Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Home Affairs Measures No. 3) Regulations 2025 (Cth)

Financial Framework (Supplementary Powers) Amendment (Home Affairs Measures No. 3) 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 (Home Affairs Measures No. 3) 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.	23 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Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this instrument as originally made.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Each instrument that is specified in a Schedule to this instrument is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this instrument has effect according to its terms.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:

719	African‑Australian Communities Program	To support the participation and integration of African‑Australian communities in Australian society, enhance social cohesion and promote a sense of belonging, including by funding the following: (a) measures that support the participation of African‑Australian youth in Australian society; (b) measures that support the re‑engagement of African‑Australian youth in Australian society following experiences in the criminal justice system; (c) measures with respect to mental health; (d) employment services and employment opportunities that are tailored to the needs of African‑Australians; (e) measures with respect to families, including the provision of parenting support and support for survivors of domestic violence; (f) measures that strengthen African‑Australians’ understanding of Australian values and civic responsibilities, including by enabling and developing the capacity of grassroots African‑Australian community organisations to engage with government; (g) measures that facilitate access to Commonwealth services. 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) incidental to the provision of invalid or old‑age pensions (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiii) of the Constitution); or (c) incidental to the provision of maternity allowances, widows’ pensions, child endowment, unemployment, pharmaceutical, sickness or hospital benefits, medical or dental services, benefits to students or family allowances (within the meaning of paragraph 51(xxiiiA) of the Constitution); or (d) with respect to immigrants; or (e) to give effect to Australia’s obligations under one or more of the following: (i) the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, particularly Articles 1, 2, 3, 5 and 16; (ii) the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly Articles 4, 18, 19 and 29; (iii) the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, particularly Articles 2, 6 and 12; (iv) the International Labour Organization’s Convention concerning Employment Policy, particularly Articles 1 and 2; or (f) that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation.
720	Security Uplifts for Muslim Communities Program	To fund the Australian National Imams Council Limited to provide security upgrades to mosques, Islamic centres, Islamic schools and other community facilities used and attended by the Muslim community in Australia, as a measure to give effect to Australia’s obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, particularly Articles 2, 18 and 27. This objective also has the effect it would have if it were limited to measures that are peculiarly adapted to the government of a nation and cannot otherwise be carried on for the benefit of the nation.