© 2026 Zoe. All rights reserved.
Zoe is a legal information platform. Always consult the official source for authoritative text.
Commonwealth act
This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
This Act allows the Commonwealth (federal) government to provide financial assistance to Victoria and South Australia to help cover the costs those states incurred in responding to drought conditions in the late 1960s.
Want the full deep dive?
Zoe can write the in-depth analysis on top of the summary above: how it works, who it affects and what each part actually does.
Direct links to the current provisions in States Grants (Drought Reimbursement) Act 1968.
Zoe has indexed the source text for search and analysis. Use the official register for the original document and download formats.
View on official registerSourced from the Federal Register of Legislation (legislation.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.
This is a classic example of cooperative federalism — where the Commonwealth steps in to support state governments managing a natural disaster. It reflects the reality that states often have limited financial capacity to handle large-scale disasters alone, and the federal government can back them up through targeted grants. The Act is narrowly focused on a specific drought event and is largely of historical significance today.