{"id":"F2021L01785","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Specific Purpose Payments for 2020-21) Determination 2021","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-specific-purpose-payments-for-2020-21-determination-2021","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":102217,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2021L01785-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-03","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"Part 1","sectionType":"part","heading":"Preliminary","content":"## Part 1—Preliminary","sortOrder":0},{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Name","content":"#### 1 Name\n\n This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Specific Purpose Payments for 2020-21) Determination 2021.","sortOrder":1},{"sectionNumber":"2","sectionType":"section","heading":"Commencement","content":"#### 2 Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.\n\n```html\n

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\n```\n\n> Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.\n\n (2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.","sortOrder":2},{"sectionNumber":"3","sectionType":"section","heading":"Authority","content":"#### 3 Authority\n\n This instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.","sortOrder":3},{"sectionNumber":"4","sectionType":"section","heading":"Definitions","content":"#### 4 Definitions\n\nNote: Paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003 has the effect that expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 as in force from time to time.\n\n In this instrument:\n\n> NDIS means the National Disability Insurance Scheme.\n\n> the Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.","sortOrder":4},{"sectionNumber":"Part 2","sectionType":"part","heading":"Determination of national specific purpose payments for 2020‑21","content":"## Part 2—Determination of national specific purpose payments for 2020‑21","sortOrder":5},{"sectionNumber":"5","sectionType":"section","heading":"National specific purpose payments for skills and workforce development for 2020‑21","content":"#### 5 National specific purpose payments for skills and workforce development for 2020‑21\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 12(4) of the Act, the total amount under paragraph 12(2)(c) of the Act is to be indexed for the 2020-21 financial year in the manner set out in paragraph D27 in Schedule D to the Intergovernmental Agreement using the estimates published in the 2021-22 Budget. The result of the determined manner of indexation for the 2020‑21 financial year is that the total amount is to be indexed by applying a growth rate of 1.43 per cent.\n\n> Note 1: Paragraph D27 in Schedule D to the Intergovernmental Agreement provides that the growth factor for national skills and workforce development specific purpose payments is calculated according to the following formula:\n\n![](image.002.png)\n\n> Note 2: The Wage Cost Indices are weighted averages of movements in a wage component and the All Groups Consumer Price Index published by the Australian Statistician, to reflect movements in labour and supplier costs respectively. The wage component is calculated from dollar increases in the national minimum wage determined by the Fair Work Commission, expressed as a percentage of the latest available Average Weekly Ordinary Time Earnings figures published by the Australian Statistician.\n\n (2) Under paragraph 12(2)(c) of the Act, the total amount of all financial assistance payable under subsection 12(1) of the Act to the States for the 2020-21 financial year is $1,560,567,868.01.\n (3) For the purposes of subsection 12(5) of the Act, the manner in which the total amount stated in subsection (2) of this section is to be divided between the States is the manner set out in the Intergovernmental Agreement. Each item of the following table specifies the resulting amount that is to be paid to the State specified in the item, for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance for the 2020-21 financial year, for the purpose of expenditure on skills and workforce development:\n\n| Item | For this State: | The amount of financial assistance for the 2020‑21 financial year is: |\n| ---- | ---------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $496,453,742.59 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $404,679,320.41 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $315,572,412.85 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $162,208,666.51 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $107,569,872.75 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $32,894,770.98 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $26,211,283.65 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $14,977,798.27 |\n| | Total | $1,560,567,868.01 |","sortOrder":6},{"sectionNumber":"6","sectionType":"section","heading":"National specific purpose payments for disability services for 2020‑21","content":"#### 6 National specific purpose payments for disability services for 2020‑21\n\n (1) For the purposes of subsection 13(4) of the Act, the total amount under paragraph 13(2)(c) of the Act is to be adjusted for the 2020-21 financial year by:\n (a) excluding from that total amount financial assistance relating to States that have transitioned to the NDIS; and\n (b) indexing the amount remaining in the manner set out in paragraph D28 in Schedule D to the Intergovernmental Agreement, using the estimates published in the 2021-22 Budget.\n\n> Note 1: Paragraph D28 in Schedule D to the Intergovernmental Agreement provides that the growth factor for national disability specific purpose payments as the rolling five-year average of year-on-year growth in nominal gross domestic product.\n\n> Note 2: As at the beginning of the 2020-21 financial year, all States had fully transitioned to the NDIS.\n\n (2) Under paragraph 13(2)(c) of the Act, the total amount of all financial assistance payable under subsection 13(1) of the Act to the States for the 2020-21 financial year is $0.00.","sortOrder":7}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: determining specific purpose payment amounts for a single financial year. The zero-dollar disability allocation reflects policy implementation (full NDIS transition) rather than scope creep."},"complexity_factors":["Only 2 defined terms ('NDIS' and 'the Act') in the interpretation section","Heavy reliance on external documents (Intergovernmental Agreement, Federal Financial Relations Act 2009) without reproducing their content","Simple tabular structure for state-by-state allocations with no conditional logic","Straightforward mathematical indexation formulas referenced but not embedded in the legislative text","Single clear exception (NDIS transition) with no nested conditions","Total length of approximately 6 substantive sections"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument allocates federal payments to states and territories for 2020–21: $1.56 billion for skills and workforce development (distributed by a formula that adjusts for wage growth and rising prices) and $0 for disability services because all jurisdictions had moved to the NDIS. \n\nIt legally authorises those Commonwealth transfers and affects state/territory governments and users of government-funded vocational and employment programs."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"No. The instrument mechanically implements statutory indexation and allocation rules under the Act and the Intergovernmental Agreement for 2020–21 rather than changing legal scope. It applies the IGA indexation formula to skills payments and apportions the resulting $1,560,567,868.01 among States (see s5(1)–(3)). It excludes assistance for States that transitioned to the NDIS and, because all States had transitioned, sets the disability total to $0 for 2020–21 (see s6(1)–(2))."},"complexity_factors":["Legal cross-references to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and the Intergovernmental Agreement (creates reliance on external instruments and formulas)","Numeric indexation formula applied (1.43% growth for skills) requiring budget estimates from the 2021–22 Budget","State-by-State allocation table with amounts specified to the cent (administrative precision and payment routing)","Disability payment rule depends on transition status to the NDIS (conditional exclusion logic)","Low policymaking discretion in the instrument itself—mostly mechanical application of fixed formulas","Dependency on published external data (Wage Cost Indices, CPI, GDP growth, and Budget estimates) for calculations"],"plain_english_summary":"This determination applies the formulas in the Federal Financial Relations Act and the Intergovernmental Agreement to index and allocate 2020–21 national specific purpose payments. It sets a 1.43% growth factor for skills and workforce development, fixes the Commonwealth grant pool at $1,560,567,868.01 and specifies each State’s share.\n\nFor disability, amounts are adjusted to exclude States that transitioned to the NDIS, producing a $0 total for 2020–21. The Commonwealth pays the amounts; indexation and division follow statutory formulas and 2021–22 Budget estimates."},"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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