Federal Financial Relations (National Health Reform Payments for 2024-25) Determination 2025

This is a straightforward piece of legislation that sets out exactly how much federal money each Australian state and territory will receive for healthcare in the 2024-25 financial year.

What it does:

• Authorises the Commonwealth to pay over $30 billion to states and territories under the National Health Reform Agreement
• This money is a grant of financial assistance (federal funding given to states with conditions on how it must be spent)

Who gets what: | State/Territory | Amount | |----------------|--------| | New South Wales | $8.9 billion | | Victoria | $7.3 billion | | Queensland | $7.1 billion | | Western Australia | $3.3 billion | | South Australia | $2.0 billion | | Tasmania | $661 million | | Australian Capital Territory | $544 million | | Northern Territory | $423 million |

Why it matters: This funding keeps public hospitals running. The National Health Reform Agreement is the deal between the Commonwealth and states about who pays for what in healthcare. Without this determination, the money can't legally flow. It's essentially the annual invoice that authorises the federal government to transfer these specific amounts to each state and territory's health budgets.

Who made it: Dr Andrew Leigh, as Assistant Minister, made this under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.