{"id":"F2018L00127","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 128 (December 2017)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-128-december-2017","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":96765,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L00127-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Federal Financial Relations (National Pa","sectionType":"part","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 128 (December 2017)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 128 (December 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. 128 (December 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 1: National Partnership Payments f","sectionType":"division","heading":"Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 December 2017","content":"### Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 December 2017\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of National Partnership Payments

New South Wales

$875,137,315.00

Victoria

$10,710,913.00

Queensland

$103,789,824.54

Western Australia

$62,109,238.66

South Australia

$147,377,842.00

Tasmania

$15,596,435.00

Australian Capital Territory

$1,496,802.00

Northern Territory

$5,992,511.00

Total

$1,222,210,881.20

\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 7 December 2017 ($)\n\n| | | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------- | --- | -------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ---------------- |\n| Health | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health infrastructure | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health Infrastructure Projects | x | - | - | 210,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 4,000,000.00 | 4,210,000.00 |\n| Total Health National Partnership payments | | - | - | 210,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 4,000,000.00 | 4,210,000.00 |\n| Community Services | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Home and community care | x | - | - | - | 15,862,324.62 | - | - | - | - | 15,862,324.62 |\n| Specialist disability services | x | 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 | x | - | - | - | 3,990,224.04 | - | - | - | - | 3,990,224.04 |\n| Total Community Services National Partnership payments | | 12,813,000.00 | 6,168,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | 19,852,548.66 | 2,696,000.00 | 988,000.00 | - | 507,000.00 | 46,677,548.66 |\n| Affordable Housing | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Homelessness | x | 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| Infrastructure | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Investment Program | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Investment Programme - Investment Road | x | 5,000,000.00 | - | 88,320,000.00 | 36,735,750.00 | 67,356,000.00 | 14,375,435.00 | - | - | 211,787,185.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-Through States | x | 1,074,354.00 | - | 4,960,661.00 | 400,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 6,435,015.00 |\n| Heavy Vehicle Safety - Through Payments | x | 670,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 670,000.00 |\n| Heavy vehicle safety - to States | x | - | - | - | 1,979,816.00 | - | - | - | - | 1,979,816.00 |\n| Black spot projects | x | 4,978,961.00 | 2,643,913.00 | 3,082,496.00 | 1,894,124.00 | 1,030,157.00 | - | 1,370,802.00 | 1,042,511.00 | 16,042,964.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - Western Sydney Roads | x | 300,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 300,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - Asset Recycling Initiative | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - Asset Recycling Fund - Road | x | 254,400,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 254,400,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - Asset Recycling Fund - Rail | x | 593,400,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 593,400,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - New Investments | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - New Investments | x | - | - | - | - | 60,000,000.00 | - | - | - | 60,000,000.00 |\n| Total Infrastructure National Partnership payments | | 859,823,315.00 | 2,643,913.00 | 96,363,157.00 | 41,009,690.00 | 128,386,157.00 | 14,375,435.00 | 1,370,802.00 | 1,042,511.00 | 1,145,014,980.00 |\n\n| | | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | -------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ---------------- |\n| Environment | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Water for the Future - Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure | x | - | - | 1,171,667.54 | - | 15,556,685.00 | - | - | - | 16,728,352.54 |\n| Total Environment National Partnership payments | | - | - | 1,171,667.54 | - | 15,556,685.00 | - | - | - | 16,728,352.54 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Total National Partnership Payments | | 875,137,315.00 | 10,710,913.00 | 103,789,824.54 | 62,109,238.66 | 147,377,842.00 | 15,596,435.00 | 1,496,802.00 | 5,992,511.00 | 1,222,210,881.20 |","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments","sectionType":"part","heading":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 December 2017 ($)","content":"## Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 December 2017 ($)\n\n| | | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| ----------------------------------------------------------- | --- | -------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ---------------- |\n| Health | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health infrastructure | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health Infrastructure Projects | x | - | - | 210,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 4,000,000.00 | 4,210,000.00 |\n| Total Health National Partnership payments | | - | - | 