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David Gilchrist

Director of the Curtin Not-for-profit Initiative & Author of the National Disability Costing and Pricing Framework, Curtin University

David Gilchrist is director of Curtin University's Curtin Not-for-profit Initiative. He is an accountant and an historian with over twenty years experience in the Not-for-profit and charitable sector in Australia and the UK. David has worked in government, not-for-profits and in commerce and researches and writes on governance, sustainability, outcomes measurement, accountability and reporting in the public and not-for-profit sectors.

Currently David is chairman of Nulsen Disability Services, chairman of the Kimberley Individual and Family Support Association, he sits on the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission Advisory Board and on the national Not-for-profit committee of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand. He is also a member of the Australian Accounting Standards Board Academic Advisory Panel.

Understanding the NDIS: the challenges disability service providers face in a market-based system

Jul 10, 2016 21:10 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health Law

On July 1 2016, the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) moved from a trial phase to a full national roll-out. In this series on Understanding the NDIS, we explore how the scheme works, why Australia needs it, and...

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Politics

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Joe Biden announces limited executive actions on gun control following mass shootings

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Science

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Methane is a short-lived but powerful greenhouse gas and the second-largest contributor to climate change after carbon dioxide. And the majority of human-induced methane emissions comes from livestock. About 70% of...

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Technology

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Digital Currency

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Law

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Life

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Nature

The Texas deep freeze left the state in crisis. Here are 3 lessons for Australia

Texas was a warning. Australia needs to rethink the design of its electricity market

How the Texas electricity system produced low-cost power but left residents out in the cold

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Technical Analysis

FxWirePro: GBP/AUD strongly bearish despite upside attempts

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