{"id":"F2017L01539","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 127 (November 2017)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-127-november-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":144346,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2017L01539-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Federal Financial Relations (National Pa","sectionType":"part","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 127 (NOvember 2017)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 127 (NOvember 2017)","sortOrder":0},{"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. 127 (November 2017).","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"Commencement","sectionType":"division","heading":"Commencement","content":"### Commencement\n\n 2. This determination commences on the day on which it is made.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"Determination","sectionType":"division","heading":"Determination","content":"### Determination\n\n 3. The amounts specified in the following table 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 specified in Schedule 1;\n (b) facilitate the reforms by the States specified in Schedule 1; or\n (c) reward the States for the nationally significant reforms specified in \n Schedule 1.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"Table: National Partnership Payments for","sectionType":"division","heading":"Table: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 November 2017","content":"### Table: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 November 2017\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of National Partnership Payments

New South Wales

$16,773,611.00

Victoria

$36,891,121.00

Queensland

$114,101,732.97

Western Australia

$29,646,027.62

South Australia

$12,965,687.00

Tasmania

$8,930,500.00

Australian Capital Territory

$126,000.00

Northern Territory

$3,735,736.00

Total

$223,170,415.59

\n```\n\n 4. Schedule 1 to this determination provides further information on these payments.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"SChedule 1","sectionType":"part","heading":null,"content":"# SChedule 1\n\n## Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 9 October 2017 ($)\n\n| | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- |\n| Education | | | | | | | | | |\n| Independent Public Schools | - | 4,540,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,540,000.00 |\n| Total Education National Partnership payments | - | 4,540,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,540,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Community Services | | | | | | | | | |\n| Home and community care | - | - | - | 15,862,324.62 | - | - | - | - | 15,862,324.62 |\n| Specialist disability services | 12,813,000.00 | 6,168,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | - | 2,696,000.00 | 988,000.00 | - | 507,000.00 | 26,825,000.00 |\n| Transition to NDIS in WA | - | - | - | 3,456,703.00 | - | - | - | - | 3,456,703.00 |\n| Total Community Services National Partnership payments | 12,813,000.00 | 6,168,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | 19,319,027.62 | 2,696,000.00 | 988,000.00 | - | 507,000.00 | 46,144,027.62 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Affordable Housing | | | | | | | | | |\n| Homelessness | 2,501,000.00 | 1,899,000.00 | 2,392,000.00 | 1,247,000.00 | 739,000.00 | 233,000.00 | 126,000.00 | 443,000.00 | 9,580,000.00 |\n| Total Affordable Housing National Partnership payments | 2,501,000.00 | 1,899,000.00 | 2,392,000.00 | 1,247,000.00 | 739,000.00 | 233,000.00 | 126,000.00 | 443,000.00 | 9,580,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Investment Program | | | | | | | | | |\n| Investment Rail | - | - | 16,600,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 16,600,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Investment Programme - Investment Road | - | 17,773,000.00 | 6,280,000.00 | 8,900,000.00 | - | 7,709,500.00 | - | 459,854.00 | 41,122,354.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-Through States | 791,525.00 | 477,000.00 | - | - | 642,000.00 | - | - | - | 1,910,525.00 |\n| Heavy Vehicle Safety - Through Payments | 562,500.00 | 14,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 576,500.00 |\n| Heavy vehicle safety - to States | 105,586.00 | - | - | 180,000.00 | 1,300,000.00 | - | - | - | 1,585,586.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - National Highway Upgrade Programme | - | - | 4,200,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 2,000,000.00 | 6,200,000.00 |\n| Northern Australia Beef Roads Fund | - | - | 8,930,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 8,930,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - New Investments | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - New Investments (unallocated) | - | - | 71,073,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 325,882.00 | 71,398,882.00 |\n| Total Infrastructure National Partnership payments | 1,459,611.00 | 18,264,000.00 | 107,083,000.00 | 9,080,000.00 | 1,942,000.00 | 7,709,500.00 | - | 2,785,736.00 | 148,323,847.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Environment | | | | | | | | | |\n| Disaster resilience | - | 4,038,121.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,038,121.00 |\n| Water for the Future - Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure | - | - | 973,732.97 | - | 2,700,000.00 | - | - | - | 3,673,732.97 |\n| Water Development Fund - Feasibility Component | - | - | - | - | 500,000.00 | - | - | - | 500,000.00 |\n| Total Environment National Partnership payments | - | 4,038,121.00 | 973,732.97 | - | 3,200,000.00 | - | - | - | 8,211,853.97 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Other | | | | | | | | | |\n| Developing Demand-Driver Infrastructure for the Tourism Industry | - | 1,982,000.00 | - | - | 350,000.00 | - | - | - | 2,332,000.00 |\n| Total Other National Partnership payments | - | 1,982,000.00 | - | - | 350,000.00 | - | - | - | 2,332,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Contingent Payments | | | | | | | | | |\n| Natural disaster relief | - | - | - | - | 4,038,687.00 | - | - | - | 4,038,687.00 |\n| Total Contingent Payments National Partnership payments | - | - | - | - | 4,038,687.00 | - | - | - | 4,038,687.