{"id":"F2018L00752","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 134 (June 2018)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-134-june-2018","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":97344,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2018L00752-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. 134 (JUNE 2018)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 134 (JUNE 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. 134 (June 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 7 June 2018","content":"### Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 June 2018\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of National Partnership Payments

New South Wales

$254,147,901.33

Victoria

$327,760,416.66

Queensland

$493,375,068.65

Western Australia

$212,289,324.98

South Australia

$80,881,976.00

Tasmania

$41,130,294.66

Australian Capital Territory

$6,409,540.00

Northern Territory

$29,433,438.66

Total

$1,445,427,960.94

\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 June 2018 ($)\n\n| | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ---------------- |\n| Health | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health infrastructure | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health Infrastructure Projects | - | - | - | 3,000,000.00 | - | 9,000,000.00 | - | - | 12,000,000.00 |\n| Health services | | | | | | | | | |\n| Expansion of the BreastScreen Australia Program | - | - | - | 1,595,865.00 | - | - | - | - | 1,595,865.00 |\n| Hummingbird house | - | - | 800,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 800,000.00 |\n| Improving Patient Pathways through Clinical and System Redesign | - | - | - | - | - | 550,000.00 | - | - | 550,000.00 |\n| Improving Health Services in Tasmania | - | - | - | - | - | 10,000,000.00 | - | - | 10,000,000.00 |\n| Bowel cancer screening for 50 year olds | 2,036,760.00 | 1,481,280.00 | 1,234,400.00 | 617,200.00 | 432,040.00 | 245,160.00 | 183,440.00 | 121,720.00 | 6,352,000.00 |\n| OzFoodNet | 356,000.00 | 262,000.00 | 261,000.00 | 205,000.00 | 205,000.00 | 189,000.00 | 143,000.00 | 148,000.00 | 1,769,000.00 |\n| Royal Darwin Hospital - equipped, prepared and ready | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16,023,000.00 | 16,023,000.00 |\n| Torres Strait Islander health protection strategy mosquito control | - | - | 1,001,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,001,000.00 |\n| Vaccine preventable diseases surveillance | - | - | - | 84,000.00 | - | 36,000.00 | - | - | 120,000.00 |\n| Victorian cytology service | - | 10,168,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10,168,000.00 |\n| Indigenous health | | | | | | | | | |\n| Torres Strait Health Strategy – Addressing blood borne viruses | - | - | 1,120,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,120,000.00 |\n| Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3,402,000.00 | 3,402,000.00 |\n| Other health payments | | | | | | | | | |\n| Encourage more Clinical Trials | - | 357,100.00 | - | - | 50,000.00 | - | - | - | 407,100.00 |\n| Essential vaccines | - | 380,256.66 | - | - | - | 380,256.66 | - | 380,256.66 | 1,140,769.98 |\n| Adult Public Dental Services | 17,182,900.00 | 13,440,968.00 | - | 12,113,252.00 | 11,732,249.00 | 1,693,824.00 | - | - | 56,163,193.00 |\n| Total Health National Partnership payments | 19,575,660.00 | 26,089,604.66 | 4,416,400.00 | 17,615,317.00 | 12,419,289.00 | 22,094,240.66 | 326,440.00 | 20,074,976.66 | 122,611,927.98 |\n| Education | | | | | | | | | |\n| MoneySmart Teaching | - | - | - | - | - | - | 140,000.00 | - | 140,000.00 |\n| Online Safety programmes in school (non-government schools) | 366,097.10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 366,097.10 |\n| Online Safety programmes in school (government schools) | 863,941.23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 863,941.23 |\n| Early childhood education - Universal access to early education | 88,909,469.00 | 108,203,698.00 | 60,186,795.00 | 33,192,191.00 | 28,044,349.00 | 8,892,443.00 | 5,088,545.00 | 5,065,425.00 | 337,582,915.00 |\n| Total Education National Partnership payments | 90,139,507.33 | 108,203,698.00 | 60,186,795.00 | 33,192,191.00 | 28,044,349.00 | 8,892,443.00 | 5,228,545.00 | 5,065,425.00 | 338,952,953.33 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Community Services | | | | | | | | | |\n| Home and community care | - | - | - | 16,514,945.98 | - | - | - | - | 16,514,945.98 |\n| National Occasional Care Programme | - | 1,207,000.00 | - | - | 329,000.00 | - | - | - | 1,536,000.00 |\n| Specialist disability services | 12,811,000.00 | 6,164,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | - | 