SEGRA Talks SEGRA Foundation

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.

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

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 at the City of Karratha, following previous roles as a management consultant. George has a PhD in regional development, institutional economics and economic geography from UWA, holds a master of business administration from the University of Cape Town, a master of science from UWA and bachelor of arts from the University of California.

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 and international awards for his best practice approach to creating better places for people and business. His revitalisation project Our Town Our Future secured $15 million in project funding for a regional community of 12,000 people.