{"id":"F2020L01408","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 7) Determination 2020","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440654,"registerId":"F2020L01408-fast-fetch-1775956216939","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. 7) 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\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 7) Determination 2020\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated 4 November 2020\n\n \n\nMichael Sukkar\n\nMinister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer\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 2\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. 7) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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: A 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 November 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 | $89,932,508.24 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $28,890,118.24 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $259,791,488.24 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $82,216,565.24 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $16,611,314.19 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $14,051,135.50 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $2,887,921.50 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $32,462,059.72 |\n| 9 | Total | $526,843,110.87 |\n\n\n \n\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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not alter the scope of the Federal Financial Relations Act; it implements a routine allocation of Commonwealth grants by specifying amounts and recipients. It creates financial transfers only, not new legal obligations or program rules beyond the grant payments."},"complexity_factors":["Simple structure: single table listing fixed dollar amounts by State and Territory (Part 2, item 5).","Clear legal authority: instrument made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and notes subsection 16(1) as the power used (Preliminary, Authority; Part 2 notes).","Limited discretion: amounts are fixed in the instrument rather than delegated for later determination.","Straightforward commencement mechanics: whole instrument commences on registration (clause 2).","Low procedural complexity: payment timing is stated as proposed for November 2020 (Part 2, Note 2).","No conditions, performance metrics or statutory changes included — purely an allocation of funds."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (subsection 16(1)), directs the Commonwealth to pay specified lump‑sum national partnership payments to each State and Territory, totalling $526,843,110.87, with payment proposed in November 2020. The Minister (Michael Sukkar) determines the amounts; the Commonwealth pays and States receive the funds as grants of financial assistance. Mechanically, it shifts Commonwealth cash to State and Territory budgets and requires administrative steps to effect the transfers; it does not itself create new program rules or statutory entitlements."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument serves exactly its intended purpose: making a routine administrative determination of specific payment amounts to states and territories under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It has not expanded beyond its original scope as a payment mechanism."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument: only 5 substantive provisions","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent legislation)","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a straightforward payment table","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority citations","Purpose-built for a single, specific administrative action (one round of payments)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a ministerial determination that authorises the federal government to pay over half a billion dollars ($526.8 million) to Australia's states and territories. These payments are called 'national partnership payments' — essentially federal grants to help states fund specific projects and services they've agreed to deliver. Each state and territory gets a different amount based on their particular agreements with the Commonwealth. The money is being paid in November 2020 as part of the 2020-21 financial year budget. Queensland receives the largest share ($259.8 million), while the ACT receives the smallest ($2.9 million)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-2020","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-2020/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-2020/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-2020/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-2020/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-7-determination-2020/documents"}}