{"id":"C1934A00036","name":"Western Australia Grant Act 1934","slug":"western-australia-grant-act-1934","collection":"act","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":"36 of 1934","makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":3679,"registerId":"commonwealth-C1934A00036-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-03-30","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Western Australia Grant Act 1934","content":"WESTERN AUSTRALIA GRANT.\n\nNo. 36 of 1934.\n\nAn Act to grant and apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund a sum for the purposes of Financial Assistance to the State of Western Australia.\n\n\\[Assented to 4th August, 1934.\\]\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 Western Australia Grant Act 1934.\n\nPayment for financial assistance to Western Australia.\n\n2. There shall be payable, for the purposes of financial assistance to the State of Western Australia, during the year commencing on the first day of July One thousand nine hundred and thirty-four, the sum of Six hundred thousand pounds.\n\nMethod of payment.\n\n3. The amount payable under this Act shall be paid in equal monthly instalments.\n\nAppropriation.\n\n4. Payments in accordance with this Act shall be made out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, which is hereby appropriated accordingly.","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1371},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"The Act remains strictly limited to its original purpose: a specific £600,000 appropriation to Western Australia for the 1934–35 financial year. There is no evidence of scope expansion; it is a discrete, time-limited spending measure."},"complexity_factors":["Only 4 operative sections with no schedules or appendices","No definitions section or interpretation clause","Single unconditional appropriation with no eligibility tests or compliance requirements","Linear payment structure (equal monthly instalments) with no conditional logic or exceptions"],"plain_english_summary":"This Act authorised a one-off federal bailout for Western Australia during the Great Depression.\n\n**What it does:**\n*   **Hands over £600,000** (six hundred thousand pounds) from the Commonwealth’s main bank account (the Consolidated Revenue Fund) to the State of Western Australia\n*   **Covers the 1934–35 financial year** — specifically from 1 July 1934 onwards\n*   **Pays it in monthly chunks** — rather than one lump sum, the money is transferred in equal monthly instalments\n\n**Why it matters:**\nWestern Australia was devastated by the Great Depression due to collapsed wheat and wool prices. This “financial assistance” was emergency federal funding to help the state government pay for unemployment relief and keep essential services running. It is a straightforward “money Bill” with no strings attached — it simply opens the Commonwealth purse and authorises the Treasurer to write the cheques."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1934","history":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1934/history","analysis":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1934/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1934/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1934/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/western-australia-grant-act-1934/documents"}}