{"id":"F2023L01631","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2022-23) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-health-reform-payments-for-2022-23-determination-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442202,"registerId":"F2023L01631-fast-fetch-1775957267284","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 2022-23) Determination 2023","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![Commonwealth coat of arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2022-23) Determination 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated  06 December 2023\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 national health reform payments for 2022-23\n\n5  National health reform payments for 2022-23\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2022‑23) Determination 2023.\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The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nthe Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nPart 2—Determination of national health reform payments for 2022-23\n\n5  National health reform payments for 2022-23\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 2022-23 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 2022‑23 payment year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $8,249,869,654.44 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $6,734,086,362.07 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $6,466,430,639.48 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $2,975,054,314.83 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $1,836,616,915.61 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $611,815,496.39 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $502,912,816.26 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $383,098,819.85 |\n|  | Total | $27,759,885,018.93 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation performs exactly the function intended by the parent Act. The Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 was designed to enable the Commonwealth to make payments to states for specific purposes, and this determination simply exercises that power for the 2022-23 health funding year. There is no scope creep or expansion beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond the basic authority provision","Single substantive provision (section 5) consisting of a simple table with 8 rows of data","No amendments, schedules, or explanatory material embedded in the text","Purpose is purely mechanical: specifying dollar amounts for payment"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a straightforward piece of legislation that sets out exactly how much federal money each Australian state and territory will receive for health services in the 2022-23 financial year.\n\n**What it does:**\n- Authorises the Commonwealth Government to pay approximately **$27.76 billion** in total to the states and territories\n- This money is provided under the **National Health Reform Agreement** — a deal between the federal government and states about how public hospitals are funded\n\n**Who gets what:**\n- **New South Wales**: ~$8.25 billion (the largest share)\n- **Victoria**: ~$6.73 billion\n- **Queensland**: ~$6.47 billion\n- **Western Australia**: ~$2.98 billion\n- **South Australia**: ~$1.84 billion\n- **Tasmania**: ~$612 million\n- **Australian Capital Territory**: ~$503 million\n- **Northern Territory**: ~$383 million\n\n**Why it matters:**\nThis funding keeps public hospitals running. Without this determination, the federal government couldn't legally transfer these billions to the states. It's essentially the 'invoice approval' that allows the money to flow to hospital emergency departments, surgeries, and other public health services.\n\n**Who made it:**\nDr Andrew Leigh, as Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, made this determination under the *Federal Financial Relations Act 2009*."},"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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