{"id":"F2025L01036","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2025-26 Payment No. 3) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-3-determination-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442947,"registerId":"F2025L01036-fast-fetch-1775957855335","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. 3) 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. 3) Determination 2025\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated  2 September 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. 3) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 September 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 | $292,785,714.84 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $517,824,018.09 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $65,110,821.98 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $161,741,185.92 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $34,806,949.81 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $52,855,418.66 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $3,081,761.50 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $107,788,524.76 |\n| 9 | Total | $1,235,994,395.56 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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 and territories. It has not expanded beyond this narrow, technical purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument (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 allocating fixed dollar amounts","No amendments, schedules, or complex structural elements"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a straightforward piece of legislation that authorises the Australian Government to pay over $1.2 billion to the states and territories. Specifically, it determines the exact amounts each state and territory will receive as part of 'national partnership payments' for the 2025-26 financial year. These payments are grants of financial assistance from the Commonwealth to help fund various services and projects that the states run. The money is scheduled to be paid in September 2025. Victoria receives the largest share ($517 million), while the ACT receives the smallest ($3 million)."},"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not alter the statutory scope of federal financial relations; it implements the Act by specifying amounts and payment timing for grants under subsection 16(1) (see s5 and accompanying notes). It does not create new programs, change eligibility, or add conditions."},"complexity_factors":["Short, focused instrument that only lists payment amounts for each State/Territory (table in s5).","Made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (authority referenced in s3 and Note 1: subsection 16(1)).","Immediate commencement on registration (commencement table at s2(1)).","Proposed single payment timing indicated (Note 2: payment proposed for September 2025).","High numeric precision in multiple line items and an overall total ($1,235,994,395.56) increases bookkeeping/transfer accuracy requirements (s5 table).","Definitions adopt meanings from the Act and the Legislation Act 2003 (s4 note), requiring cross‑reference to those statutes for any interpretive questions.","No new eligibility or program conditions are specified here, limiting administrative discretion to executing the payments (s5)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made by the Assistant Minister under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (subsection 16(1)), fixes Commonwealth national partnership payment amounts to each State and Territory and schedules a proposed payment in September 2025. It directs $1,235,994,395.56 in total to states and territories, changing their near‑term cashflows and budget allocations. The instrument only specifies payment amounts and timing; it does not create new program rules or alter underlying grant eligibility."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-3-determination-2025","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-3-determination-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-3-determination-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-3-determination-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-3-determination-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-3-determination-2025/documents"}}