{"id":"F2025L01610","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2025-26 Payment No. 7) Determination 2026","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-7-determination-2026","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443097,"registerId":"F2025L01610-fast-fetch-1775958023277","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. 7) Determination 2026","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. 7) Determination 2026\n\nI, Daniel Mulino, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services, make the following determination.\n\nDated    17 December 2025\n\n \n\nDr Daniel Mulino  Assistant Treasurer  Minister for Financial Services\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. 7) Determination 2026.\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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 January 2026.\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 | $284,036,616.90 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $141,256,486.54 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $318,289,236.00 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $199,854,770.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $333,430,570.33 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $14,328,750.00 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $7,939,000.00 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $51,044,606.89 |\n| 9 | Total | $1,350,180,036.66 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument does not expand or reduce the statutory powers in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; it exercises the Act’s existing power to determine and specify payment amounts for national partnership grants (Part 2, Note 1 and s 5). It merely allocates specific sums to States and Territories for the 2025–26 Payment No. 7 and sets proposed payment timing (Part 2, Note 2)."},"complexity_factors":["Simple legal form: short instrument that only lists payment amounts to recipients (Part 2, s 5 and table).","Statutory reliance: made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, subsection 16(1) (Notes to Part 2 and s 3).","Definitions depend on other legislation: expressions adopt meanings from the Act as amended over time (s 4; Legislation Act cross-reference).","Administrative dependency: payment timing is proposed for January 2026, requiring Treasury/state transfer and acquittal processes (Part 2, Note 2).","Precision of amounts: many entries with cents and decimals, requiring accurate financial handling (s 5 table).","No program detail: the instrument does not state purposes, conditions or performance requirements, so interpretation and compliance obligations rest with underlying agreements and recipient administrations."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination, made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (subsection 16(1)), specifies the Commonwealth’s national partnership payment amounts — a total of $1,350,180,036.66 — to be paid to each State and Territory in January 2026. It transfers budgeted grant funds to state and territory governments; any effects on markets, contracts or service delivery depend on how those governments choose to spend and administer the money."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation serves exactly its intended purpose: to determine specific payment amounts for National Partnership Payments. It has not expanded beyond the original scope of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, which is to manage financial relations and payments between the Commonwealth and the states."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent Act)","No cross-references except to the enabling Act","Simple tabular format for payment amounts—no conditional logic","No exceptions, exemptions, or nested provisions","Straightforward commencement (immediate upon registration)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument authorises the Commonwealth to pay just over $1.35 billion to states and territories in January 2026 as the seventh round of National Partnership Payments, specifying amounts for each jurisdiction (NSW $284m; VIC $141m; QLD $318m; WA $200m; SA $333m; TAS $14m; ACT $7.9m; NT $51m). It’s a routine, administrative determination under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 that legally enables agreed grants for state-delivered projects and services."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. 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