ABSTRACT
The Toowoomba Accord functioned between 1986 and 1990, achieving limited success in realizing its first objective and failing to make appreciable progress towards the other three; it limped into 1991, and by 1992 it was moribund. This chapter gives a brief account of the history and operation of the Accord, pointing to, accounting for, and drawing lessons from its failures and its successes (see also Polhemus et al. 1991).
