{"id":"F2020L00880","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 1) Determination 2020","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-1-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440539,"registerId":"F2020L00880-fast-fetch-1775956129420","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 1) Determination 2020","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 Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 1) Determination 2020\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated: 2 July 2020\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nMinister for Housing  Assistant 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 partnership payments\n\n5  Determination of national partnership payments\n\n \n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 1) Determination 2020.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 national partnership payments\n\n \n\nNote 1: The determination in this Part is made under subsection 16(1) of the Act.\n\nNote 2: A payment of the amounts determined in this Part is proposed to be made in July 2020.\n\n5  Determination of national partnership payments\n\n  Each item of the following table specifies an amount to be paid to the State mentioned in that item for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance to that State as specified in subsection 16(1) of the Act.\n\n \n\n| Item | State | Determined amount of national partnership payments |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $71,316,297.07 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $50,529,597.07 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $53,009,197.07 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $25,229,197.07 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $17,237,995.66 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $6,432,062.50 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $4,391,062.50 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $31,237,562.50 |\n| 9 | Total | $259,382,971.44 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not expand or narrow the Act's legal scope; it implements subsection 16(1) by specifying the amounts and timing for the 2020-21 Payment No. 1. It does not create new eligibility criteria, conditions, or obligations—only the determination of payment amounts and the proposed payment month (July 2020)."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose instrument: specifies fixed payment amounts in one table (section 5).","Made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and relies on subsection 16(1) for authority (Part 2 note and section 3).","Minimal internal definitions; references definitions in the Act (section 4).","Commencement is immediate on registration (section 2).","No program conditions, reporting requirements, or performance measures included—administrative disbursement only (section 5 and Part 2 notes).","Payments cover multiple jurisdictions, requiring routine intergovernmental disbursement processes (table of States/Territories)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, authorises lump-sum national partnership payments totalling $259,382,971.44 to be paid in July 2020. It lists fixed amounts for each State and Territory.\n\nThe Commonwealth will pay the specified amounts to each State and Territory as financial assistance under subsection 16(1) of the Act; it matters because it allocates federal grant funds and fixes payment timing without creating new eligibility rules or program conditions."},"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 instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making specific determinations of payment amounts to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply points to the parent legislation)","Single operative provision (section 5) containing only a table of dollar amounts","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citations","Straightforward tabular format for payment allocations","No amendments, schedules, or transitional provisions"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises $259.4 million in federal \"national partnership\" payments to be distributed to the eight Australian states and territories in July 2020. It doesn’t create new policy — it simply enables the Commonwealth to transfer already-agreed grant funding (largest shares to New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland).\n\nIt matters because it is a legal precondition for federal-to-state payments, part of routine fiscal relations that fund state-delivered services and projects for 2020–21."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-1-determination-2020","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-1-determination-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-1-determination-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-1-determination-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-1-determination-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-1-determination-2020/documents"}}