Post-school education and training in Australia is based upon a binary system of universities and technical and further education (TAFE) institutes. The binary system has been fashioned through decisions that established different curriculum currencies and qualifications, sector orientations and governance, and student profiles for the two sub-sectors. These arrangements assume the need for minimal articulation between the sub-sectors. However, the relatively high levels of student traffic and credit transfer between TAFE and the universities suggest some tensions within the binary model. With the university sector in Australia facing some imminent and major structural changes there are opportunities for new forms of post-school education provision that are more compatible with Australia's generalist secondary school model, and that incorporate stronger internal articulation. (Contains 3 notes.)