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Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 118 (APRIL 2017)

I, MICHAEL SVEN SUKKAR, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, make this Determination under section 16 of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

MICHAEL SVEN SUKKAR


Dated: 3 April 2017

\n```\n\n## Part 1 — preliminary\n\n### Name of Determination\n\n This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership payments) Determination No. 118 (April 2017).\n\n### Commencement\n\n 2. This determination commences on the day on which this determination is made.\n\n### Definitions\n\n 3. The following definitions are used throughout this determination:\n\nAct means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nCOAG Reform Fund means the COAG Reform Fund established by section 5 of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008.\n\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 January 2009. The Intergovernmental Agreement provides an overarching framework for financial transfers between the Commonwealth and the States and related collaboration on policy development and service delivery.\n\nState includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.\n\n### Exemption from section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003\n\n 4. Subsection 16(5) of the Act provides that this determination is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to this determination.\n\n## PArt 2 — Purpose\n\n### Provision of financial assistance\n\n 5. This determination is made, in accordance with section 16 of the Act, for the purpose of providing grants of financial assistance to a State to:\n (a) support the delivery by the State of specified outputs or projects;\n (b) facilitate reforms by the State; or\n (c) reward the State for nationally significant reforms.\n\n### Terms and conditions\n\n 6. Subsection 16(2) of the Act requires that an amount determined under subsection 16(1) must be credited to the COAG Reform Fund. The COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 established the COAG Reform Fund and specifies that it is a Special Account for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n 7. Subsection 7(2) of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 requires that the terms and conditions on which financial assistance is granted through the COAG Reform Fund are to be set out in a written agreement between the Commonwealth and the State.\n 8. ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement provides that the Commonwealth will make National Partnership payments to the States to support the delivery of specified outputs or projects, to facilitate reforms or to reward those jurisdictions that deliver on nationally significant reforms.\n 9. National Partnerships will clearly set out the payment profile in respect of each State.\n 10. Where the achievement of pre‑determined milestones or performance benchmarks is required before a payment is made to a State:\n (a) in the case of payments to reward nationally significant reforms, the relevant Commonwealth Minister or delegate will make a determination as to whether the incentive payment will be paid following receipt of an independent assessment as to whether a pre-determined performance benchmark has been achieved; and\n (b) in the case of payments to facilitate reform and to support the delivery of specified outputs or projects, the relevant Commonwealth Minister or delegate will make a determination, based upon expenditure and performance reporting arrangements set out in the National Partnership, as to whether the facilitation or project payment will be paid.\n 11. Where the achievement of a performance benchmark is not required before a payment is made to a State, payments will be scheduled in accordance with the payment profile set out in the National Partnership.\n\n## Part 3 — National Partnership Payments\n\n### Determination\n\n 12. In accordance with subsection 16(1) of the Act, the amounts specified in Table 1 are to be paid to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance to:\n (a) support the delivery by the States of specified outputs or projects;\n (b) facilitate reforms by the States; or\n (c) reward the States for nationally significant reforms.\n\n### Table 1: National Partnership payments for payment on 7 April 2017\n\n ![](image.001.png)\n\n 13. These amounts will be credited to the COAG Reform Fund before being paid to the States on 7 April 2017.\n 14. Schedule 1 to this determination provides further information on these payments.\n\n### Debit limits\n\n 15. Under subsection 16(3) of the Act the total amount credited to the COAG Reform Fund for the purpose of making National Partnership payments in the financial year starting on 1 July 2016 must not exceed $25,000,000,000.00.\n 16. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts determined in the 2016-17 financial year in respect of National Partnership payments under section 16 of the Act, including this determination.\n\n### Table 2: Total cumulative payments of National Partnership payments in 2016-17\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n 17. The total amount determined for National Partnership payments to date in the 2016-17 financial year does not exceed the debit limit.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Name of Determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Name of Determination","content":"### Name of Determination\n\n This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership payments) Determination No. 118 (April 2017).","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Commencement","sectionType":"division","heading":"Commencement","content":"### Commencement\n\n 2. This determination commences on the day on which this determination is made.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Definitions","sectionType":"division","heading":"Definitions","content":"### Definitions\n\n 3. The following definitions are used throughout this determination:\n\nAct means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nCOAG Reform Fund means the COAG Reform Fund established by section 5 of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008.\n\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 January 2009. The Intergovernmental Agreement provides an overarching framework for financial transfers between the Commonwealth and the States and related collaboration on policy development and service delivery.\n\nState includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Exemption from section 42 (disallowance)","sectionType":"division","heading":"Exemption from section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003","content":"### Exemption from section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003\n\n 4. Subsection 16(5) of the Act provides that this determination is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to this determination.","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"PArt 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Purpose","content":"```html\n

Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 118 (APRIL 2017)

I, MICHAEL SVEN SUKKAR, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, make this Determination under section 16 of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

MICHAEL SVEN SUKKAR


Dated: 3 April 2017

\n```\n\n## Part 1 — preliminary\n\n### Name of Determination\n\n This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership payments) Determination No. 118 (April 2017).\n\n### Commencement\n\n 2. This determination commences on the day on which this determination is made.\n\n### Definitions\n\n 3. The following definitions are used throughout this determination:\n\nAct means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nCOAG Reform Fund means the COAG Reform Fund established by section 5 of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008.\n\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 January 2009. The Intergovernmental Agreement provides an overarching framework for financial transfers between the Commonwealth and the States and related collaboration on policy development and service delivery.\n\nState includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.\n\n### Exemption from section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003\n\n 4. Subsection 16(5) of the Act provides that this determination is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to this determination.\n\n## PArt 2 — Purpose\n\n### Provision of financial assistance\n\n 5. This determination is made, in accordance with section 16 of the Act, for the purpose of providing grants of financial assistance to a State to:\n (a) support the delivery by the State of specified outputs or projects;\n (b) facilitate reforms by the State; or\n (c) reward the State for nationally significant reforms.\n\n### Terms and conditions\n\n 6. Subsection 16(2) of the Act requires that an amount determined under subsection 16(1) must be credited to the COAG Reform Fund. The COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 established the COAG Reform Fund and specifies that it is a Special Account for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n 7. Subsection 7(2) of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 requires that the terms and conditions on which financial assistance is granted through the COAG Reform Fund are to be set out in a written agreement between the Commonwealth and the State.\n 8. ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement provides that the Commonwealth will make National Partnership payments to the States to support the delivery of specified outputs or projects, to facilitate reforms or to reward those jurisdictions that deliver on nationally significant reforms.\n 9. National Partnerships will clearly set out the payment profile in respect of each State.\n 10. Where the achievement of pre‑determined milestones or performance benchmarks is required before a payment is made to a State:\n (a) in the case of payments to reward nationally significant reforms, the relevant Commonwealth Minister or delegate will make a determination as to whether the incentive payment will be paid following receipt of an independent assessment as to whether a pre-determined performance benchmark has been achieved; and\n (b) in the case of payments to facilitate reform and to support the delivery of specified outputs or projects, the relevant Commonwealth Minister or delegate will make a determination, based upon expenditure and performance reporting arrangements set out in the National Partnership, as to whether the facilitation or project payment will be paid.\n 11. Where the achievement of a performance benchmark is not required before a payment is made to a State, payments will be scheduled in accordance with the payment profile set out in the National Partnership.