{"id":"F2025L00643","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2024-25 Payment No. 12) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442839,"registerId":"F2025L00643-fast-fetch-1775957774541","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2024-25 Payment No. 12) Determination 2025","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\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2024-25 Payment No. 12) Determination 2025\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     30 May 2025\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh  Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury\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—2024-25 Payment No. 12) Determination 2025.\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 Immediately after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 2025.\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 | $335,080,404.75 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $728,515,377.51 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $2,152,156,010.50 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $600,438,615.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $258,862,919.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $82,610,482.83 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $35,997,169.22 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $87,009,826.00 |\n| 9 | Total | $4,280,670,804.81 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation serves exactly its intended purpose: to authorise a specific scheduled payment to states and territories under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It has not expanded beyond the original intent of that Act, which was to establish a framework for federal financial assistance to states."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent legislation)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond basic authority provisions","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a simple table with 8 data rows","No nested structures or interpretive complexity","Essentially a payment schedule with legislative formality"],"plain_english_summary":"Authorises the Commonwealth to pay $4.28 billion in national partnership payments to states and territories in June 2025, funding specific services and joint projects. Queensland receives the largest share (≈$2.15bn); other recipients include Victoria (~$728m), WA (~$600m), NSW (~$335m), SA, NT, Tasmania and the ACT. These payments enable federal funding for health, education, infrastructure and disaster recovery."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Does not change statutory scope or introduce new programs. The instrument merely determines the amounts to be paid under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and specifies proposed timing (June 2025); it does not alter eligibility, conditions, or governance of the underlying national partnership arrangements."},"complexity_factors":["Simple declaratory structure: primarily a table of payment amounts","Relies on existing statutory authority (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009) rather than creating new obligations","Precise monetary figures require exact accounting and reconciliation","Single procedural commencement clause and a proposed payment date (June 2025)","Minimal definitions and no substantive policy or eligibility changes"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets Commonwealth national partnership payments for 2024‑25 (Payment No.12), allocating $4,280,670,804.81 across states and territories with specific amounts listed for each jurisdiction. The payments are made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and are proposed to be paid in June 2025. It affects Commonwealth cash flow and state budgets by delivering earmarked grant funding to the listed states and territories."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination-2025","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-12-determination-2025/documents"}}