{"id":"F2026L00079","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments—2025-26 Payment No. 8) Determination 2026","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-2026","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":443133,"registerId":"F2026L00079-fast-fetch-1775958043322","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. 8) 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. 8) Determination 2026\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated     3 February 2026\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. 8) 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after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 February 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 | $1,081,984,639.43 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $885,973,227.32 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $501,261,337.56 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $33,114,388.00 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $71,344,671.53 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $99,770,891.08 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $1,222,783.02 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $26,944,000.00 |\n| 9 | Total | $2,701,615,937.94 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"Unauthenticated. Configure AI_GATEWAY_API_KEY or use a provider module. Learn more: https://ai-sdk.dev/unauthenticated-ai-gateway","source":"analysis-cron"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009—determining specific payment amounts to states. There is no scope creep; it is a routine administrative determination that matches the original legislative purpose precisely."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short: only 5 substantive provisions across 2 Parts","No defined terms beyond 'the Act' (which simply references the parent 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 with 8 data rows","No amendments, schedules, or explanatory material embedded in the text","Purpose is purely administrative: recording pre-calculated payment amounts"],"plain_english_summary":"Determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay about $2.7 billion in national partnership grants to states and territories in February 2026, formally fixing each jurisdiction’s share (largest to NSW and Victoria).  \n\nThese are grants under the Federal Financial Relations Act that legally trigger federal funding for state‑delivered services—hospitals, schools, infrastructure and disaster recovery—so without this instrument the payments cannot be made."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The instrument does not change the statutory scope of federal financial relations. It exercises the existing power under s16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 to determine amounts and timing for national partnership payments (see section 5 and Note 2) and does not amend eligibility, create new programs, or modify the Act’s grant framework."},"complexity_factors":["Narrow operational scope: the instrument only lists payment amounts and commencement, reducing substantive legal complexity.","Legal dependence on another statute: the determination’s effect is governed by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (s16(1)), requiring cross-reference to that Act.","Precise financial figures for multiple jurisdictions increase administrative accuracy requirements.","Commencement specification and registration timing governance (Part 1, items 1–3) create formal technical steps for effect.","Lack of program-level detail in this instrument shifts complexity to implementing agencies and existing grant rules (reporting/accountability under the Act).","Potential intergovernmental fiscal effects across jurisdictions require budgetary coordination despite simple drafting."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes one-off national partnership payments totalling $2,701,615,937.94 and specifies exact amounts to each state and territory, with payment proposed for February 2026 (made under s16(1) of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009; Note 2). The Commonwealth authorises the grants and states receive the funds; the instrument only establishes amounts and commencement and does not itself change eligibility rules or create new program rules. Use and accountability will follow the Act’s grant framework."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-2026","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-2026/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-2026/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-2026/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-2026/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-2025-26-payment-no-8-determination-2026/documents"}}