2,698,000.00 | 991,000.00 | - | 504,000.00 | 26,821,000.00 |\n| Women's Safety Package - Technology Trials | - | 300,000.00 | - | - | - | 337,000.00 | - | 174,500.00 | 811,500.00 |\n| Transition to NDIS in WA | - | - | - | 6,608,044.00 | - | - | - | - | 6,608,044.00 |\n| Total Community Services National Partnership payments | 12,811,000.00 | 7,671,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | 23,122,989.98 | 3,027,000.00 | 1,328,000.00 | - | 678,500.00 | 52,291,489.98 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Affordable Housing | | | | | | | | | |\n| Homelessness | 2,509,000.00 | 1,901,000.00 | 2,398,000.00 | 1,253,000.00 | 741,000.00 | 237,000.00 | 134,000.00 | 447,000.00 | 9,620,000.00 |\n| NT remote Aboriginal investment - remote Australia strategies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,741,000.00 | 1,741,000.00 |\n| Total Affordable Housing National Partnership payments | 2,509,000.00 | 1,901,000.00 | 2,398,000.00 | 1,253,000.00 | 741,000.00 | 237,000.00 | 134,000.00 | 2,188,000.00 | 11,361,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Investment Program | | | | | | | | | |\n| Investment Rail | - | 34,175,600.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34,175,600.00 |\n| Infrastructure Investment Programme - Investment Road | 7,267,404.00 | 123,552,000.00 | 173,090,000.00 | 128,550,000.00 | - | 1,701,562.00 | - | - | 434,160,966.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-Through States | 1,757,400.00 | 115,000.00 | 2,370,511.00 | 1,550,000.00 | - | 626,000.00 | - | - | 6,418,911.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-To States | - | 95,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 95,000.00 |\n| Heavy Vehicle Safety - Through Payments | 780,000.00 | 30,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 810,000.00 |\n| Heavy vehicle safety - to States | - | 685,214.00 | 5,375,000.00 | 538,506.00 | 264,688.00 | - | - | - | 6,863,408.00 |\n| Black spot projects | 5,460,276.00 | 11,822,300.00 | - | 1,467,321.00 | 1,551,440.00 | 1,651,049.00 | 381,787.00 | 262,000.00 | 22,596,173.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - National Highway Upgrade Programme | - | 3,420,000.00 | 7,200,000.00 | - | 4,460,000.00 | - | - | - | 15,080,000.00 |\n| ARF - IIP - Western Sydney Roads | 88,347,654.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 88,347,654.00 |\n| Northern Australia Roads Projects - To payments | - | - | 1,680,000.00 | 5,000,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 6,680,000.00 |\n| Northern Australia Beef Roads Fund | - | - | 1,550,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,550,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - New Investments | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - New Investments (unallocated) | - | - | 54,200,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 54,200,000.00 |\n| Total Infrastructure National Partnership payments | 103,612,734.00 | 173,895,114.00 | 245,465,511.00 | 137,105,827.00 | 6,276,128.00 | 3,978,611.00 | 381,787.00 | 262,000.00 | 670,977,712.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Environment | | | | | | | | | |\n| Implementing Water Reform in the Murray Darling Basin | - | - | 1,984,840.00 | - | 1,486,210.00 | - | 326,862.00 | - | 3,797,912.00 |\n| Disaster resilience | - | - | - | - | 2,088,000.00 | - | - | 1,164,537.00 | 3,252,537.00 |\n| SA River Murray Sustainability Program-Irrigation Industry Assistance Component | - | - | - | - | 16,500,000.00 | - | - | - | 16,500,000.00 |\n| Water for the Future - Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure | 500,000.00 | - | 880,480.65 | - | 10,300,000.00 | 4,600,000.00 | - | - | 16,280,480.65 |\n| Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain Pilot Program | - | 10,000,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10,000,000.00 |\n| Kamay 250th Anniversary Project | 25,000,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25,000,000.00 |\n| Total Environment National Partnership payments | 25,500,000.00 | 10,000,000.00 | 2,865,320.65 | - | 30,374,210.00 | 4,600,000.00 | 326,862.00 | 1,164,537.00 | 74,830,929.65 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Other | | | | | | | | | |\n| Addressing insurance costs in north Queensland | - | - | 800,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 800,000.00 |\n| Total Other National Partnership payments | - | - | 800,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 800,000.00 |\n| Contingent Payments | | | | | | | | | |\n| Natural disaster relief | - | - | 173,590,042.00 | - | - | - | 11,906.00 | - | 173,601,948.00 |\n| Total Contingent Payments National Partnership payments | - | - | 173,590,042.00 | - | - | - | 11,906.00 | - | 173,601,948.