{"id":"C1936A00071","name":"States Grants (Unemployment Relief) Act 1936","slug":"states-grants-unemployment-relief-act-1936","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"71 of 1936","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3842,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1936A00071-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"States Grants (Unemployment Relief) Act 1936","content":"STATES GRANTS (UNEMPLOYMENT RELIEF).\n\nNo. 71 of 1936.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund sums for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the States of the Commonwealth in the provision of Assistance to persons out of employment.\n\n\\[Assented to 5th December, 1936.\\]\n\nPreamble.\n\nBE it enacted by the King’s Most Excellent Majesty, the Senate, and the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Australia, for the purpose of appropriating the grant originated in the House of Representatives, as follows:—\n\nShort title.\n\n1. This Act may be cited as the States Grants (Unemployment Relief) Act 1936.\n\n  \n\nAppropriation of £150,000 for financial assistance to States.\n\n2. There shall be payable out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly, for the purpose of financial assistance to the States, the sum of One hundred and fifty thousand pounds.\n\nGrants to States.\n\n3.—(1.) Out of the amount appropriated by this Act there shall, subject to this section, be granted to each State, by way of financial assistance, the amount specified in this section opposite the name of that State, namely:—\n\n|                                                | £      |\n| ---------------------------------------------- | ------ |\n| New South Wales.............................   | 59,200 |\n| Victoria...................................    | 40,900 |\n| Queensland.................................    | 21,700 |\n| South Australia..............................  | 13,000 |\n| Western Australia............................. | 10,000 |\n| Tasmania..................................     | 5,200  |\n\n(2.) Any amount granted to a State under this section shall be granted upon condition that it is expended by the State in the provision of assistance to persons out of employment.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":2491},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The legislation remains focused on its original purpose of providing a specific one-off grant to states for unemployment relief during the Depression. No scope creep is evident in this short, targeted statute."},"complexity_factors":["Only 3 operative sections","No defined terms or interpretation section","Simple appropriation mechanism with fixed dollar amounts in a single table","Single, clear condition on grant expenditure (subsection 3(2))","No cross-references to other legislation"],"plain_english_summary":"This 1936 law authorised the federal government to pay £150,000 (roughly $15-20 million in today's money) to the six Australian states to help people who were out of work during the Great Depression.\n\n**Key points:**\n- **The money**: £150,000 was taken from the Commonwealth's main bank account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) and given to the states as grants.\n- **How it was split**: New South Wales received the most (£59,200), followed by Victoria (£40,900), Queensland (£21,700), South Australia (£13,000), Western Australia (£10,000), and Tasmania (£5,200).\n- **The catch**: States had to use this money specifically to provide relief or assistance to unemployed people. They couldn't spend it on roads, schools, or other government costs.\n\nThis was a temporary measure to tackle unemployment during the economic crisis of the 1930s."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/states-grants-unemployment-relief-act-1936","history":"/api/acts/states-grants-unemployment-relief-act-1936/history","analysis":"/api/acts/states-grants-unemployment-relief-act-1936/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/states-grants-unemployment-relief-act-1936/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/states-grants-unemployment-relief-act-1936/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/states-grants-unemployment-relief-act-1936/documents"}}