210,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 4,000,000.00 | 4,210,000.00 |\n| Community Services | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Home and community care | x | - | - | - | 15,862,324.62 | - | - | - | - | 15,862,324.62 |\n| Specialist disability services | x | 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 | x | - | - | - | 3,990,224.04 | - | - | - | - | 3,990,224.04 |\n| Total Community Services National Partnership payments | | 12,813,000.00 | 6,168,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | 19,852,548.66 | 2,696,000.00 | 988,000.00 | - | 507,000.00 | 46,677,548.66 |\n| Affordable Housing | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Homelessness | x | 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| Infrastructure | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Investment Program | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Investment Programme - Investment Road | x | 5,000,000.00 | - | 88,320,000.00 | 36,735,750.00 | 67,356,000.00 | 14,375,435.00 | - | - | 211,787,185.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-Through States | x | 1,074,354.00 | - | 4,960,661.00 | 400,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 6,435,015.00 |\n| Heavy Vehicle Safety - Through Payments | x | 670,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 670,000.00 |\n| Heavy vehicle safety - to States | x | - | - | - | 1,979,816.00 | - | - | - | - | 1,979,816.00 |\n| Black spot projects | x | 4,978,961.00 | 2,643,913.00 | 3,082,496.00 | 1,894,124.00 | 1,030,157.00 | - | 1,370,802.00 | 1,042,511.00 | 16,042,964.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - Western Sydney Roads | x | 300,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 300,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - Asset Recycling Initiative | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - Asset Recycling Fund - Road | x | 254,400,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 254,400,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - Asset Recycling Fund - Rail | x | 593,400,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 593,400,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - New Investments | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - New Investments | x | - | - | - | - | 60,000,000.00 | - | - | - | 60,000,000.00 |\n| Total Infrastructure National Partnership payments | | 859,823,315.00 | 2,643,913.00 | 96,363,157.00 | 41,009,690.00 | 128,386,157.00 | 14,375,435.00 | 1,370,802.00 | 1,042,511.00 | 1,145,014,980.00 |\n\n| | | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | -------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------ | ---------------- |\n| Environment | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Water for the Future - Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure | x | - | - | 1,171,667.54 | - | 15,556,685.00 | - | - | - | 16,728,352.54 |\n| Total Environment National Partnership payments | | - | - | 1,171,667.54 | - | 15,556,685.00 | - | - | - | 16,728,352.54 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Total National Partnership Payments | | 875,137,315.00 | 10,710,913.00 | 103,789,824.54 | 62,109,238.66 | 147,377,842.00 | 15,596,435.00 | 1,496,802.00 | 5,992,511.00 | 1,222,210,881.20 |","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument is a routine payment determination under the Federal Financial Relations framework specifying amounts to be paid to States on a particular payment date. It does not, in itself, broaden the legal powers of the Commonwealth or materially expand the policy scope beyond the established National Partnership Payments mechanism; it allocates funds across existing program categories (Health, Community Services, Affordable Housing, Infrastructure, Environment) in line with that mechanism (see paragraph 3 and Schedule 1)."},"complexity_factors":["Single-purpose payment determination with a clear table of amounts (straightforward structure)","Schedule 1 contains many line items across multiple program categories and States (around 40+ distinct line entries)","Large monetary values concentrated in a small number of entries (e.g. ARF Asset Recycling Fund items for NSW) requiring attention for fiscal monitoring","Cross-reference to Schedule 1 for further information (requires reader to consult multiple places)","No detailed performance conditions in the determination text itself—implementation relies on separate National Partnership Agreements or deeds, adding administrative layering"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this instrument does (mechanics)\n\n- This is a Commonwealth payment determination that directs specific sums of money to each State on a single payment date (7 December 2017). The payment list is set out in Table 1 and the detailed breakdown is in Schedule 1 (see paragraph 3, Table 1 and Schedule 1). \n\n- The amounts are to be paid to States \"for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance to\" support specified outputs or projects, to facilitate specified State reforms, or to reward States for specified nationally significant reforms (paragraph 3). \n\n- The total value of National Partnership Payments specified for this payment round is $1,222,210,881.20. The largest single State allocation is to New South Wales ($875,137,315.00). Other State/Territory totals are listed in Table 1 and the consolidated totals in Schedule 1.\n\n\nWho this affects\n\n- The Commonwealth (federal government) is the payer. \n- State and Territory governments are the recipients. \n- Indirectly affected parties include contractors, service providers and local governments that deliver the projects or services funded by these payments, and taxpayers who finance Commonwealth spending.