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Total National Partnership Payments | 254,147,901.33 | 327,760,416.66 | 493,375,068.65 | 212,289,324.98 | 80,881,976.00 | 41,130,294.66 | 6,409,540.00 | 29,433,438.66 | 1,445,427,960.94 |","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments","sectionType":"part","heading":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 June 2018 ($)","content":"## Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 June 2018 ($)\n\n| | NSW | VIC | QLD | WA | SA | TAS | ACT | NT | Total |\n| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | -------------- | ------------- | ------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ---------------- |\n| Health | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health infrastructure | | | | | | | | | |\n| Health Infrastructure Projects | - | - | - | 3,000,000.00 | - | 9,000,000.00 | - | - | 12,000,000.00 |\n| Health services | | | | | | | | | |\n| Expansion of the BreastScreen Australia Program | - | - | - | 1,595,865.00 | - | - | - | - | 1,595,865.00 |\n| Hummingbird house | - | - | 800,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 800,000.00 |\n| Improving Patient Pathways through Clinical and System Redesign | - | - | - | - | - | 550,000.00 | - | - | 550,000.00 |\n| Improving Health Services in Tasmania | - | - | - | - | - | 10,000,000.00 | - | - | 10,000,000.00 |\n| Bowel cancer screening for 50 year olds | 2,036,760.00 | 1,481,280.00 | 1,234,400.00 | 617,200.00 | 432,040.00 | 245,160.00 | 183,440.00 | 121,720.00 | 6,352,000.00 |\n| OzFoodNet | 356,000.00 | 262,000.00 | 261,000.00 | 205,000.00 | 205,000.00 | 189,000.00 | 143,000.00 | 148,000.00 | 1,769,000.00 |\n| Royal Darwin Hospital - equipped, prepared and ready | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16,023,000.00 | 16,023,000.00 |\n| Torres Strait Islander health protection strategy mosquito control | - | - | 1,001,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,001,000.00 |\n| Vaccine preventable diseases surveillance | - | - | - | 84,000.00 | - | 36,000.00 | - | - | 120,000.00 |\n| Victorian cytology service | - | 10,168,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10,168,000.00 |\n| Indigenous health | | | | | | | | | |\n| Torres Strait Health Strategy – Addressing blood borne viruses | - | - | 1,120,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,120,000.00 |\n| Northern Territory Remote Aboriginal Investment | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3,402,000.00 | 3,402,000.00 |\n| Other health payments | | | | | | | | | |\n| Encourage more Clinical Trials | - | 357,100.00 | - | - | 50,000.00 | - | - | - | 407,100.00 |\n| Essential vaccines | - | 380,256.66 | - | - | - | 380,256.66 | - | 380,256.66 | 1,140,769.98 |\n| Adult Public Dental Services | 17,182,900.00 | 13,440,968.00 | - | 12,113,252.00 | 11,732,249.00 | 1,693,824.00 | - | - | 56,163,193.00 |\n| Total Health National Partnership payments | 19,575,660.00 | 26,089,604.66 | 4,416,400.00 | 17,615,317.00 | 12,419,289.00 | 22,094,240.66 | 326,440.00 | 20,074,976.66 | 122,611,927.98 |\n| Education | | | | | | | | | |\n| MoneySmart Teaching | - | - | - | - | - | - | 140,000.00 | - | 140,000.00 |\n| Online Safety programmes in school (non-government schools) | 366,097.10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 366,097.10 |\n| Online Safety programmes in school (government schools) | 863,941.23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 863,941.23 |\n| Early childhood education - Universal access to early education | 88,909,469.00 | 108,203,698.00 | 60,186,795.00 | 33,192,191.00 | 28,044,349.00 | 8,892,443.00 | 5,088,545.00 | 5,065,425.00 | 337,582,915.00 |\n| Total Education National Partnership payments | 90,139,507.33 | 108,203,698.00 | 60,186,795.00 | 33,192,191.00 | 28,044,349.00 | 8,892,443.00 | 5,228,545.00 | 5,065,425.00 | 338,952,953.33 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Community Services | | | | | | | | | |\n| Home and community care | - | - | - | 16,514,945.98 | - | - | - | - | 16,514,945.98 |\n| National Occasional Care Programme | - | 1,207,000.00 | - | - | 329,000.00 | - | - | - | 1,536,000.00 |\n| Specialist disability services | 12,811,000.00 | 6,164,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | - | 2,698,000.00 | 991,000.00 | - | 504,000.00 | 26,821,000.00 |\n| Women's Safety Package - Technology Trials | - | 300,000.00 | - | - | - | 337,000.00 | - | 174,500.00 | 811,500.00 |\n| Transition to NDIS in WA | - | - | - | 6,608,044.00 | - | - | - | - | 6,608,044.00 |\n| Total Community Services National Partnership payments | 12,811,000.00 | 7,671,000.00 | 3,653,000.00 | 23,122,989.98 | 3,027,000.00 | 1,328,000.00 | - | 678,500.00 | 52,291,489.98 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Affordable Housing | | | | | | | | | |\n| Homelessness | 2,509,000.00 | 1,901,000.00 | 2,398,000.00 | 1,253,000.00 | 741,000.00 | 237,000.00 | 134,000.00 | 447,000.00 | 9,620,000.00 |\n| NT remote Aboriginal investment - remote Australia strategies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1,741,000.00 | 1,741,000.00 |\n| Total Affordable Housing National Partnership payments | 2,509,000.00 | 1,901,000.00 | 2,398,000.00 | 1,253,000.00 | 741,000.00 | 237,000.00 | 134,000.00 | 2,188,000.00 | 11,361,000.