{"id":"F2024L00812","name":"Local Government (Financial Assistance) (Final Factor for 2023-24 and Estimated Factor for 2024-25) Determination 2024","slug":"local-government-financial-assistance-final-factor-for-2023-24-and-estimated-factor-for-2024-25-dete","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"in_force","isInForce":true,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":442473,"registerId":"F2024L00812-fast-fetch-1775957464380","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-12","status":"InForce","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Local Government (Financial Assistance) (Final Factor for 2023-24 and Estimated Factor for 2024-25) Determination 2024","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\n---\n\n![Commonwealth Coat of Arms of Australia](image.001.jpeg)\n\n \n\nLocal Government (Financial Assistance) (Final Factor for 2023-24 and Estimated Factor for 2024-25) Determination 2024\n\nI, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.\n\nDated   26 June 2024\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—Final factor for the year 2023-24\n\n5  Determination of final factor for 2023-24\n\n6  How the final factor was worked out\n\nPart 3—Estimated factor for the year 2024-25\n\n7  Determination of estimated factor for 2024-25\n\n8  How the estimated factor has been worked out\n\nPart 1—Preliminary\n\n \n\n1  Name\n\n  This instrument is the Local Government (Financial Assistance) (Final Factor for 2023-24 and Estimated Factor for 2024-25) Determination 2024.\n\n2  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 \n\n- Commencement information\n- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3\n- Provisions Commencement Date/Details\n- 1. The whole of this instrument Immediately after this instrument is registered. 28 June 2024\n\n\nNote: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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 Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995.\n\n4  Definitions\n\nNote: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.\n\n  In this instrument:\n\nthe Act means the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995.\n\nPart 2—Final factor for the year 2023-24\n\n \n\n5  Determination of final factor for 2023-24\n\n  For the purposes of subsection 8(1) of the Act, the factor in relation to the 2023‑24 year is 0.7089.\n\n6  How the final factor was worked out\n\n (1) Under subsection 8(1) of the Act, the factor in relation to the 2023‑24 year is to be worked out by applying the formula set out in paragraph 8(1)(a) of the Act and then adjusting the result under whichever of paragraphs 8(1)(b) and (c) of the Act are applicable.\n\nParagraph 8(1)(a) formula\n\n (2) The factor calculated under paragraph 8(1)(a) of the Act is as follows:\n\n \n\n![Start formula open bracket start fraction 26,310,635 over 25,766,741 end fraction close bracket times open bracket start fraction 137.4 over 132.6 end fraction close bracket equals 1.05807 end formula](image.002.png)\n\nNote 1: For the purposes of section 4A, the Statistician made the estimate of the population of Australia as at 31 December 2022 on 13 June 2024 (published and available at www.abs.gov.au).\n\nNote 2: For the purposes of section 4A, the Statistician made the estimate of the population of Australia as at 31 December 2021 on 15 June 2023 (published and available at www.abs.gov.au).\n\nNote 3: The formula uses the All Groups Consumer Price Index number, being the weighted average of the 8 capital cities, published on 24 April 2024 by the Statistician in respect of the 2024 March quarter (published and available at www.abs.gov.au).\n\nNote 4: The formula uses the All Groups Consumer Price Index number, being the weighted average of the 8 capital cities, published on 26 April 2023 by the Statistician in respect of the 2023 March quarter (published and available at www.abs.gov.au).\n\nParagraph 8(1)(b) modification\n\n (3) The result of subsection (2) was modified by increasing the factor by 0.0001 under paragraph 8(1)(b) of the Act as the fifth decimal place was greater than 4.\n\nParagraph 8(1)(c) modification\n\n (4) The result of subsection (3) was modified under paragraph 8(1)(c) of the Act as a result of special circumstances, being the need to account for the Commonwealth’s decision to bring forward all of the payments in the 2023-24 year into the 2022-23 year and 85 per cent of the payments in the 2024-25 year into the 2023-24 year. The modification was worked out by multiplying the result of subsection (3) by the following formula:   \n\n![Start formula open bracket start fraction 2023-24 amount minus 2022-23 amount plus 2024-25 amount over 2022-23 final entitlement end fraction close bracket times open bracket start fraction 1 over subsection (3) factor end fraction close bracket end formula ](image.003.png)\n\n \n\nWhere:\n\n2022-23 amount means all of the payments that were brought forward from the year 2023-24 to be paid in the year 2022-23.\n\n2023-24 amount means the amount that would have been the base figure for the year 2024-25 if the Commonwealth had not decided to bring forward any payments.\n\n2024-25 amount means 85 per cent of the payments that were brought forward from the year 2024-25 to be paid in the year 2023-24.\n\n2022-23 final entitlement means the base figure for the year 2022-23.\n\nsubsection (3) factor means the result of subsection (3).\n\nPart 3—Estimated factor for the year 2024-25\n\n \n\n7  Determination of estimated factor for 2024-25\n\n  For the purposes of paragraph 7(3)(b) of the Act, the estimated factor in relation to the 2024‑25 year is 0.1777.\n\n8  How the estimated factor has been worked out\n\n (1) Under subsection 8(1) of the Act, the factor in relation to the 2024‑25 year is to be worked out by applying the formula set out in paragraph 8(1)(a) of the Act and then adjusting the result under whichever of paragraphs 8(1)(b) and (c) of the Act are applicable.\n\n (2) The factor calculated for the purposes of paragraph 8(1)(a) of the Act is as follows:\n\n \n\n![Start formula open bracket start fraction 26,961,801 over 26,310,635 end fraction close bracket times open bracket start fraction 140.7 over 137.4 end fraction close bracket equals 1.04936 end formula](image.004.png)\n\nNote 1: For the purposes of section 4A, the Statistician made the estimate of the population of Australia as at 31 December 2023 on 13 June 2024 (published and available at www.abs.gov.au).