{"id":"F2025L01221","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2025-26 Payment No. 4) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-4-determination-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442995,"registerId":"F2025L01221-fast-fetch-1775957914296","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. 4) 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. 4) Determination 2025\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated  30 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. 4) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 October 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 | $349,992,530.39 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $535,875,038.82 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $298,583,647.98 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $131,184,243.18 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $113,906,623.45 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $22,060,334.58 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $17,156,262.90 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $83,226,417.00 |\n| 9 | Total | $1,551,985,098.30 |\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 for national partnership grants. There is no scope creep; it is a routine administrative determination of the type contemplated by the parent legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short instrument: only 5 substantive sections","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a basic table with 9 rows","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references beyond standard commencement machinery","Straightforward arithmetic: fixed dollar amounts with no formulas or calculations required"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a straightforward piece of legislation that authorises the federal government to pay over $1.55 billion to Australia's states and territories. Specifically, it determines the amounts for 'national partnership payments' — which are grants of financial assistance from the Commonwealth to the states for specific purposes agreed between them. The money is allocated across all eight states and territories, with Victoria receiving the largest share ($535.9 million) and the ACT the smallest ($17.2 million). This is the fourth such payment for the 2025-26 financial year, and the funds are scheduled to be paid in October 2025. The determination is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, which governs how the Commonwealth distributes money to the states."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not alter the scope or design of the national partnership arrangements; it only determines the amounts and timing of payments under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (see Part 2, section 5 and accompanying notes). It neither creates new eligibility rules nor modifies existing program conditions."},"complexity_factors":["Routine, single-purpose allocation of fixed monetary amounts to each State and Territory (section 5, table)","Made under statutory authority of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (section 3); determination power is mechanical rather than normative","Timing is specified as proposed October 2025 (Part 2, Note 2), creating a narrow implementation window for payments","No programmatic conditions, criteria, or new obligations are specified in the instrument (absence of conditional provisions in section 5)","Multiple payees (8 jurisdictions) increases routine administrative reconciliation and ledger entries but not legal complexity","High-precision dollar amounts (cents) require exact accounting and Treasury processing","Low ministerial discretion in text — instrument records a determination rather than setting policy (Part 2, Note 1 referencing s16(1) of the Act)"],"plain_english_summary":"*This instrument fixes specific grant amounts the Commonwealth will pay to each State and Territory under the Federal Financial Relations Act, totalling $1,551,985,098.30. It mechanically allocates money to state treasuries as national partnership payments (see the payment table).*  \n\n*It affects State and Territory budgets and Commonwealth cash management; the listed payments are proposed for October 2025. The instrument sets amounts and timing only and does not change eligibility rules or program design.*"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-4-determination-2025","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-4-determination-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-4-determination-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-4-determination-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-4-determination-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-4-determination-2025/documents"}}