On the ground
Our insights are grounded in experience and shaped by the realities councils face.
Here you’ll find podcasts, published articles, speaking engagements and real-world case studies where our principal, Tamara Allen-Canny, shares practical perspectives and insights on asset management, governance, leadership and community risk, informed by decades of hands-on work in and alongside local government.
These insights are offered to contribute meaningfully to sector discussion and support leaders navigating complex decisions.
Podcasts and conversations

Did you catch our Infrastructure Matters Podcast episode with David Jenkins from IPWEA, Blake Gordon from Brightly and Tamara Allen-Canny?
This podcast gets into the reality of asset management in rural, remote and regional councils. Its a conversation that's grounded, practical and focused on what actually helps.
You can watch and listen here:
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▶️ YouTube: https://youtu.be/s34-bF_c5IU?si=rObh_qhUS4EMuuEy
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🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6wRGR4ZACaT7SVMSNFDEHh?si=0e5d3251d77d4d60
Speaking and presentations

As a thought leader in asset management, Tamara is often presenting on asset management topics, facilitating workshops or participating in panel conversations.
Tamara also consults to IPWEA Asset Management
Team assisting deliver of the Asset Management Pathway.
Tamara is also the Unit Chair for Asset Management for the Centre for Pavement Education Engineering (CPEE).
Articles and publications

Read our regular industry contributions
Reframing Audit as opportunity
Reframing audit as opportunity | LinkedIn
Embed asset management. Don't bolt it on.
Embed asset management. Don't bolt it on. | LinkedIn
Governance & Leadership: Creating the conditions for better decision making
Governance & Leadership: Creating the conditions for better decision making. | LinkedIn
Webinars

See below a link to our recent Webinar where we partnered with Brightly and IPWEA to discuss the importance of governance as a foundation for effective asset management.
https://event.on24.com/wcc/r/5247971/FDBC1D93DA8925099EB4484BA08FC20D
Memberships

IPWEA Asset Management Committee
IPWEA Q-NT Asset Management Steering Committee
Mediation Institute
Cherbourg Aboriginal Shire Council Independent Audit Committee member