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure | | | | | | | | | |\n| Infrastructure Investment Program | | | | | | | | | |\n| Investment Rail | - | 34,175,600.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 34,175,600.00 |\n| Infrastructure Investment Programme - Investment Road | 7,267,404.00 | 123,552,000.00 | 173,090,000.00 | 128,550,000.00 | - | 1,701,562.00 | - | - | 434,160,966.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-Through States | 1,757,400.00 | 115,000.00 | 2,370,511.00 | 1,550,000.00 | - | 626,000.00 | - | - | 6,418,911.00 |\n| IIP Bridges Renewal Programme-To States | - | 95,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 95,000.00 |\n| Heavy Vehicle Safety - Through Payments | 780,000.00 | 30,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 810,000.00 |\n| Heavy vehicle safety - to States | - | 685,214.00 | 5,375,000.00 | 538,506.00 | 264,688.00 | - | - | - | 6,863,408.00 |\n| Black spot projects | 5,460,276.00 | 11,822,300.00 | - | 1,467,321.00 | 1,551,440.00 | 1,651,049.00 | 381,787.00 | 262,000.00 | 22,596,173.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - National Highway Upgrade Programme | - | 3,420,000.00 | 7,200,000.00 | - | 4,460,000.00 | - | - | - | 15,080,000.00 |\n| ARF - IIP - Western Sydney Roads | 88,347,654.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 88,347,654.00 |\n| Northern Australia Roads Projects - To payments | - | - | 1,680,000.00 | 5,000,000.00 | - | - | - | - | 6,680,000.00 |\n| Northern Australia Beef Roads Fund | - | - | 1,550,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 1,550,000.00 |\n| Infrastructure Growth Package - New Investments | | | | | | | | | |\n| ARF - IIP - New Investments (unallocated) | - | - | 54,200,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 54,200,000.00 |\n| Total Infrastructure National Partnership payments | 103,612,734.00 | 173,895,114.00 | 245,465,511.00 | 137,105,827.00 | 6,276,128.00 | 3,978,611.00 | 381,787.00 | 262,000.00 | 670,977,712.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Environment | | | | | | | | | |\n| Implementing Water Reform in the Murray Darling Basin | - | - | 1,984,840.00 | - | 1,486,210.00 | - | 326,862.00 | - | 3,797,912.00 |\n| Disaster resilience | - | - | - | - | 2,088,000.00 | - | - | 1,164,537.00 | 3,252,537.00 |\n| SA River Murray Sustainability Program-Irrigation Industry Assistance Component | - | - | - | - | 16,500,000.00 | - | - | - | 16,500,000.00 |\n| Water for the Future - Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure | 500,000.00 | - | 880,480.65 | - | 10,300,000.00 | 4,600,000.00 | - | - | 16,280,480.65 |\n| Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain Pilot Program | - | 10,000,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10,000,000.00 |\n| Kamay 250th Anniversary Project | 25,000,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25,000,000.00 |\n| Total Environment National Partnership payments | 25,500,000.00 | 10,000,000.00 | 2,865,320.65 | - | 30,374,210.00 | 4,600,000.00 | 326,862.00 | 1,164,537.00 | 74,830,929.65 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Other | | | | | | | | | |\n| Addressing insurance costs in north Queensland | - | - | 800,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 800,000.00 |\n| Total Other National Partnership payments | - | - | 800,000.00 | - | - | - | - | - | 800,000.00 |\n| Contingent Payments | | | | | | | | | |\n| Natural disaster relief | - | - | 173,590,042.00 | - | - | - | 11,906.00 | - | 173,601,948.00 |\n| Total Contingent Payments National Partnership payments | - | - | 173,590,042.00 | - | - | - | 11,906.00 | - | 173,601,948.00 |\n| | | | | | | | | | |\n| Total National Partnership Payments | 254,147,901.33 | 327,760,416.66 | 493,375,068.65 | 212,289,324.98 | 80,881,976.00 | 41,130,294.66 | 6,409,540.00 | 29,433,438.66 | 1,445,427,960.94 |","sortOrder":6}],"analysis":{"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This Determination is a routine payment instrument that implements National Partnership payments by specifying recipients and dollar amounts. It does not broaden the statutory scheme or add new types of Commonwealth powers; it stays within the established purpose of funding State/Territory programs under Federal Financial Relations arrangements. The instrument allocates funds to a range of projects (including some large items), but that is an execution of the existing National Partnership framework rather than an expansion of scope beyond the framework's original purpose."