{"id":"F2018L00128","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 129 (January 2018)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-129-january-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":96766,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L00128-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. 129 (January 2018)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 129 (January 2018)","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. 129 (January 2018).","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 8 January 2018","content":"### Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 8 January 2018\n\n ![](image.001.png)\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 8 January 2018 ($)\n\n| | | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ---------- | ------------- | -------------- |\n| Health | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health infrastructure | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health Infrastructure Projects | x | - | 500,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 500,000.00 |\n| Total Health National Partnership payments | | - | 500,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 500,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Education | | | | | | | | | | |\n| National School Chaplaincy Program | x | - | - | 18,101,919.00 | - | 7,489,259.00 | - | - | - | 25,591,178.00 |\n| Total Education National Partnership payments | | - | - | 18,101,919.00 | - | 7,489,259.00 | - | - | - | 25,591,178.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\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 | 495,000.00 | 507,000.00 | 27,320,000.00 |\n| Transition to NDIS in WA | x | - | - | - | 4,354,021.00 | - | - | - | - | 4,354,021.00 |\n| Total Community Services National Partnership payments | | 12,813,000.00 | 6,168,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | 20,216,345.62 | 2,696,000.00 | 988,000.00 | 495,000.00 | 507,000.00 | 47,536,345.62 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\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| Remote Engagement and Coordination | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,741,000.00 | 1,741,000.00 |\n| NT Remote Aboriginal Investment - Remote Australia Strategies | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23,710,000.00 | 23,710,000.00 |\n| Remote Indigenous housing | x | - | - | 71,009,000.00 | 48,414,000.00 | 8,198,000.00 | - | - | 33,985,000.00 | 161,606,000.00 |\n| Total Affordable Housing National Partnership payments | | 2,501,000.00 | 1,899,000.00 | 73,401,000.00 | 49,661,000.00 | 8,937,000.00 | 233,000.00 | 126,000.00 | 59,879,000.00 | 196,637,000.00 |\n\n \n\n| | | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------- | -------------- |\n| Infrastructure | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Investment Program | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| Investment Rail | x | - | - | - | (229,262.00) | - | 4,150,000.00 | - | - | 3,920,738.00 |\n| Infrastructure Investment Programme - Investment Road | x | 111,464,000.00 | - | 88,517,000.00 | 3,000,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 202,981,000.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-Through States | x | 910,105.00 | - | 4,128,925.00 | - | 586,734.00 | - | - | - | 5,625,764.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-To States | x | - | - | (1,061,337.00) | - | - | - | - | - | (1,061,337.00) |\n| Heavy Vehicle Safety - Through Payments | x | 120,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 120,000.00 |\n| Heavy vehicle safety - to States | x | - | 300,000.00 | - | 200,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 500,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - Western Sydney Roads | x | 76,300,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 76,300,000.00 |\n| Land Transport Infrastructure Projects NT | x | - | - | - | 3,000,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 3,000,000.00 |\n| Total Infrastructure National Partnership payments | | 188,794,105.00 | 300,000.00 | 91,584,588.00 | 5,970,738.00 | 586,734.00 | 4,150,000.00 | - | - | 291,386,165.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Environment | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Pest and Disease Preparedness and Response Programs | x | - | - | 38,539.00 | - | 83,211.60 | - | - | 121,985.00 | 243,735.60 |\n| Water for the Future - Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure | x | - | 59,994,826.00 | 373,143.15 | - | - | - | - | - | 60,367,969.15 |\n| Water Development Fund - Feasibility Component | x | - | 375,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 375,000.00 |\n| National fire danger rating system | x | 400,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 400,000.00 |\n| Total Environment National Partnership payments | | 400,000.00 | 60,369,826.00 | 411,682.15 | - | 83,211.60 | - | - | 121,985.00 | 61,386,704.75 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Other | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Legal Assistance Services | x | 38,554,500.00 | 29,597,000.00 | 25,563,000.00 | 14,903,500.00 | 9,841,500.00 | 3,624,500.00 | 2,898,500.00 | 3,598,500.00 | 128,581,000.00 |\n| Provision of Fire Services | x | 4,661,000.00 | 3,250,000.00 | 3,179,000.00 | 1,447,000.00 | 1,125,000.00 | 306,000.00 | 4,982,000.00 | 2,109,000.00 | 21,059,000.00 |\n| Total Other National Partnership payments | | 43,215,500.00 | 32,847,000.00 | 28,742,000.00 | 16,350,500.00 | 10,966,500.00 | 3,930,500.00 | 7,880,500.00 | 5,707,500.00 | 149,640,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Contingent Payments | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Natural disaster relief | x | - | - | - | - | - | 34,442,694.00 | - | 15,646,771.00 | 50,089,465.00 |\n| Total Contingent Payments National Partnership payments | | - | - | - | - | - | 34,442,694.00 | - | 15,646,771.00 | 50,089,465.