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Total National Partnership Payments | 16,773,611.00 | 36,891,121.00 | 114,101,732.97 | 29,646,027.62 | 12,965,687.00 | 8,930,500.00 | 126,000.00 | 3,735,736.00 | 223,170,415.59 |","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments","sectionType":"part","heading":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 9 October 2017 ($)","content":"## Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 9 October 2017 ($)\n\n| | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- |\n| Education | | | | | | | | | |\n| Independent Public Schools | - | 4,540,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,540,000.00 |\n| Total Education National Partnership payments | - | 4,540,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,540,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Community Services | | | | | | | | | |\n| Home and community care | - | - | - | 15,862,324.62 | - | - | - | - | 15,862,324.62 |\n| Specialist disability services | 12,813,000.00 | 6,168,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | - | 2,696,000.00 | 988,000.00 | - | 507,000.00 | 26,825,000.00 |\n| Transition to NDIS in WA | - | - | - | 3,456,703.00 | - | - | - | - | 3,456,703.00 |\n| Total Community Services National Partnership payments | 12,813,000.00 | 6,168,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | 19,319,027.62 | 2,696,000.00 | 988,000.00 | - | 507,000.00 | 46,144,027.62 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Affordable Housing | | | | | | | | | |\n| Homelessness | 2,501,000.00 | 1,899,000.00 | 2,392,000.00 | 1,247,000.00 | 739,000.00 | 233,000.00 | 126,000.00 | 443,000.00 | 9,580,000.00 |\n| Total Affordable Housing National Partnership payments | 2,501,000.00 | 1,899,000.00 | 2,392,000.00 | 1,247,000.00 | 739,000.00 | 233,000.00 | 126,000.00 | 443,000.00 | 9,580,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Investment Program | | | | | | | | | |\n| Investment Rail | - | - | 16,600,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 16,600,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Investment Programme - Investment Road | - | 17,773,000.00 | 6,280,000.00 | 8,900,000.00 | - | 7,709,500.00 | - | 459,854.00 | 41,122,354.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-Through States | 791,525.00 | 477,000.00 | - | - | 642,000.00 | - | - | - | 1,910,525.00 |\n| Heavy Vehicle Safety - Through Payments | 562,500.00 | 14,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 576,500.00 |\n| Heavy vehicle safety - to States | 105,586.00 | - | - | 180,000.00 | 1,300,000.00 | - | - | - | 1,585,586.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - National Highway Upgrade Programme | - | - | 4,200,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 2,000,000.00 | 6,200,000.00 |\n| Northern Australia Beef Roads Fund | - | - | 8,930,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 8,930,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - New Investments | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - New Investments (unallocated) | - | - | 71,073,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 325,882.00 | 71,398,882.00 |\n| Total Infrastructure National Partnership payments | 1,459,611.00 | 18,264,000.00 | 107,083,000.00 | 9,080,000.00 | 1,942,000.00 | 7,709,500.00 | - | 2,785,736.00 | 148,323,847.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Environment | | | | | | | | | |\n| Disaster resilience | - | 4,038,121.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4,038,121.00 |\n| Water for the Future - Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure | - | - | 973,732.97 | - | 2,700,000.00 | - | - | - | 3,673,732.97 |\n| Water Development Fund - Feasibility Component | - | - | - | - | 500,000.00 | - | - | - | 500,000.00 |\n| Total Environment National Partnership payments | - | 4,038,121.00 | 973,732.97 | - | 3,200,000.00 | - | - | - | 8,211,853.97 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Other | | | | | | | | | |\n| Developing Demand-Driver Infrastructure for the Tourism Industry | - | 1,982,000.00 | - | - | 350,000.00 | - | - | - | 2,332,000.00 |\n| Total Other National Partnership payments | - | 1,982,000.00 | - | - | 350,000.00 | - | - | - | 2,332,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Contingent Payments | | | | | | | | | |\n| Natural disaster relief | - | - | - | - | 4,038,687.00 | - | - | - | 4,038,687.00 |\n| Total Contingent Payments National Partnership payments | - | - | - | - | 4,038,687.00 | - | - | - | 4,038,687.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Total National Partnership Payments | 16,773,611.00 | 36,891,121.00 | 114,101,732.97 | 29,646,027.62 | 12,965,687.00 | 8,930,500.00 | 126,000.00 | 3,735,736.00 | 223,170,415.59 |","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009—authorising specific National Partnership Payments to states. 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It does not, within the text provided, expand or narrow legal eligibility rules or create new statutory powers; it simply allocates funding across listed categories and jurisdictions."},"complexity_factors":["Large schedule of numeric allocations across eight jurisdictions and multiple program areas (education, community services, infrastructure, environment, housing, other, contingent).","Presence of contingent payments (e.g. natural disaster relief) introduces conditionality in execution (Schedule 1).","Some items are unallocated or flagged as ‘ARF - IIP - New Investments (unallocated)’, requiring administrative allocation decisions.","Two different payment references/dates appear in the instrument (table for payment on 7 November 2017 and Schedule 1 for payment on 9 October 2017), which may require reconciliation.","Implementation depends heavily on administrative processes rather than detailed legal rules; the operative clauses are short and the substantive complexity sits in the numeric schedule.","Mix of small and very large payments increases reconciliation, auditing and reporting burden for both Commonwealth and State administrations."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination fixes exact dollar payments to each State and Territory (total $223,170,415.59) for the programs listed in Schedule 1. It says the sums are to be paid as grants to support delivery of specified outputs or projects, to facilitate State reforms, or to reward nationally significant reforms. The instrument affects State and Territory governments and the organisations that deliver the listed projects because funding flows are tied to the Schedule and payment categories."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-127-november-2017","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-127-november-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-127-november-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-127-november-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-127-november-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-127-november-2017/documents"}}