{"id":"F2023L00002","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2022-23 Payment No. 7) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2022-23-payment-no-7-determination-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441690,"registerId":"F2023L00002-fast-fetch-1775956932034","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2022-23 Payment No. 7) Determination 2023","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia ](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2022-23 Payment No. 7) Determination 2023\n\nI, Stephen Jones, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, make the following determination.\n\nDated   22 December 2022\n\n \n\nStephen Jones\n\nAssistant Treasurer\n\nMinister for Financial Services\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\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2022-23 Payment No. 7) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 2023.\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 | $278,169,634.89 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $208,104,107.72 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $349,185,846.66 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $162,253,808.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $45,542,476.49 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $74,886,570.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $7,152,895.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $25,454,935.71 |\n| 9 | Total | $1,150,750,274.47 |\n\n\n \n\n \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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: authorising specific national partnership payments to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow administrative purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative provisions across 2 Parts","Zero defined terms of its own (relies entirely on definitions in the parent Act)","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","No conditional logic, exceptions, or triggers","Single purpose: a straightforward table of payment amounts","No subordinate provisions or delegated decision-making"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises the Assistant Treasurer to pay about $1.15 billion in national partnership payments to Australia’s states and territories in January 2023. It enables the Commonwealth to transfer agreed federal grants that fund shared projects and services.\n\nThe funds are allocated across jurisdictions (largest to Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria; smaller amounts to WA, Tasmania, SA, NT and the ACT). It’s routine administration—enabling payment of pre‑existing agreements, not new policy."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination does not change the statutory scope of federal financial relations; it exercises the Assistant Treasurer’s existing power to determine national partnership payments by specifying recipients and amounts (see clause 5 and clause 3). It does not introduce new policy conditions or expand legal powers beyond the Act; it simply allocates funds and sets timing (Part 2, Note 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Simple statutory instrument that lists fixed monetary amounts by State and Territory (clause 5, table).","Made under an existing statutory power rather than creating new obligations (Authority: clause 3; note under Part 2 referring to subsection 16(1) of the Act).","Commencement and timing are straightforward: instrument commences on registration (clause 2) and payments are proposed in January 2023 (Part 2, Note 2).","Minimal interpretive content or conditions; no additional regulatory or compliance duties for recipients set out in this instrument (compare clause 5 which only specifies amounts).","Definitions and cross-reference to the Federal Financial Relations Act are limited to standard incorporation (clause 4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination directs the Commonwealth to pay specified national partnership amounts to each State and Territory, totalling $1,150,750,274.47, with payments proposed for January 2023. It affects state and territory governments as the recipients and matters because it allocates federal grant funding under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 using the Assistant Treasurer’s power to determine payments."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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