{"id":"F2025L00808","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2025-26 Payment No. 1) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-1-determination-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442879,"registerId":"F2025L00808-fast-fetch-1775957801093","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2025-26 Payment No. 1) 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](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2025-26 Payment No. 1) Determination 2025\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated  30 June 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—2025-26 Payment No. 1) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 July 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 | $633,233,784.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $108,646,400.00 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $104,843,838.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $62,560,000.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $40,196,600.00 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $12,946,000.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $9,477,000.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $33,750,300.00 |\n| 9 | Total | $1,005,653,922.00 |\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 payment amounts to states. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions across 2 Parts","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","No cross-references except to the enabling Act section 16(1)","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Single operative provision (section 5) containing a simple table of amounts","Purpose-built for a single, time-limited administrative action (one payment tranche)"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises the Australian Government to pay just over $1.005 billion in national partnership payments to states and territories for 2025–26 (New South Wales the largest recipient at ~$633.2m). These Commonwealth grants fund state-delivered services and projects; the instrument (made by Assistant Minister Dr Andrew Leigh under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009) legally unlocks the funds and takes effect on registration."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not change the statutory scope of Commonwealth financial relations; it implements subsection 16(1) by specifying payment amounts to listed states and territories (Part 2, s5). It does not introduce new recipients, conditions or program categories and therefore does not alter who may be funded under the Act (s4 note; Part 2, s5)."},"complexity_factors":["Simple, fixed allocation table listing amounts for nine jurisdictions (Part 2, s5).","Legal basis is a single statutory power under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s3; Part 2 note referencing subsection 16(1)).","Immediate commencement on registration reduces transitional timing ambiguity (s2).","No detailed eligibility, conditions or reporting requirements included—administrative detail remains with existing Act or other instruments (definitions note, s4; Part 2, s5).","Monetary precision (amounts to the dollar) requires accurate payment processing but no policy complexity (Part 2, s5).","Reliance on external statutory definitions means interpretive clarity depends on the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s4 note)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination (made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009) specifies $1,005,653,922 in national partnership payments, listing exact amounts for each state and territory and proposing payment in July 2025 (Part 2, s5; Note 2). It affects the nine listed state/territory governments, who will receive Commonwealth grants and be responsible for managing the funded activities; the instrument sets amounts only and does not itself create new program rules (Part 2, s5)."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-1-determination-2025","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-1-determination-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-1-determination-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-1-determination-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-1-determination-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-1-determination-2025/documents"}}