{"id":"F2022L01742","name":"Federal Financial Relations (National Specific Purpose Payments for 2021-22) Determination 2022","slug":"federal-financial-relations-national-specific-purpose-payments-for-2021-22-determination-2022","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":441685,"registerId":"F2022L01742-fast-fetch-1775956929865","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Federal Financial Relations (National Specific Purpose Payments for 2021-22) Determination 2022","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 22.10.0\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nFederal Financial Relations (National Specific Purpose Payments for 2021‑22) Determination 2022\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   12 December 2022\n\n \n\nDr Andrew Leigh\n\nAssistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nContents\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name \n\n2  Commencement\n\n3  Authority\n\n4  Definitions\n\nPart 2—Determination of national specific purpose payments for 2021-22\n\n5  National specific purpose payments for skills and workforce development for 2021‑22\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n1  Name  \n\n  This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (National Specific Purpose Payments for 2021-22) Determination 2022.\n\n2  Commencement\n\n (1) Each provision of 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 \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.\n\n3  Authority\n\n  This instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\n4  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\nthe Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.\n\nPart 2—Determination of national specific purpose payments for 2021-22\n\n5  National specific purpose payments for skills and workforce development for 2021‑22\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 2021-22 financial year in the manner set out in paragraph D27 in Schedule D to the Intergovernmental Agreement using the estimates published in the 2022-23 Budget (March 2022). The result of the determined manner of indexation for the 2021‑22 financial year is that the total amount is to be indexed by applying a growth rate of 1.09   per cent.\n\nNote 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![Start formula growth factor equal to open round bracket 0.85 times wage cost index 1 close round bracket plus open round bracket 0.25 times wage cost index 6 close round bracket end formula](image.002.png)\n\nNote 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 2021-22 financial year is $1,577,500,029.39.\n\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 2021-22 financial year, for the purpose of expenditure on skills and workforce development:\n\n \n\n| Item | For this State: | The amount of financial assistance for the 2021‑22 financial year is: |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| 1 | New South Wales | $495,717,275.91 |\n| 2 | Victoria | $401,692,817.15 |\n| 3 | Queensland | $322,400,758.65 |\n| 4 | Western Australia | $169,143,222.03 |\n| 5 | South Australia | $110,625,665.96 |\n| 6 | Tasmania | $34,892,907.26 |\n| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $27,758,937.87 |\n| 8 | Northern Territory | $15,268,444.56 |\n|  | Total | $1,577,500,029.39 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"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"},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination implements indexation and allocates the 2021–22 national specific purpose payments for skills and workforce development in accordance with the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 and the Intergovernmental Agreement (see section 5). It does not expand or narrow the types of assistance, change eligibility rules, or create new funding streams; it only sets the indexed total and the per‑State distribution for 2021–22."},"complexity_factors":["Dependence on external formula in the Intergovernmental Agreement (Schedule D, paragraph D27) — requires understanding that cross-reference","Use of technical wage cost index inputs (Wage Cost Indices and CPI components) to compute growth factor (see Note 1 and Note 2 to section 5)","Reliance on March 2022 Budget estimates to calculate the 1.09% growth rate (section 5(1))","Statutory cross-references to the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 (subsections 12(4), 12(5) and paragraph 12(2)(c)) — calculation authority and allocation rules are external to the instrument","Precise arithmetic and allocation: a single indexed total ($1,577,500,029.39) is divided into fixed state amounts (section 5(2)–(3))"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes the Commonwealth’s national specific purpose payments for skills and workforce development for 2021–22. It applies an indexation factor of 1.09% (using the Intergovernmental Agreement formula and 2022–23 Budget estimates) and sets the total payable to the States at $1,577,500,029.39, with specified amounts for each State. The Commonwealth (under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009) determines the indexation method; the outcome decides how much each State receives for skills and workforce development."},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation performs exactly its intended function: making an annual determination of specific purpose payment amounts under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009. It has not expanded beyond the original statutory framework, which explicitly contemplates these yearly determinations for national SPPs."},"complexity_factors":["Only 5 substantive sections with minimal conditional logic","Single defined term ('the Act') with reliance on external definitions from parent Act","Straightforward arithmetic operation (indexation by 1.09%) with formula provided in explanatory note","Simple table-based allocation with no exceptions, thresholds, or discretionary provisions","No cross-references beyond the parent Act and Intergovernmental Agreement","No sunset clauses, review mechanisms, or delegated legislative powers"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument fixes the 2021–22 federal funding pool for vocational education and workforce development at $1.58 billion, applies a 1.09% indexation to last year’s amount, and allocates shares to each state and territory (NSW, VIC, QLD, WA, SA, TAS, ACT, NT) under the Intergovernmental Agreement.\n\nIt matters because this determination funds TAFEs, VET and workforce programs across Australia; the modest 1.09% growth means funding only barely keeps pace with rising wage and cost pressures."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-specific-purpose-payments-for-2021-22-determination-2022","history":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-specific-purpose-payments-for-2021-22-determination-2022/history","analysis":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-specific-purpose-payments-for-2021-22-determination-2022/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-specific-purpose-payments-for-2021-22-determination-2022/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-specific-purpose-payments-for-2021-22-determination-2022/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/federal-financial-relations-national-specific-purpose-payments-for-2021-22-determination-2022/documents"}}