Federal Financial Relations (Temporary Energy Bill Relief Payments) Determination 2025
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Federal Financial Relations (Temporary Energy Bill Relief Payments) Determination 2025
I, Andrew Leigh, Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury, make the following determination.
Dated 17 November 2025
Dr Andrew Leigh
Assistant Minister for Productivity, Competition, Charities and Treasury Parliamentary Secretary to the Treasurer
Contents
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
Part 2—Determination of temporary energy bill relief payments
5 Temporary energy bill relief payments for 2022-23
6 Temporary energy bill relief payments for 2023-24
Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
This instrument is the Federal Financial Relations (Temporary Energy Bill Relief Payments) Determination 2025.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this instrument specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
- Commencement information
- Column 1 Column 2 Column 3
- Provisions Commencement Date/Details
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- The whole of this instrument The day after this instrument is registered.
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this instrument.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this instrument. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this instrument.
3 Authority
This instrument is made under the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.
4 Definitions
Note: Expressions have the same meaning in this instrument as in the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009 as in force from time to time—see paragraph 13(1)(b) of the Legislation Act 2003.
In this instrument:
the Act means the Federal Financial Relations Act 2009.
Part 2—Determination of temporary energy bill relief payments
5 Temporary energy bill relief payments for 2022-23
For the purposes of subsection 15E(2) of the Act, each item of the following table specifies an amount that is to be paid to the State specified in the item, for the 2022-23 payment year, for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance for the purpose of expenditure in accordance with the temporary energy bill relief agreement.
| Item | For this State: | The amount of financial assistance for the 2022‑23 payment year is: |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New South Wales | Nil |
| 2 | Victoria | Nil |
| 3 | Queensland | Nil |
| 4 | Western Australia | Nil |
| 5 | South Australia | Nil |
| 6 | Tasmania | Nil |
| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | Nil |
| 8 | Northern Territory | Nil |
| Total | Nil |
6 Temporary energy bill relief payments for 2023-24
For the purposes of subsection 15E(2) of the Act, each item of the following table specifies an amount that is to be paid to the State specified in the item, for the 2023-24 payment year, for the purpose of making a grant of financial assistance for the purpose of expenditure in accordance with the temporary energy bill relief agreement.
| Item | For this State: | The amount of financial assistance for the 2023‑24 payment year is: |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Victoria | $233,879,775.00 |
| 3 | Queensland | $279,236,468.25 |
| 4 | Western Australia | $87,730,437.50 |
| 5 | South Australia | $72,612,675.00 |
| 6 | Tasmania | $29,714,637.50 |
| 7 | Australian Capital Territory | $8,324,562.50 |
| 8 | Northern Territory | $6,658,890.60 |
| Total | $718,157,446.35 |
Note: The amount of financial assistance payable to New South Wales, for the 2023-24 payment year, will be determined at a later date.