{"id":"C1972A00099","name":"States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act 1972","slug":"states-grants-aboriginal-advancement-act-1972","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"99 of 1972","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":2484,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1972A00099-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-29","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act 1972","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\nStates Grants (Aboriginal Advancement)\n\nNo. 99 of 1972\n\nAn Act to grant Financial Assistance to the States in connexion with the Welfare and Advancement of the Aboriginal People of Australia.\n\n[Assented to 26 October 1972]\n\nBE it enacted by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act 1972.\n\n\n\n\nCommencement.\n\n2. This Act shall come into operation on the day on which it receives the Royal Assent.\n\nGrants of financial assistance to States.\n\n3.—(1.) There is payable, during the year that commenced on the first day of July, One thousand nine hundred and seventy-two, to each State, for the purpose of financial assistance in connexion with the welfare and advancement of the Aboriginal people of Australia living in that State, amounts not exceeding in the whole the amount specified in the Schedule to this Act opposite to the name of that State.\n\n(2.) The grant of financial assistance to a State under this Act is subject to the following conditions:—\n\n(a) that each amount paid to a State under this Act will be applied by the State, in a manner and within a time approved by the Minister, for the purposes of expenditure in connexion with the welfare or advancement of Aboriginal people of Australia living in that State; and\n\n(b) that, if the Minister informs the Treasurer of that State that he is satisfied that the State has failed, in respect of an amount paid to the State under this Act, to fulfil the condition referred to in the last preceding paragraph, the State will repay that amount to the Commonwealth.\n\nPayments to be made out of Trust Account.\n\n4. A payment to a State under this Act shall be made out of the Aboriginal Advancement Trust Account established under section 62a of the Audit Act 1901–1969.\n\n \n\n \n\nTHE SCHEDULE  Section 3(1.).\n\n|  | $ |\n| --- | --- |\n| New South Wales........................... | 3,720,000 |\n| Victoria................................. | 670,000 |\n| Queensland............................... | 4,790,000 |\n| South Australia............................ | 1,270,000 |\n| Western Australia........................... | 3,960,000 |\n| Tasmania................................ | 90,000 |\n|  |  |\n|  | 14,500,000 |\n\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"summary":{"complexity_score":3,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"Based on the available information (title and table of contents only), there is no indication that the scope of this Act changed from its original intent. It appears to have remained a straightforward financial grants mechanism directed at State governments for Aboriginal advancement purposes, consistent with its original 1972 purpose. A full text review would be needed to confirm this with certainty."},"complexity_factors":["Short, single-purpose grants Act typical of its era — likely only a few operative sections","Grants Acts of this period were generally formulaic, with minimal defined terms or conditional logic","Limited cross-referencing expected given the narrow subject matter","No amending history or schedule complexity visible from the available text","Full legislative text was not provided, so complexity cannot be fully assessed — score reflects the expected simplicity of a 1970s Commonwealth grants appropriation Act"],"plain_english_summary":"The States Grants (Aboriginal Advancement) Act 1972 authorises the Commonwealth to make financial grants to State governments to support programs aimed at the advancement of Aboriginal Australians. It operates as an enabling funding mechanism—channelling federal money through States for initiatives (e.g. housing, health, education) and represents an early, practical use of Commonwealth powers after the 1967 referendum to improve conditions for Aboriginal people."},"issue_detection":{"absurdities":[],"contradictions":[]}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-aboriginal-advancement-act-1972","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-aboriginal-advancement-act-1972/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-aboriginal-advancement-act-1972/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-aboriginal-advancement-act-1972/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-aboriginal-advancement-act-1972/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-aboriginal-advancement-act-1972/documents"}}