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Total National Partnership Payments | | 247,723,605.00 | 102,083,826.00 | 215,894,189.15 | 92,198,583.62 | 30,758,704.60 | 43,744,194.00 | 8,501,500.00 | 81,862,256.00 | 822,766,858.37 |","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments","sectionType":"part","heading":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 8 January 2018 ($)","content":"## Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 8 January 2018 ($)\n\n| | | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ---------- | ---------- | ------------- | -------------- |\n| Health | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health infrastructure | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health Infrastructure Projects | x | - | 500,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 500,000.00 |\n| Total Health National Partnership payments | | - | 500,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 500,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Education | | | | | | | | | | |\n| National School Chaplaincy Program | x | - | - | 18,101,919.00 | - | 7,489,259.00 | - | - | - | 25,591,178.00 |\n| Total Education National Partnership payments | | - | - | 18,101,919.00 | - | 7,489,259.00 | - | - | - | 25,591,178.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\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 | 495,000.00 | 507,000.00 | 27,320,000.00 |\n| Transition to NDIS in WA | x | - | - | - | 4,354,021.00 | - | - | - | - | 4,354,021.00 |\n| Total Community Services National Partnership payments | | 12,813,000.00 | 6,168,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | 20,216,345.62 | 2,696,000.00 | 988,000.00 | 495,000.00 | 507,000.00 | 47,536,345.62 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\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| Remote Engagement and Coordination | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,741,000.00 | 1,741,000.00 |\n| NT Remote Aboriginal Investment - Remote Australia Strategies | x | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 23,710,000.00 | 23,710,000.00 |\n| Remote Indigenous housing | x | - | - | 71,009,000.00 | 48,414,000.00 | 8,198,000.00 | - | - | 33,985,000.00 | 161,606,000.00 |\n| Total Affordable Housing National Partnership payments | | 2,501,000.00 | 1,899,000.00 | 73,401,000.00 | 49,661,000.00 | 8,937,000.00 | 233,000.00 | 126,000.00 | 59,879,000.00 | 196,637,000.00 |\n\n \n\n| | | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| --------------------------------------------------------------------- | --- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------- | -------------- |\n| Infrastructure | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Investment Program | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| Investment Rail | x | - | - | - | (229,262.00) | - | 4,150,000.00 | - | - | 3,920,738.00 |\n| Infrastructure Investment Programme - Investment Road | x | 111,464,000.00 | - | 88,517,000.00 | 3,000,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 202,981,000.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-Through States | x | 910,105.00 | - | 4,128,925.00 | - | 586,734.00 | - | - | - | 5,625,764.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-To States | x | - | - | (1,061,337.00) | - | - | - | - | - | (1,061,337.00) |\n| Heavy Vehicle Safety - Through Payments | x | 120,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 120,000.00 |\n| Heavy vehicle safety - to States | x | - | 300,000.00 | - | 200,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 500,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package | x | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - Western Sydney Roads | x | 76,300,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 76,300,000.00 |\n| Land Transport Infrastructure Projects NT | x | - | - | - | 3,000,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 3,000,000.00 |\n| Total Infrastructure National Partnership payments | | 188,794,105.00 | 300,000.00 | 91,584,588.00 | 5,970,738.00 | 586,734.00 | 4,150,000.00 | - | - | 291,386,165.