{"id":"F2023L01465","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2023-24 Payment No. 5) Determination 2023","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-2023","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442160,"registerId":"F2023L01465-fast-fetch-1775957240056","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. 5) 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. 5) Determination 2023\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated  2 November 2023\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury  Parliamentary 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. 5) 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The day this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 November 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 | $171,141,290.35 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $46,798,294.93 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $180,905,496.45 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $144,042,740.91 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $37,830,043.79 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $16,730,133.36 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $7,781,209.11 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $50,171,109.86 |\n| 9 | Total | $655,400,318.76 |\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"},"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 section 16 of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical function."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative provisions across 2 Parts","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other legislation beyond the enabling Act","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a simple table with 8 data rows","No amendments, schedules, or explanatory material embedded in the text","Purpose is purely administrative: authorising specific payment amounts already agreed between governments"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to make national partnership payments totalling $655.4 million to Australia’s states and territories, formally determining the specific amounts each will receive in the November 2023 payment round.  \n\nIt affects state and territory budgets by enabling the Treasurer to transfer funds for state-delivered projects and services; the instrument sets the payment schedule but not the substantive purposes, which are in separate agreements."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the scope of the underlying national partnership arrangements. It merely determines numeric payment amounts under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see section 5 and Part 2 notes), and contains no amendments to eligibility, conditions or the Act itself."},"complexity_factors":["Statutory authority is straightforward: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Part 2 Note 1 references subsection 16(1)).","Mechanically simple table of fixed monetary amounts for eight jurisdictions plus a total (section 5).","Commencement is procedural: the instrument takes effect on registration (section 2).","Definitions defer to the Act and the Legislation Act 2003 (section 4), requiring cross-reference but not new terminology.","Payment timing is specified as proposed for November 2023 (Part 2 Note 2), creating a narrow implementation window.","Amounts are specified to the cent, requiring precise accounting and Treasury/agency processing.","No substantive program rules, conditions or eligibility changes in the instrument — administrative linkage to the underlying Act is implied rather than detailed."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, fixes the Commonwealth’s national partnership payment amounts to each State and Territory — a total of $655,400,318.76 — and proposes payment in November 2023. It takes effect on registration.\n\nWho pays and who decides: the Commonwealth (Assistant Minister Andrew Leigh) authorises the grants; recipients are the States and Territories. The instrument only specifies payment amounts; it does not set program conditions or alter eligibility rules."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-2023","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-2023/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-2023/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-2023/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-2023/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2023-24-payment-no-5-determination-2023/documents"}}