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The 'Review of TAFE funding' documented the considerable changes which had occurred in the technical and further education (TAFE) sector since the mid 1970s and described the progress made in broadening access and responding to community needs. The review concentrated on directions for future funding and was undertaken because of concern that, given the radical changes and developments in TAFE over this period, existing programs might no longer be relevant to their original objectives. As well, TAFE systems had become increasingly concerned with the excessive number of Commonwealth programs and funding bodies that were imposing substantial administrative pressures on the States. Despite this situation, the Committee did not recommend any major change in the division of responsibility between the Commonwealth and States for the funding of TAFE, although it did propose restructuring of grants and the arrangements under which they were provided in order 'to achieve more effectively an outcomes-oriented approach with effective accountability'. The main proposals of the review were that: a new program be established to fund enrolment growth in TAFE in specified areas; funding for four specific-purpose programs to meet identified needs of particular disadvantaged groups; Joint Schools/TAFE Co-operative Courses be established; and grants for quality improvement be maintained at the existing level. Although both the TAFE Council and the Commonwealth Tertiary Education Commission (CTEC) supported these proposals, they were not implemented due to major changes at the Commonwealth level in 1987, including the cessation of CTEC, and a completely different set of funding arrangements were adopted.