{"id":"F2024L01109","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2024-25 Payment No. 3) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442562,"registerId":"F2024L01109-fast-fetch-1775957539141","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. 3) 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\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2024-25 Payment No. 3) Determination 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     2 September 2024\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh  Assistant 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\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. 3) 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 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 September 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 | $14,630,453.65 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $446,401,690.91 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $24,723,340.99 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $5,547,646.40 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $10,751,731.13 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $8,050,459.10 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $2,004,644.26 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $104,773,889.32 |\n| 9 | Total | $616,883,855.76 |\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 instrument performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009: determining specific amounts of national partnership payments to be made to states and territories. It is a routine administrative determination that does not expand beyond the original statutory purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 operative 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 amendments, schedules, or explanatory material embedded in the text","Straightforward administrative instrument executing a routine payment function under existing legislative authority"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Australian Government to pay just over $616 million in national partnership payments — federal grants to states and territories for joint projects and services — with disbursement scheduled for September 2024.\n\nVictoria receives the bulk ($446m, ~72%), the Northern Territory $105m, and the remainder is split among Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia and the ACT. The funding supports state-federal cost-sharing across areas like health, infrastructure and recovery."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not alter the statutory scope of national partnership payments. It simply specifies amounts to be paid to each State/Territory under the existing Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see Part 2, section 5) and does not amend definitions or create new programs."},"complexity_factors":["Form and substance: simple schedule of fixed payment amounts to each State/Territory (Part 2, section 5 table).","Legal basis: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Authority, section 3; Part 2 Note 1 referencing subsection 16(1)), requiring cross-reference to the Act for legal effect.","Commencement mechanics: instrument takes effect on registration (section 2(1)); payments are proposed to be made in September 2024 (Part 2 Note 2).","Definitions: the instrument adopts expressions from the Act by reference (section 4), so interpretation depends on the Act as in force.","Operational burden: no new conditions or program design changes are set out here, so administrative work is limited to payment processing, transfer and accounting of the specified amounts."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs the Commonwealth to pay specified national partnership grants to each State and Territory in September 2024, listing fixed amounts that total $616,883,855.76. It is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and commences on registration.\n\nMechanically, it allocates cash to jurisdictions (no program changes or new legal conditions); the Assistant Minister authorises the payments and responsible agencies must transfer and account for the listed sums."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-2024","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-3-determination-2024/documents"}}