(Around 1981 SCV was abolished, and its functions transferred to Victorian Post-Secondary Education Commission (VPSEC), along with those of the Victoria Institute of Colleges.
By the end of the decade, federal government reforms to higher education in Australia made it clear that smaller degree-providing institutions would have to merge with larger ones.
During the 1990s, Monash Vice-Chancellor Mal Logan was able to secure tens of millions of dollars worth of government grants to undertake an expansion and redevelopment of the Peninsula Campus.
[citation needed] Major facilities at Peninsula campus complement its teaching and research strengths.
Further, Monash and all levels of Australian government are currently in the final stages of planning the $30 million Frankston Regional Aquatic, Health and Wellness Centre, to be located in the north-west corner of the campus.