{"id":"F2019L00796","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 149 (June 2019)","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-149-june-2019","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":99419,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2019L00796-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. 149 (June 2019)","content":"# Federal Financial Relations (National Partnership Payments) Determination No. 149 (June 2019)","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. 149 (June 2019).","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 2019","content":"### Table 1: National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 June 2019\n\n```html\n

State

Amount of National Partnership Payments

New South Wales

$310,473,095.77

Victoria

$102,569,003.62

Queensland

$122,825,708.44

Western Australia

$148,823,131.74

South Australia

$951,408,293.62

Tasmania

$29,777,813.80

Australian Capital Territory

$13,649,634.33

Northern Territory

$72,719,184.02

Total

$1,752,245,865.34

\n```\n\nSchedule 1 to this determination provides further information on these payments.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"SChedule 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 JUNE 2019 ($)","content":"# SChedule 1: Amounts of National Partnership Payments for payment on 7 JUNE 2019 ($)\n\n![](image.001.png)\n\n![](image.002.png)","sortOrder":5}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination serves its original narrow purpose exactly as intended. It is one in a series of routine administrative instruments (No. 149) that periodically authorise National Partnership Payments. The scope has not expanded; it does precisely what these determinations are designed to do — specify dollar amounts for specific payment dates."},"complexity_factors":["Extremely short — only 3 operative clauses plus a table","No defined terms section; plain language throughout","No cross-references to other legislation (except implied reference to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 framework)","Simple conditional structure: 'amounts specified... are to be paid'","Single purpose instrument — just authorises specific payment amounts on a specific date","Missing substantive content: Schedule 1 contains only image placeholders, not actual payment breakdowns"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises $1.75 billion in Commonwealth National Partnership Payments to be paid to Australia’s states and territories on 7 June 2019. The grants fund specific projects and services, encourage and reward state reforms, and require states to deliver agreed outcomes in return for federal cash. South Australia receives the largest share ($951.4 million). Schedule 1—which should detail each payment’s purpose—contains only placeholder images, so project-level details aren’t readable."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the instrument text, this determination does not alter the legal scope of the national partnership framework; it allocates, on a one-off basis, specific payment amounts to States and Territories for the purposes described in clause 3 and detailed in Schedule 1."},"complexity_factors":["Fixed numeric allocations to multiple recipients in a single table (Table 1) create many bilateral funding lines to manage.","Substantive conditions, permissible uses and oversight are delegated to Schedule 1, requiring cross-reference and interpretation (Schedule 1).","Immediate commencement on making (cl.2) shortens lead time for administrative preparation.","The operative clause is concise (cl.3) but depends on administrative implementation and intergovernmental coordination for monitoring and payment.","Compliance and reporting duties for States are implied by reference to Schedule 1, producing administrative burden despite simple statutory form."],"plain_english_summary":"This determination authorises one-off national partnership payments totalling $1,752,245,865.34 to Australian States and Territories on 7 June 2019 to fund specified outputs or projects, facilitate reforms, or reward nationally significant reforms (cl.3; Table 1; Schedule 1). The Commonwealth will make the listed payments to the named States; the lawful uses, conditions and oversight for those payments are set out in Schedule 1, so recipients incur compliance and reporting obligations tied to those Schedule 1 terms."},"flash_summary_failed":{"failed":true,"reason":"A positive credit balance is required for all requests, including BYOK, so fallback providers remain available. Add credits at https://vercel.com/d?to=%2F%5Bteam%5D%2F%7E%2Fai%3Fmodal%3Dtop-up to continue.","source":"analysis-cron"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-149-june-2019","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-149-june-2019/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-149-june-2019/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-149-june-2019/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-149-june-2019/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-partnership-payments-determination-no-149-june-2019/documents"}}