{"id":"F2023L01057","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2023-24 Payment No. 2) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-2-determination-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442029,"registerId":"F2023L01057-fast-fetch-1775957157917","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. 2) Determination 2023","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![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2023-24 Payment No. 2) Determination 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   31 July  2023\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\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. 2) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 August 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 | $104,367,883.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $70,925,390.99 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $103,521,295.84 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $16,053,443.92 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $23,021,777.79 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $56,310,474.29 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $14,184,402.09 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $28,074,040.95 |\n| 9 | Total | $416,458,708.87 |\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 legislation performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: making determinations of specific payment amounts to states and territories. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the Act'","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other complex provisions","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a simple table with 8 data rows","No nested structures or interpretive challenges","Essentially a ministerial payment schedule with legislative formality"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises $416,458,708.87 in national partnership payments for 2023–24, allocating federal funds among states and territories (largest share to New South Wales, smallest to the Australian Capital Territory).  \n\nMade under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and signed by Dr Andrew Leigh, it represents the second payment round for 2023–24, with amounts scheduled for disbursement in August 2023."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Determination does not change the legal scope of the national partnership arrangements; it exercises the payment‑setting power under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 by specifying amounts to be paid to each State and Territory (see Note 1 and section 5). It contains no new recipients, policy definitions, or conditions in this text (see sections 4 and 5 and Part 2 Note 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Simple legal effect: primary operative provision is a single schedule fixing payment amounts to jurisdictions (section 5).","Statutory authority: instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (section 3), which is straightforward but requires reference to the parent Act for broader context.","Definitions tie to external statute: expressions rely on the Act as in force from time to time (section 4), so interpreting terms may require consulting that Act.","Commencement and timing: entire instrument commences on registration (section 2) and notes a proposed payment month (Part 2 Note 2), creating an operational timetable but no conditional complexity.","Low administrative discretion: the Determination specifies fixed amounts, leaving limited room for interpretive discretion within this instrument itself (section 5).","Operational complexity lies outside the instrument: processing transfers and budget entries are administrative tasks for Commonwealth and State agencies, not resolved here.","Many numeric entries: nine distinct payments with precise dollar values increases clerical risk but not legal complexity."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination allocates $416,458,708.87 in national partnership payments to the nine States and Territories listed, with each jurisdiction’s specific amount set out in the table. It is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and proposes the payments in August 2023. The instrument mechanically fixes how much each State or Territory will receive; it does not create new programs or attach new conditions in the text provided."},"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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