Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Foreign Affairs and Trade Measures No. 2) Regulations 2025 (Cth)

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Foreign Affairs and Trade Measures No. 2) Regulations 2025

I, the Honourable Sam Mostyn AC, Governor‑General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations.

Dated 21 August 2025

Sam Mostyn AC

Governor‑General

By Her Excellency’s Command

Katy Gallagher

Minister for Finance

Contents

1Name

This instrument is the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Foreign Affairs and Trade Measures No. 2) Regulations 2025.

2Commencement

1. (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
1. The whole of this instrument	The day after this instrument is registered.	22 August 2025

Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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.

1. (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.

3Authority

This instrument is made under the Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Act 1997.

4Schedules

Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.

Schedule 1Amendments

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Regulations 1997

1. 1

   In the appropriate position in Part 4 of Schedule 1AB (table)

Insert:

722	Australian Cultural Diplomacy Grants Program	To provide funding to support cultural and artistic activities that strengthen international partnerships and enhance perceptions of Australia overseas, including the following activities: (a) building international cultural understanding, collaboration and connections; (b) building international people‑to‑people partnerships; (c) building institutional partnerships; (d) telling Australian stories and amplifying First Nations voices overseas; (e) promoting a peaceful, stable and prosperous Indo‑Pacific region. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) with respect to aliens (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xix) of the Constitution); or (b) with respect to Indigenous Australians and particular groups of Indigenous Australians; or (c) with respect to places, persons, matters or things external to Australia; or (d) with respect to the relations of the Commonwealth with the islands of the Pacific.
723	Pacific Onshore Health Access	To cover costs of a limited number of persons from the Pacific accessing medical care in Australia. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) with respect to aliens (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xix) of the Constitution); or (b) with respect to Australia’s relations with foreign countries; or (c) with respect to the relations of the Commonwealth with the islands of the Pacific.
724	Support for Solomon Islands	To provide financial assistance to, or for the benefit of, Solomon Islands, including for initiatives relating to regional issues in the Pacific and support for the Royal Solomon Islands Police Force. This objective has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) with respect to places, persons, matters or things external to Australia; or (b) with respect to the relations of the Commonwealth with the islands of the Pacific.
725	Australia‑India Trade and Investment Accelerator Fund	To provide funding for activities directed to increasing trade and investment between Australia and India, including the following activities: (a) supporting the marketing and promotion of Australian goods and services in the Indian market; (b) collecting and distributing information on one or more of the following: (i) trading and investment opportunities for Australian businesses in India; (ii) the Indian market and consumers in that market; (iii) Indian requirements relating to trade or investment; (c) connecting Australian businesses to expertise on either or both of the following: (i) the Indian market and consumers in that market; (ii) Indian requirements relating to trade or investment; (d) minimising risk for Australian businesses wanting to invest in India or trade with Indian businesses; (e) facilitating relationships between Australian and Indian governments, businesses and research institutions; (f) building and expanding pathways for Australian businesses to import knowledge and skills from India; (g) promoting opportunities for Indian businesses to invest in Australia. This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures: (a) with respect to immigration or emigration; or (b) with respect to places, persons, matters or things external to Australia; or (c) undertaken in the exercise of the executive power of the Commonwealth; or (d) involving the granting of financial assistance to a State or Territory; or (e) undertaken in, or in relation to, a Territory.