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# Budget Paper No. 3
Federal Financial Relations

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**Budget Paper No. 3: Federal Financial Relations**
[PDF 4.81 MB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_2026-27.pdf)
Preliminaries
[PDF 278 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_01_prelims.pdf)
[DOCX 133 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_01_prelims.docx)
Part 1: Australia’s Federal Relations
[PDF 357 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_02_part_1.pdf)
[DOCX 250 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_02_part_1.docx)
Part 2: Payments for specific purposes
[PDF 297 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_03_part_2_overview.pdf)
[DOCX 74 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_03_part_2_overview.docx)
Health
[PDF 631 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_04_part_2_health.pdf)
[DOCX 190 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_04_part_2_health.docx)
Education
[PDF 329 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_05_part_2_education.pdf)
[DOCX 82 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_05_part_2_education.docx)
Skills and workforce development
[PDF 253 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_06_part_2_skills.pdf)
[DOCX 68 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_06_part_2_skills.docx)
Community services
[PDF 308 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_07_part_2_community.pdf)
[DOCX 84 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_07_part_2_community.docx)
Affordable housing
[PDF 285 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_08_part_2_affordable.pdf)
[DOCX 75 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_08_part_2_affordable.docx)
Infrastructure
[PDF 600 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_09_part_2_infrastructure.pdf)
[DOCX 163 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_09_part_2_infrastructure.docx)
Environment, energy and water
[PDF 616 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_10_part_2_environment.pdf)
[DOCX 180 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_10_part_2_environment.docx)
Contingent payments
[PDF 208 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_11_part_2_contingent.pdf)
[DOCX 53 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_11_part_2_contingent.docx)
Other payments
[PDF 471 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_12_part_2_other.pdf)
[DOCX 130 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_12_part_2_other.docx)
Part 3: General revenue assistance
[PDF 317 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_13_part_3.pdf)
[DOCX 73 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_13_part_3.docx)
Appendix A: Parameters and further information
[PDF 262 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_14_appendix_a.pdf)
[DOCX 58 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_14_appendix_a.docx)
Appendix B: Total payments to the states by function (online only)
[PDF 308 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_15_appendix_b_online.pdf)
[DOCX 184 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_15_appendix_b_online.docx)
Appendix C: Supplementary Tables (online only)
[PDF 403 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_16_appendix_c_online.pdf)
[DOCX 131 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_16_appendix_c_online.docx)
Appendix D: Debt transactions (online only)
[PDF 397 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_17_appendix_d_online.pdf)
[DOCX 113 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_17_appendix_d_online.docx)
Appendix E: Appropriations and conditions (online only)
[PDF 219 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_18_appendix_e_online.pdf)
[DOCX 158 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_18_appendix_e_online.docx)
Notes
[PDF 158 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_18_notes.pdf)
[DOCX 42 kB](/content/bp3/download/bp3_18_notes.docx)