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Environment | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Pest and Disease Preparedness and Response Programs | x | - | - | 38,539.00 | - | 83,211.60 | - | - | 121,985.00 | 243,735.60 |\n| Water for the Future - Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure | x | - | 59,994,826.00 | 373,143.15 | - | - | - | - | - | 60,367,969.15 |\n| Water Development Fund - Feasibility Component | x | - | 375,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 375,000.00 |\n| National fire danger rating system | x | 400,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 400,000.00 |\n| Total Environment National Partnership payments | | 400,000.00 | 60,369,826.00 | 411,682.15 | - | 83,211.60 | - | - | 121,985.00 | 61,386,704.75 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Other | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Legal Assistance Services | x | 38,554,500.00 | 29,597,000.00 | 25,563,000.00 | 14,903,500.00 | 9,841,500.00 | 3,624,500.00 | 2,898,500.00 | 3,598,500.00 | 128,581,000.00 |\n| Provision of Fire Services | x | 4,661,000.00 | 3,250,000.00 | 3,179,000.00 | 1,447,000.00 | 1,125,000.00 | 306,000.00 | 4,982,000.00 | 2,109,000.00 | 21,059,000.00 |\n| Total Other National Partnership payments | | 43,215,500.00 | 32,847,000.00 | 28,742,000.00 | 16,350,500.00 | 10,966,500.00 | 3,930,500.00 | 7,880,500.00 | 5,707,500.00 | 149,640,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Contingent Payments | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Natural disaster relief | x | - | - | - | - | - | 34,442,694.00 | - | 15,646,771.00 | 50,089,465.00 |\n| Total Contingent Payments National Partnership payments | | - | - | - | - | - | 34,442,694.00 | - | 15,646,771.00 | 50,089,465.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | | |\n| Total National Partnership Payments | | 247,723,605.00 | 102,083,826.00 | 215,894,189.15 | 92,198,583.62 | 30,758,704.60 | 43,744,194.00 | 8,501,500.00 | 81,862,256.00 | 822,766,858.37 |","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument specifies payment amounts and purposes for National Partnership Payments as at 8 January 2018 (section 3 and Schedule 1). The text does not indicate any alteration to the overall scope of the National Partnership Payments framework; it functions as a payment schedule rather than a change of policy scope."},"complexity_factors":["Schedules contain a large table of precise monetary allocations across eight jurisdictions and many program lines (Schedule 1).","All payments are tied to a single payment date (8 January 2018), creating tight cash-management and reconciliation requirements.","Instrument supports three distinct legal purposes (support delivery of outputs/projects; facilitate reforms; reward reforms) which can create multi-track conditionality (see section 3 and Schedule 1).","Includes contingent payments (natural disaster relief) that create contingent Commonwealth liabilities contingent on future events.","Some table entries show negative/adjustment amounts (parentheses) requiring accounting reconciliation between Commonwealth and State records.","The determination specifies amounts but contains no procedural detail on monitoring, reporting, or compliance; implementation depends on underlying agreements and administrative arrangements.","Immediate commencement on the day the instrument is made imposes an operational timing constraint (section 2)."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination directs the Commonwealth to pay specified lump-sum amounts to each State and Territory on 8 January 2018, as listed in Schedule 1. The funds are grants to support delivery of specified outputs or projects, to facilitate designated reforms, or to reward nationally significant reforms. Affected parties are the Commonwealth (payer) and State/Territory governments (recipients); the instrument organizes cash flows into program lines such as health, education, housing, infrastructure, community services, environment, legal assistance, fire services and contingent disaster relief."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves its original narrow purpose: authorising specific National Partnership payments on a single payment date. It does not expand beyond the standard function of a payment determination under the Federal Financial Relations Act."},"complexity_factors":["Very short operative provisions (only 4 sections)","No defined terms section or interpretation provisions","No cross-references to other legislation","Simple tabular format for payment allocations","Straightforward purpose clause with three clear limbs (outputs, reforms, rewards)","No conditional logic or exceptions—just a straightforward payment schedule","Duplicate tables in Schedule 1 appear to be formatting artifacts rather than substantive complexity"],"plain_english_summary":"This funding determination authorises the Commonwealth to pay over $822 million to Australian states and territories on 8 January 2018 for targeted projects and services across health, education, community services, affordable housing, infrastructure, environment and disaster relief.\n\nIt affects state/territory governments and the residents who use those services. These are conditional National Partnership payments — federally funded for specific purposes and outcomes rather than general-purpose grants."},"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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