{"id":"F2020L01623","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2020-21 Payment No. 9) Determination 2020","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2020-21-payment-no-9-determination-2020","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":440703,"registerId":"F2020L01623-fast-fetch-1775956246596","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. 9) Determination 2020","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\ntitle: NPP Determination\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. 9) Determination 2020\n\nI, Michael Sukkar, Minister for Housing and Assistant Treasurer, make the following determination.\n\nDated 15 December 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. 9) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 January 2021.\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 | $40,119,290.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $127,701,000.00 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $280,608,230.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $119,544,000.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $22,190,366.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $25,764,000.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $6,582,852.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $3,588,000.00 |\n| 9 | Total | $626,097,738.00 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination does not change the statutory scope of federal financial relations; it simply exercises the payment determination power under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to allocate specified grant amounts to States and Territories (see s3, s5). It does not amend the Act, impose new conditions, or expand the types of payments covered."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward payment schedule listing fixed amounts per State and Territory (see s5 table).","Legal authority is a simple statutory delegation: instrument made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3).","Commencement, effect and timing are explicit: instrument takes effect on registration (s2) and payments are proposed for January 2021 (Part 2, Note 2).","Definitions rely on cross-reference to the Act rather than introducing new terminology (s4) — checking the Act may be needed for full context.","No conditions, performance measures, or new administrative requirements created here — the instrument only determines amounts (s5).","Made by the responsible Minister as a determinative act (instrument header and s3) with limited ongoing discretion once registered."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination requires the Commonwealth to pay fixed national partnership grants to each State and Territory (a total of $626,097,738) for disbursement in January 2021. It sets specific dollar amounts for New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory. It matters because it allocates federal cash to state budgets under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, directly affecting state fiscal resources and service funding."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation serves exactly its original intended purpose: to make a specific determination of national partnership payment amounts under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent legislation)","No conditional logic or exceptions","Single purpose: a table of payment amounts with no cross-references to other complex provisions","Straightforward tabular format for the actual determination (Part 2)","No nested structures or operative provisions beyond the basic 'determine X amount for Y state'"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises a single national partnership payment of $626,097,738 (Payment No. 9) for 2020–21, allocating funds across Australia’s eight states and territories (largest shares to Queensland and Victoria).  \n\nIt affects state and territory governments as recipients, and indirectly taxpayers and citizens who rely on state-funded services—timed during the pandemic period, so it supports continued delivery of essential services."},"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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