\n\n## Part 3 — National Partnership Payments\n\n### Determination\n\n 12. In accordance with subsection 16(1) of the Act, the amounts specified in Table 1 are to be paid to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance to:\n (a) support the delivery by the States of specified outputs or projects;\n (b) facilitate reforms by the States; or\n (c) reward the States for nationally significant reforms.\n\n### Table 1: National Partnership payments for payment on 7 April 2017\n\n ![](image.001.png)\n\n 13. These amounts will be credited to the COAG Reform Fund before being paid to the States on 7 April 2017.\n 14. Schedule 1 to this determination provides further information on these payments.\n\n### Debit limits\n\n 15. Under subsection 16(3) of the Act the total amount credited to the COAG Reform Fund for the purpose of making National Partnership payments in the financial year starting on 1 July 2016 must not exceed $25,000,000,000.00.\n 16. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts determined in the 2016-17 financial year in respect of National Partnership payments under section 16 of the Act, including this determination.\n\n### Table 2: Total cumulative payments of National Partnership payments in 2016-17\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n 17. The total amount determined for National Partnership payments to date in the 2016-17 financial year does not exceed the debit limit.","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"Provision of financial assistance","sectionType":"division","heading":"Provision of financial assistance","content":"### Provision of financial assistance\n\n 5. This determination is made, in accordance with section 16 of the Act, for the purpose of providing grants of financial assistance to a State to:\n (a) support the delivery by the State of specified outputs or projects;\n (b) facilitate reforms by the State; or\n (c) reward the State for nationally significant reforms.","sortOrder":7},{"sectionNumber":"Terms and conditions","sectionType":"division","heading":"Terms and conditions","content":"### Terms and conditions\n\n 6. Subsection 16(2) of the Act requires that an amount determined under subsection 16(1) must be credited to the COAG Reform Fund. The COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 established the COAG Reform Fund and specifies that it is a Special Account for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n 7. Subsection 7(2) of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 requires that the terms and conditions on which financial assistance is granted through the COAG Reform Fund are to be set out in a written agreement between the Commonwealth and the State.\n 8. ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement provides that the Commonwealth will make National Partnership payments to the States to support the delivery of specified outputs or projects, to facilitate reforms or to reward those jurisdictions that deliver on nationally significant reforms.\n 9. National Partnerships will clearly set out the payment profile in respect of each State.\n 10. Where the achievement of pre‑determined milestones or performance benchmarks is required before a payment is made to a State:\n (a) in the case of payments to reward nationally significant reforms, the relevant Commonwealth Minister or delegate will make a determination as to whether the incentive payment will be paid following receipt of an independent assessment as to whether a pre-determined performance benchmark has been achieved; and\n (b) in the case of payments to facilitate reform and to support the delivery of specified outputs or projects, the relevant Commonwealth Minister or delegate will make a determination, based upon expenditure and performance reporting arrangements set out in the National Partnership, as to whether the facilitation or project payment will be paid.\n 11. Where the achievement of a performance benchmark is not required before a payment is made to a State, payments will be scheduled in accordance with the payment profile set out in the National Partnership.","sortOrder":8},{"sectionNumber":"Part 3","sectionType":"part","heading":"National Partnership Payments","content":"```html\n

Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 118 (APRIL 2017)

I, MICHAEL SVEN SUKKAR, Assistant Minister to the Treasurer, make this Determination under section 16 of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.

MICHAEL SVEN SUKKAR


Dated: 3 April 2017

\n```\n\n## Part 1 — preliminary\n\n### Name of Determination\n\n This determination is the Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership payments) Determination No. 118 (April 2017).\n\n### Commencement\n\n 2. This determination commences on the day on which this determination is made.\n\n### Definitions\n\n 3. The following definitions are used throughout this determination:\n\nAct means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nCOAG Reform Fund means the COAG Reform Fund established by section 5 of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008.\n\nIntergovernmental Agreement means the Intergovernmental Agreement on Federal Financial Relations that took effect on 1 January 2009. The Intergovernmental Agreement provides an overarching framework for financial transfers between the Commonwealth and the States and related collaboration on policy development and service delivery.\n\nState includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern Territory.\n\n### Exemption from section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislative Instruments Act 2003\n\n 4. Subsection 16(5) of the Act provides that this determination is a legislative instrument, but section 42 (disallowance) of the Legislation Act 2003 does not apply to this determination.\n\n## PArt 2 — Purpose\n\n### Provision of financial assistance\n\n 5. This determination is made, in accordance with section 16 of the Act, for the purpose of providing grants of financial assistance to a State to:\n (a) support the delivery by the State of specified outputs or projects;\n (b) facilitate reforms by the State; or\n (c) reward the State for nationally significant reforms.\n\n### Terms and conditions\n\n 6. Subsection 16(2) of the Act requires that an amount determined under subsection 16(1) must be credited to the COAG Reform Fund. The COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 established the COAG Reform Fund and specifies that it is a Special Account for the purposes of the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013.\n 7. Subsection 7(2) of the COAG Reform Fund Act 2008 requires that the terms and conditions on which financial assistance is granted through the COAG Reform Fund are to be set out in a written agreement between the Commonwealth and the State.\n 8. ‘Schedule D — Payment Arrangements’ to the Intergovernmental Agreement provides that the Commonwealth will make National Partnership payments to the States to support the delivery of specified outputs or projects, to facilitate reforms or to reward those jurisdictions that deliver on nationally significant reforms.\n 9. National Partnerships will clearly set out the payment profile in respect of each State.\n 10. Where the achievement of pre‑determined milestones or performance benchmarks is required before a payment is made to a State:\n (a) in the case of payments to reward nationally significant reforms, the relevant Commonwealth Minister or delegate will make a determination as to whether the incentive payment will be paid following receipt of an independent assessment as to whether a pre-determined performance benchmark has been achieved; and\n (b) in the case of payments to facilitate reform and to support the delivery of specified outputs or projects, the relevant Commonwealth Minister or delegate will make a determination, based upon expenditure and performance reporting arrangements set out in the National Partnership, as to whether the facilitation or project payment will be paid.\n 11. Where the achievement of a performance benchmark is not required before a payment is made to a State, payments will be scheduled in accordance with the payment profile set out in the National Partnership.\n\n## Part 3 — National Partnership Payments\n\n### Determination\n\n 12. In accordance with subsection 16(1) of the Act, the amounts specified in Table 1 are to be paid to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance to:\n (a) support the delivery by the States of specified outputs or projects;\n (b) facilitate reforms by the States; or\n (c) reward the States for nationally significant reforms.\n\n### Table 1: National Partnership payments for payment on 7 April 2017\n\n ![](image.001.png)\n\n 13. These amounts will be credited to the COAG Reform Fund before being paid to the States on 7 April 2017.\n 14. Schedule 1 to this determination provides further information on these payments.\n\n### Debit limits\n\n 15. Under subsection 16(3) of the Act the total amount credited to the COAG Reform Fund for the purpose of making National Partnership payments in the financial year starting on 1 July 2016 must not exceed $25,000,000,000.00.\n 16. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts determined in the 2016-17 financial year in respect of National Partnership payments under section 16 of the Act, including this determination.\n\n### Table 2: Total cumulative payments of National Partnership payments in 2016-17\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n 17. The total amount determined for National Partnership payments to date in the 2016-17 financial year does not exceed the debit limit.","sortOrder":9},{"sectionNumber":"Determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Determination","content":"### Determination\n\n 12. In accordance with subsection 16(1) of the Act, the amounts specified in Table 1 are to be paid to the States specified in that table for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance to:\n (a) support the delivery by the States of specified outputs or projects;\n (b) facilitate reforms by the States; or\n (c) reward the States for nationally significant reforms.","sortOrder":10},{"sectionNumber":"Table 1: National Partnership payments f","sectionType":"division","heading":"Table 1: National Partnership payments for payment on 7 April 2017","content":"### Table 1: National Partnership payments for payment on 7 April 2017\n\n ![](image.001.png)\n\n 13. These amounts will be credited to the COAG Reform Fund before being paid to the States on 7 April 2017.