{"id":"F2025L01481","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2025-26 Payment No. 6) Determination 2025","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-6-determination-2025","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443065,"registerId":"F2025L01481-fast-fetch-1775957975376","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. 6) 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 of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2025-26 Payment No. 6) Determination 2025\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     2 December 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. 6) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 December 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 | $127,032,189.00 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $169,454,016.00 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $253,461,278.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $124,351,556.80 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $149,155,633.75 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $28,532,134.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $28,553,269.15 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $132,114,275.15 |\n| 9 | Total | $1,012,654,351.85 |\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: 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 provisions","No defined terms beyond a single reference to 'the Act'","No conditional logic, exceptions, or cross-references to other complex provisions","Single operative provision (section 5) consisting of a simple table allocating fixed dollar amounts","No amendments, schedules, or transitional provisions","Purpose is purely administrative—executing pre-negotiated funding agreements"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay $1,012,654,351.85 to the eight Australian states and territories as national partnership payments, scheduled for December 2025. It allocates those federally agreed grants to state and territory governments to fund services and projects they deliver (eg hospitals, schools, infrastructure and disaster recovery), formally authorising the transfer of previously negotiated funds."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not alter program scope or eligibility; it merely specifies the dollar amounts and timing for national partnership payments under existing authority. No new obligations, conditions, or policy instruments are created or amended here."},"complexity_factors":["Single, explicit table listing nine jurisdictional payment amounts and a total (straightforward arithmetic and presentation).","Legal authority is a single statutory head of power (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, subsection 16(1)).","No substantive conditions, performance metrics, or eligibility rules are set out in the instrument itself (limits legal complexity).","Standard commencement mechanism: immediate effect on registration (procedural clarity).","Definitions defer to the parent Act (Legislation Act s13(1)(b) effect noted), requiring cross-reference for terminology.","Timing specified (payment proposed December 2025), creating a clear fiscal execution date.","Amounts given to cent-level precision, requiring exact budget appropriation and accounting entries."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument directs the Commonwealth to pay fixed national partnership grants to each State and Territory (listed amounts totalling $1,012,654,351.85). It is made by the Assistant Minister under subsection 16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and proposes payment in December 2025.\n\nIt mechanically allocates money only—no new conditions or program changes are specified—so the Commonwealth funds these payments and States receive discretionary use under existing agreements."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-6-determination-2025","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-6-determination-2025/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-6-determination-2025/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-6-determination-2025/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-6-determination-2025/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-6-determination-2025/documents"}}