{"id":"F2024L01400","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2024-25 Payment No. 5) Determination 2024","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2024-25-payment-no-5-determination-2024","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442627,"registerId":"F2024L01400-fast-fetch-1775957592144","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. 5) 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. 5) Determination 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     31 October 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. 5) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 November 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 | $295,059,668.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $366,185,003.00 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $413,774,365.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $214,155,718.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $102,340,424.75 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $70,800,778.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $15,520,980.75 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $42,455,726.19 |\n| 9 | Total | $1,520,292,663.69 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory scope of national partnership payments; it specifies amounts and commencement only. It implements a financial allocation under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act (Part 2, Note 1 and section 5) and relies on Act definitions (Part 1, section 4)."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow substantive scope: instrument only specifies payment amounts in a single table (Part 2, section 5).","Legal authority and linkage: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (Part 1, section 3) and tied to subsection 16(1) of that Act (Part 2, Note 1 and section 5).","Definitions deferred to the Act by operation of the Legislation Act (Part 1, section 4), requiring cross-reference to primary legislation for interpretive detail.","Immediate commencement on registration with formal commencement table (Part 1, section 2) — administrative timing constraint.","Payment timing noted as proposed for November 2024 (Part 2, Note 2) — operational scheduling rather than contingent triggers.","Precise monetary figures (including cents) increase administrative precision and bookkeeping requirements (Part 2, section 5 table).","Low decision-making discretion: amounts are fixed by the instrument, limiting further ministerial discretion once registered (Part 2, section 5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the exact Commonwealth national-partnership grant amounts to each State and Territory for 2024–25 (total $1,520,292,663.69) and authorises a proposed payment in November 2024. It takes effect on registration and is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act. It matters because it fixes who receives federal grant money, how much each jurisdiction will get, and when funds are proposed to be disbursed, so agencies must allocate and pay the stated sums."},"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 determinations of specific payment amounts to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions","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 subsections with multiple paragraphs or nested structures","Essentially a data entry instrument with legal formality"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Australian Government to pay $1,520,292,663.69 in National Partnership Payments to states and territories for agreed joint projects and services. It allocates the 2024–25 Payment No. 5 pool across jurisdictions, enabling funding for hospitals, schools, infrastructure and disaster recovery. Without it, the agreed federal-state payments cannot legally be made."},"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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