\n 14. Schedule 1 to this determination provides further information on these payments.","sortOrder":11},{"sectionNumber":"Debit limits","sectionType":"division","heading":"Debit limits","content":"### Debit limits\n\n 15. Under subsection 16(3) of the Act the total amount credited to the COAG Reform Fund for the purpose of making National Partnership payments in the financial year starting on 1 July 2016 must not exceed $25,000,000,000.00.\n 16. The amounts specified in Table 2 are the total amounts determined in the 2016-17 financial year in respect of National Partnership payments under section 16 of the Act, including this determination.","sortOrder":12},{"sectionNumber":"Table 2: Total cumulative payments of Na","sectionType":"division","heading":"Table 2: Total cumulative payments of National Partnership payments in 2016-17","content":"### Table 2: Total cumulative payments of National Partnership payments in 2016-17\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n 17. The total amount determined for National Partnership payments to date in the 2016-17 financial year does not exceed the debit limit.","sortOrder":13},{"sectionNumber":"SChedule 1","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"# SChedule 1\n\n# Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 APRIL 2017 ($)\n\n![](image.003.png)\n\n# SChedule 1\n\n# Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 APRIL 2017 ($)\n\n# ![](image.004.png)","sortOrder":14},{"sectionNumber":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments","sectionType":"part","heading":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 APRIL 2017 ($)","content":"# Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 APRIL 2017 ($)\n\n![](image.003.png)","sortOrder":15}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Determination implements section 16 payments under the Federal Financial Relations Act without expanding or narrowing the statutory grant-making power: it specifies recipients, amounts and timing, links payments to the COAG Reform Fund and written agreements, and observes the statutory debit cap and procedural conditions (5–7, 12–16). It does not alter the Act’s substantive scope but exercises the delegated payment authority within the statute’s limits."},"complexity_factors":["Statutory cross‑references to multiple Acts and instruments (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009, COAG Reform Fund Act 2008, Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013, Intergovernmental Agreement) (3, 6, 7, 8).","Ministerial discretion and conditionality: payments tied to ministerial or delegate determinations following independent assessments or performance/expenditure reporting (10(a)–(b), 12).","Administrative requirement to credit and debit a Special Account (the COAG Reform Fund) before payments are made, implicating public governance rules (6).","Fiscal control through an explicit debit limit for the financial year ($25,000,000,000) requiring cumulative accounting (15–17).","Payment schedules and amounts are set out in tables and Schedule 1 (12–14); some numeric detail appears as embedded images, which complicates machine extraction and automated compliance checks (Table 1, Schedule 1).","Exemption from parliamentary disallowance under the Legislation Act affects oversight pathways (4)."],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination directs the Commonwealth to credit specified amounts to the COAG Reform Fund and pay National Partnership grants to States on 7 April 2017 to support projects, facilitate reforms or reward nationally significant reforms. It makes the Commonwealth the payer and the States the recipients, links some payments to ministerial determinations based on independent assessment or reporting (10–12), and operates within a $25 billion annual debit limit (15)."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination operates exactly within its original statutory purpose under section 16 of the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It is one of a series of routine quarterly or periodic determinations authorising National Partnership payments, with consistent structure and scope matching the legislative framework established in 2009. No scope creep is evident."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 defined terms in the interpretation section","Straightforward three-part structure (Preliminary, Purpose, Payments)","Single primary operative provision (section 12) with clear tabular data","Minimal cross-referencing — only references to parent Act (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009) and COAG Reform Fund Act 2008","No nested exceptions or conditional logic beyond basic performance benchmark distinctions (clauses 10-11)","Standard legislative instrument format with boilerplate commencement and naming provisions","Missing actual payment amounts in Table 1 and Table 2 (referenced as images in source), which would normally contain the substantive data"],"plain_english_summary":"This ministerial determination authorises the Commonwealth to make $25 billion in National Partnership payments to states and territories (paid 7 April 2017) to fund shared projects and services—hospitals, schools, infrastructure and disability supports—via the COAG Reform Fund. It affects state governments, federal taxpayers and service users.\n\nPayments include performance‑linked conditions and independent assessments, are not subject to parliamentary disallowance, and must remain within the Act’s $25 billion annual cap."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. 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