{"id":"F2024L00777","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2023-24 Payment No. 14) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-14-determination-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442460,"registerId":"F2024L00777-fast-fetch-1775957457906","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2023-24 Payment No. 14) Determination 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2023-24 Payment No. 14) Determination 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     24 June 2024\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\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—2023-24 Payment No. 14) Determination 2024.\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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 June 2024.\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 | $767,331,991.98 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $326,305,613.88 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $1,936,148,228.01 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $448,292,243.39 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $93,182,618.77 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $69,989,623.63 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $109,425,334.48 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $55,843,738.19 |\n| 9 | Total | $3,806,519,392.33 |\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 instrument does not change the statutory scope or eligibility of national partnership payments. It operates under the payment-making power in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to determine amounts payable to each state and territory (see s3; Part 2 Note 1; s5). It specifies dollars and timing but does not amend the Act, create new program conditions, or alter who may receive payments."},"complexity_factors":["Simple legal form: single, short instrument that records set dollar amounts (see s5).","Statutory basis referenced rather than changed — made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see s3).","Commencement is immediate on registration (see s2), reducing temporal complexity.","Definitions limited and drawn from the Act; no new technical definitions in instrument (see s4).","Contains an explicit payment timing note (payment proposed in June 2024) but no implementation mechanics or conditions (see Part 2, Note 2).","No conditional provisions, reporting duties, or compliance regimes specified — administrative complexity falls to existing Act and agencies (compare s5 and Act).","Precision of amounts (multiple large-dollar figures) increases administrative need for accurate accounting and transfer systems (see table in s5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes the Commonwealth’s national partnership payments for 2023–24 Payment No. 14 by listing exact dollar amounts to each state and territory, totalling $3,806,519,392.33. It takes effect on registration and signals a proposed payment in June 2024.\n\nIt affects state and territory governments as grant recipients and the Commonwealth as payer under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. Mechanically, it allocates funds; it does not alter eligibility rules or create new program conditions."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making determinations of specific payment amounts to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply refers to the parent Act)","No cross-references to other legislation except the enabling Act","Simple tabular format for the actual payment amounts — no conditions, exceptions, or formulae","No conditional logic or operative triggers beyond the commencement date","Essentially a ministerial 'signing off' on pre-negotiated funding amounts"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Australian Government to pay just over $3.8 billion in national partnership payments to states and territories, formally unlocking grants the Commonwealth provides for state‑delivered projects and services. It affects all jurisdictions (Queensland receives the largest share) and funds things like hospitals, schools, infrastructure and disaster recovery. This is Payment No. 14 for the 2023–24 financial year."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-14-determination-2024","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-14-determination-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-14-determination-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-14-determination-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-14-determination-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-14-determination-2024/documents"}}