\n\nNote 2: For the purposes of section 4A, the Statistician made the estimate of the population of Australia as at 31 December 2022 on 13 June 2024 (published and available at www.abs.gov.au).\n\nNote 3: The formula uses the 2024-25 Budget forecast of the Department of the Treasury of the All Groups Consumer Price Index number, being the weighted average of the 8 capital cities, in respect of the 2025 March quarter.\n\nNote 4: The formula uses the All Groups Consumer Price Index number, being the weighted average of the 8 capital cities, published on 24 April 2024 by the Statistician in respect of the 2024 March quarter (published and available at www.abs.gov.au).\n\nParagraph 8(1)(b) modification\n\n (3) The result of subsection (2) was modified by increasing the factor by 0.0001 for the purposes of paragraph 8(1)(b) of the Act as the fifth decimal place was greater than 4.\n\nParagraph 8(1)(c) modification\n\n (4) The result of subsection (3) was modified under paragraph 8(1)(c) of the Act as a result of special circumstances, being the need to account for the Commonwealth’s decision to bring forward 85 per cent of the payments in the 2024‑25 year into the 2023-24 year.  The modification was worked out by multiplying the result of subsection (3) by the following formula:\n\n![Start formula open bracket start fraction 2024-25 amount minus 2023-24 amount over 2023-24 final entitlement end fraction close bracket times open bracket start fraction 1 over subsection (3) factor end fraction close bracket end formula](image.005.png)\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nWhere:\n\n2023-24 amount means 85 per cent of the payments that were brought forward from the year 2024-25 to be paid in the year 2023-24.\n\n2024-25 amount means the amount that would have been the base figure for the year 2024-25 if the Commonwealth had not decided to bring forward any payments.\n\n2023-24 final entitlement means the base figure for the year 2023-24.\n\nsubsection (3) factor means the result of subsection (3).\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"},"kimi_summary":{"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This legislation remains tightly focused on its original purpose: determining the annual financial assistance factors for local government. While the specific calculations are complex due to the bring-forward payment arrangements, the scope has not expanded beyond the technical mathematical determinations required by the parent Act."},"complexity_factors":["Multiple mathematical formulas with nested fractions and cross-references to the parent Act (Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995)","Conditional logic requiring application of different paragraphs (8(1)(a), (b), and (c)) depending on circumstances","Special circumstances modifications requiring complex fractional adjustments to account for brought-forward payments","Defined terms referencing external statistical data (ABS population estimates and CPI figures) with specific publication dates","Circular definitions where 2023-24 calculations depend on 2024-25 amounts and vice versa due to the bring-forward payment structure","Four separate notes per section explaining the statistical sources, creating dense informational layering"],"plain_english_summary":"This legislation sets the numerical adjustment factors for federal financial assistance to local councils: a final factor of 0.7089 for 2023–24 and an estimated factor of 0.1777 for 2024–25. These factors adjust payments for population, inflation and the Commonwealth’s decision to bring forward most payments.\n\nIt affects Australian local councils and State/Territory intermediaries, ensuring councils receive the correct funding despite the unusual timing of payments."},"flash_summary":{"complexity_score":4,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This determination does not change the statutory scope or eligibility of the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995. It exercises the Act’s power to set the year‑specific factor values (s5–s8) and adjusts those values to reflect rounding and the Commonwealth’s decision to bring forward payments, thereby changing payment timing and calculated amounts but not the underlying program coverage or legal authority."},"complexity_factors":["Numeric calculation uses population and CPI ratios requiring ABS and Treasury inputs (references in notes to Part 2 and Part 3).","Two-stage adjustments: rounding rule increasing the fifth decimal by 0.0001 (paragraph 8(1)(b)) and a ‘special circumstances’ timing adjustment (paragraph 8(1)(c)).","Special‑circumstances formulas require identifying and quantifying brought‑forward payment amounts across three financial years.","Reliance on external published estimates and forecasts (ABS population estimates and CPI, Treasury CPI forecast).","Low statutory discretion confined by the formula in subsection 8(1) of the Act, but implementation requires accurate data matching and timing alignment."],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument sets the numeric grant‑allocation factors used under the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995: a final factor of 0.7089 for 2023–24 and an estimated factor of 0.1777 for 2024–25. The numbers are calculated from population and CPI inputs and adjusted for rounding and for the Commonwealth’s decision to bring forward some payments into earlier years (see s5–s8).\n\nMechanically, the Commonwealth determines the factors and thereby shifts the timing and size of payments to local governments; recipients receive altered cash flows, while compliance is limited to receiving allocated grants under the Act."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/local-government-financial-assistance-final-factor-for-2023-24-and-estimated-factor-for-2024-25-dete","history":"/api/acts/local-government-financial-assistance-final-factor-for-2023-24-and-estimated-factor-for-2024-25-dete/history","analysis":"/api/acts/local-government-financial-assistance-final-factor-for-2023-24-and-estimated-factor-for-2024-25-dete/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/local-government-financial-assistance-final-factor-for-2023-24-and-estimated-factor-for-2024-25-dete/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/local-government-financial-assistance-final-factor-for-2023-24-and-estimated-factor-for-2024-25-dete/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/local-government-financial-assistance-final-factor-for-2023-24-and-estimated-factor-for-2024-25-dete/documents"}}