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Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2018-2019)

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This determination authorises a one-off payment of $75.4 million to the Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities.

What it does:

Increases funding for grants and payments to state governments, the ACT, Northern Territory, and local councils
Acts as a cash advance while Parliament finalises budget approvals (a routine mechanism known as an 'Advance to the Finance Minister')
Covers urgent spending that cannot wait for the full parliamentary appropriation process

Who is affected:

Directly: The Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities (to manage the funds)
Indirectly: State governments, territories, and local councils who rely on this federal funding for infrastructure and services

This is essentially a temporary measure to ensure critical funding keeps flowing to communities while the budget process is completed.

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Advance to the Finance Minister Determin

Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2018‑2019)

I, Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann, Minister for Finance and the Public Service, being satisfied of the matters set out in subsection 12(1) of Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2018‑2019 (the Act), make the following determination under subsection 12(2) of the Act:

That the Act have effect as if Schedule 2 of the Act were amended so that the item described in Column 1 of the Table, for the Entity listed in Column 2 of the Table, were increased by the amount listed in Column 3 of the Table.

Table

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Appropriation Item	Entity	Amount
1	Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2018‑2019State, ACT, NT and local government item	Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities	$75,379,000

Dated: 18 December 2018

MATHIAS HUBERT PAUL CORMANN

Minister for Finance and the Public Service

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Advance to the Finance Minister Determin Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2018‑2019)

Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2018‑2019)

Table

	Column 1	Column 2	Column 3
Item	Appropriation Item	Entity	Amount
1	Appropriation Act (No. 2) 2018‑2019State, ACT, NT and local government item	Department of Infrastructure, Regional Development and Cities	$75,379,000

Dated: 18 December 2018

MATHIAS HUBERT PAUL CORMANN

Minister for Finance and the Public Service

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Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2018‑2019)

Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2018‑2019)

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Advance to the Finance Minister Determin Advance to the Finance Minister Determination (No. 1 of 2018‑2019)

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