{"id":"F2024L01267","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2024-25 Payment No. 4) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-4-determination-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442602,"registerId":"F2024L01267-fast-fetch-1775957577651","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. 4) Determination 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arm](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2024-25 Payment No. 4) Determination 2024\n\nI, Stephen Jones, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, make the following determination.\n\nDated   2 October 2024\n\n \n\nStephen Jones  Assistant Treasurer  Minister for Financial Services\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. 4) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 October 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 | $29,290,252.68 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $83,511,666.22 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $82,552,720.02 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $408,635,600.93 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $33,238,357.16 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $24,741,918.13 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $4,684,775.29 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $16,973,850.35 |\n| 9 | Total | $683,629,140.78 |\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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the legal scope of federal financial relations or national partnership programs. It simply determines the amounts to be paid to each State/Territory for Payment No. 4 of 2024–25 and the proposed timing of payment (s5; Note 2). It does not introduce new conditions, eligibility rules, or program structures — those remain governed by the Act and any underlying agreements (s4; subsection 16(1) reference)."},"complexity_factors":["Straightforward schedule of fixed monetary amounts by jurisdiction (s5 table).","Clear legal authority and maker identified (s3; instrument header).","Simple commencement provision—comes into effect on registration (s2).","Relies on definitions and cross‑references to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 for legal meaning (s4).","No substantive program rules, conditions, or reporting obligations set out in this instrument (s5; Note 2), reducing interpretive complexity.","Minor interpretive dependency on subsection 16(1) of the Act (Note 1) to understand underlying grant purpose."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 by the Assistant Treasurer, fixes Commonwealth grant amounts to each state and territory for National Partnership Payments—2024‑25 Payment No. 4, totalling $683,629,140.78 and proposed to be paid in October 2024 (s5; Note 2). It affects state and territory budgets by transferring federal funds; the instrument specifies only amounts and timing and does not itself set program conditions or new eligibility rules (s4, s5)."},"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: making specific determinations of payment amounts to states and territories. It has not expanded beyond this purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive sections","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the 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 interpretation section with bespoke definitions","Straightforward administrative determination with no policy discretion exercised in the text"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay $683,629,140.78 in national partnership payments to Australia's eight states and territories in October 2024, enabling Commonwealth funding for services and projects those jurisdictions deliver. It matters because, under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, this formal determination is required for the Treasury to legally release the funds."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-4-determination-2024","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-4-determination-2024/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-4-determination-2024/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-4-determination-2024/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-4-determination-2024/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-4-determination-2024/documents"}}