},"complexity_factors":["Single substantive authorising clause (clause 3) with two short procedural clauses (clause 2 commencement and clause 3 determination) — limited legal text but important effect","Large, detailed Schedule 1: many line items across 8 States/Territories and multiple program categories (Health; Education; Community Services; Affordable Housing; Infrastructure; Environment; Other; Contingent Payments)","Multiple monetary entries including large totals and a significant contingent payment (natural disaster relief) which introduces conditionality","Requires cross‑reference to separate National Partnership agreements for delivery conditions (the Determination lists amounts but not operational performance rules)","Per‑state breakdowns increase bookkeeping and compliance complexity for both Commonwealth and State agencies","Some repetition in the instrument (tables rendered more than once) which can complicate quick parsing but not the legal effect","No extensive defined‑terms section, limited statutory cross‑referencing within the instrument itself (keeps legal drafting simple)"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this Determination does (mechanically)\n\n- This instrument (the \"Determination\") authorises specific one‑off National Partnership Payments from the Commonwealth to the states and territories. (See clause 3 and Table 1.)\n- It comes into effect on the day it is made. (Clause 2.)\n- Table 1 lists the total dollar amounts to be paid to each State and Territory on 7 June 2018. The national total is $1,445,427,960.94.\n- Schedule 1 breaks those totals down by program area and project (for example: Health, Education, Infrastructure, Environment, Community Services, Affordable Housing, Other and Contingent Payments). It shows which State or Territory receives each line item and the dollar amount for that item.\n\nWho is affected\n\n- The Commonwealth (Australian Government) is the payer: it authorises and directs the payments.\n- The eight State and Territory governments (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT) are the recipients. Each specified payment is earmarked for particular outputs, projects or reforms listed in Schedule 1.\n- Indirectly affected parties include service providers, contractors and beneficiaries of the funded programs (for example hospitals, schools, road builders, community service providers). Private businesses may win contracts funded by these payments.\n\nWhy it matters (purpose claims and how it operates)\n\n- The Determination says the payments are to: (a) support delivery of specified outputs/projects; (b) facilitate specified reforms; or (c) reward States for nationally significant reforms (clause 3). That is the formal purpose claimed by the instrument.\n- Mechanically, the Determination implements that claim by specifying the recipients, the program labels, and exact dollar amounts in Schedule 1. Recipients can use the funds only as agreed between the Commonwealth and each State under the relevant National Partnership agreement (the agreements contain the operational conditions; this Determination is the payment authorisation).\n\nCosts, incentives and trade‑offs (practical testing of the purpose claim)\n\n- Who pays: the Commonwealth budget pays the listed amounts. Those funds are therefore not available for other Commonwealth uses (opportunity cost to federal fiscal policy). The Determination does not itself create new taxes; it allocates existing federal expenditure.\n- Who benefits: benefits are concentrated in named States, sectors and projects (for example, major infrastructure and early childhood education programs, and a large contingent payment for natural disaster relief in Queensland). Concentrated benefits make it straightforward for beneficiaries to capture the funds but increase the political visibility of particular allocations.\n- Behavioural effects and incentives: States receive conditional grants earmarked for specified outputs/reforms. That creates incentives for States to comply with the delivery and reporting requirements set out in their National Partnership agreements in order to receive the money. It may also shift State priorities toward funded projects (substitution effect), especially where matching or co‑funding is required by the relevant agreement.