\n\n\nWhat the money is for (program categories and examples)\n\n- Schedule 1 shows the funds are allocated across program categories including Health (e.g. health infrastructure projects), Community Services (e.g. specialist disability services, NDIS transition support in WA), Affordable Housing (homelessness programs), Infrastructure (road investments, bridge renewal, black-spot safety works, and large Asset Recycling Fund allocations to NSW), and Environment (sustainable rural water infrastructure). \n- Some large, named items: significant Asset Recycling Fund injections to NSW (road and rail items totalling hundreds of millions), road investment packages across multiple States, and NDIS transition support for WA (see Schedule 1).\n\n\nWhy it matters (stated purpose, then practical implications)\n\n- Stated purpose: the determination implements National Partnership Payments designed to support delivery of projects/outputs, facilitate State reforms, and reward nationally significant reforms (paragraph 3). \n\n- Practical implications and trade-offs: \n - Who pays: the Commonwealth budget funds these payments. That expenditure is an alternative use of Commonwealth funds (opportunity cost). \n - Who benefits: the States named in Schedule 1 receive direct, earmarked funds for specified projects; benefits are concentrated in a small number of large allocations (notably NSW). \n - Who decides and how outcomes are enforced: the determination sets amounts and purposes but does not, in the text provided, reproduce detailed performance conditions or reporting rules. Those implementation details are commonly set out in associated National Partnership Agreements (or administrative arrangements) between the Commonwealth and each State. If you need to check conditions, reporting obligations, or clawback provisions, consult the relevant National Partnership Agreement or funding deed referenced in the Commonwealth’s administrative files (the determination itself points to Schedule 1 for more information). \n - Behavioural incentives: States receiving earmarked funds are incentivised to deliver the named projects or reforms; the Commonwealth uses directed payments to steer State activity without changing State statutory powers. \n - Effects on private markets: large infrastructure and asset recycling items are likely to generate procurement processes and private contracting opportunities; asset recycling (selling or leasing assets to fund new projects) changes asset ownership and may create opportunities for private bidders or financiers. \n - Compliance and administrative burden: recipient States will face delivery, reporting and acquittal tasks for these funds; the determination itself is a high-level allocation and typically delegates detailed monitoring to separate agreements, increasing cross-agency administration.\n\n\nCosts, risks and likely implementation issues to watch\n\n- Concentration risk: a majority of funding in this payment round is allocated to NSW (see Table 1 and Schedule 1), creating concentration of benefit. \n- Implementation risk: the determination does not contain the full set of performance conditions in the text provided; success depends on accompanying agreements (timing, milestones, acquittal, and potential clawbacks). \n- Substitution/unintended effects: earmarked Commonwealth funding can shift State priorities toward funded activities and away from others, or accelerate projects that otherwise would not be funded. \n- Fiscal trade-off: Commonwealth spending reduces its fiscal capacity for other programs; States gain earmarked funds but may be required to meet co‑funding or reform conditions in separate agreements.\n\n\nWhere to look next\n\n- For conditions on how each dollar must be spent (reporting, milestones, eligibility, clawbacks), consult the National Partnership Agreement(s) or funding deeds that accompany these payments. The determination gives the amounts and purposes; the operative delivery rules are normally in the underlying agreements referenced by Schedule 1 (see paragraph 4)."},"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":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves its original intended purpose exactly: to specify particular National Partnership Payment amounts for a specific payment date. It does not expand beyond the standard function of such determinations under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009."},"complexity_factors":["Very short instrument: only 4 operative clauses plus schedules","No defined terms section — terms used are self-explanatory or defined in parent legislation","No conditional logic or exceptions — simply states amounts to be paid","Minimal cross-referencing — only refers to 'Schedule 1' for details","Tabular format makes the financial allocations immediately readable","Operative provision (clause 3) is a straightforward directive with three simple purposes listed in the alternative"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises over $1.2 billion in Commonwealth National Partnership Payments to be paid to Australia’s states and territories on 7 December 2017, enabling specific federal grants for projects and reforms. Most funding (about $875 million) goes to NSW for major infrastructure, with remaining amounts supporting infrastructure, community services (including disability/NDIS transition), water/environment, affordable housing and health across other jurisdictions. It is the legal instrument that permits the Treasurer to transfer these targeted funds and signals federal priorities in infrastructure and service transitions."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-128-december-2017","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-128-december-2017/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-128-december-2017/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-128-december-2017/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-128-december-2017/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-128-december-2017/documents"}}