This is the second report of the Market Design and Evolution for Better Outcomes Research Program (also known as the Disability Services National Benchmarking Project). It provides a snapshot of the changes in the financial performance of a Panel of 154 disability service providers (providers)...

This is the first report of the Market Design and Evolution for Better Outcomes Research Program. It provides a snapshot of the financial status of 180 Disability Service Organisations from across Australia for the 2014-15 financial year. It also provides a baseline against which change can be...

This white paper utilises the observations and comments of a wide range of stakeholders and research about the implementation of the NDIS and its impact on the Australian Disability Services System. It is also informed by international experience and academic literature focused on economic...

The Australian not-for-profit and charitable sector is an important component in that country’s social capital. It delivers services and supports to some of the most vulnerable people in the community. However, up until recently, poor data sets related to the sector’s financial performance...

This paper focuses on financial reporting for the Australian Not-for-profit and Charitable Sector. It is principally concerned with raising sector-wide participation in the national discussion pertaining to Australian Accounting Standards and their impact on the Sector’s financial reporting...

The 2021 NDIS Pricing Review and Western Australian Pricing Review constitutes an opportunity for the Disability Services Sector to demonstrate the cost pressures impacting their operational sustainability and to inform the NDIA with respect to the nature of those pressures

This study was funded and undertaken by Professor David Gilchrist, convener of the Not-for-profits UWA Research Team at the University of Western Australia. The Not-for-profits UWA Research Team is a multi-disciplinary academic group focusing on developing research outcomes that are intended to...