SEGRA Talks

Meet the new SEGRA Directors Nadine and Sara, and reconnect with Charles as we talk about the challenges and opportunities in rural, remote and regional Australia

Half of the SEGRA Directors are back for another year! In this first podcast for 2024 hear from Simon, Ashley and Caroline about the challenges and opportunities in rural, remote and regional Australia.

Dr George Wilkinson recently completed his PhD titled ‘A Scarcity of Large Non-Capital Cities: A national analysis of the drivers of settlement in Australia,’ which examined how institutions sculpt economic geography in Australia. George has expertise in strategy, organisational design, and change management. He has recently commenced a role as the Corporate Development Manager

Natalie Collard is the CEO of Farmers for Climate Action. She was previously the EO of Food and Fibre Great South Coast.

In this episode, we meet Robert Prestipino, a passionate design thinker & project innovator for regional leaders seeking to create places that will thrive in the future. Robert is a qualified urban designer, registered landscape architect, corporate member of the Planning Institute of Australia and an Australian Certified Economic Developer. His work has received 19 national an

Get to know Toowoomba before the National Regional and Economic Development Summit. Chatting with three economic and regional development leaders from Toowoomba and the Darling Downs region, Neil Butler our podcast host discovers Toowoomba is the largest inland regional centre in Australia, it has an international inland port, a diverse industry base, an emerging café culture and

Mia Davies was born in 1978 to Dexter and Leonie Davies and raised in the Wheatbelt, on a farm near Wyalkatchem. Prior to entering Parliament, Ms Davies worked as a policy adviser for the Leader of the Parliamentary National Party, executive officer at the Chamber of Minerals and Energy and as a communications consultant. She holds a Bachelor of Marketing and Media from Murdoch Uni

Ian Ugarte is a full-time property investor, educator, public speaker, media commentator, and Australia’s leading micro-apartment, rooming house, and boarding house specialist. An unstoppable entrepreneur and educator, Ian has not only taught qualified building trades at as a senior educator with TAFE NSW, but he also shares his expertise in property development and property inve

Join Neil Butler, host of Podversations, as he interviews SEGRA Directors Simon Boughey, Ashley Bland, Charles Jenkinson, and Caroline Robinson from all across regional Australia. Together, they delve into their motivations for joining SEGRA and share their insights on the challenges and opportunities facing regional Australia. They also give a sneak peek into SEGRA's annual event