\n- Impact on private sector and competition: many line items fund public infrastructure, health and education services. That creates demand for construction and service contracts; private firms may compete for this work. Where funds are targeted to particular projects or regions, they can change local competitive dynamics (e.g. bids for hospital works, road projects, IT systems for education programs).\n- Compliance and administrative burden: the Determination is a payment schedule only; actual delivery will require States to meet conditions in National Partnership agreements (not reproduced here). That typically entails reporting, compliance checks and milestone verification, which impose administrative costs on State agencies and the Commonwealth.\n- Bureaucratic discretion and implementation risk: the Determination fixes amounts but does not itself set detailed performance rules. The Commonwealth and States retain discretion in negotiating and enforcing agreement terms; implementation risk includes delays, cost overruns on projects, and disputes about whether delivery conditions are met.\n- Contingent payments: the schedule contains contingent items (notably a large natural disaster relief sum allocated to Queensland) which depend on events/conditions. Contingent payments introduce fiscal uncertainty until triggered and shift some risk management responsibilities between Commonwealth and State.\n\nConcrete examples from the schedule\n\n- Major categories and examples (all in Schedule 1):\n - Health: Adult Public Dental Services payments and specific projects (total Health payments $122,611,927.98).\n - Education: Universal access to early childhood education (total Education payments $338,952,953.33).\n - Infrastructure: Investment in roads, bridges, rail and growth packages (total Infrastructure payments $670,977,712.00).\n - Contingent Payments: large natural disaster relief to Queensland ($173,590,042.00 line item) within the Contingent Payments total.\n\nWhere to look in the instrument\n\n- Clause 2: commencement.\n- Clause 3: authorises payments and states purposes (support outputs/projects; facilitate reforms; reward reforms).\n- Table 1 and Schedule 1: list recipients, programs/projects and precise dollar amounts.\n\nBottom line\n\n- This Determination is a detailed payment schedule that directs the Commonwealth to transfer specified sums to States and Territories for named projects, programs and contingent needs. It is an administrative instrument that implements National Partnership funding commitments; the substantive delivery rules and conditions will be in the associated National Partnership agreements and agency processes. The primary trade‑offs are federal fiscal cost versus targeted benefits to selected projects and the administrative and compliance burden required to ensure delivery."},"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 performs exactly the function intended by the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 — authorising specific National Partnership Payments to States. It has not expanded beyond its original purpose; it is a routine administrative instrument making payments under existing agreements."},"complexity_factors":["Very short document (4 operative clauses plus schedules)","No defined terms section — all language is plain English","No cross-references to other legislation beyond the generic empowering provision (Federal Financial Relations Act 2009)","Simple tabular structure with straightforward arithmetic","No conditional logic, exceptions, or nested provisions","Operative clause is a single directive: 'The amounts specified... are to be paid'","Schedule 1 is purely informational — a payment breakdown table with no legal conditions attached"],"plain_english_summary":"This Determination authorises $1.45 billion in National Partnership payments to all eight States and Territories on 7 June 2018 (Queensland receiving the largest share). \n\nThese are conditional federal grants — funding already agreed in National Partnership Agreements — to co‑fund health, education, infrastructure (largest), community services, environment and natural disaster relief. It’s the mechanism the Commonwealth uses to get States to deliver projects and reforms it cannot directly run."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-134-june-2018","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-134-june-2018/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-134-june-2018/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-134-june-2018/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-134-june-2018/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-134-june-2018/documents"}}