **Patients** — indirectly, as this funding supports hospital services they use\n- **Taxpayers** — this is federal tax revenue being redistributed to states\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis is the **legal mechanism** that actually transfers the money. Without this determination, the Commonwealth couldn't legally make these payments. It provides transparency about how much each state gets and ensures the funding is tied to the National Health Reform Agreement (which sets rules about how the money should be spent on hospital care)."},"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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