Insights

Thinking out loud.

Short reads on property, assets, AI, and AML/CTF compliance — the practical reality of Australian local government and the firms we build software for.

Property

Why council property portfolios drift

Nobody decides to lose track of a leasing portfolio. It happens one reasonable decision at a time.

2 Aug 20266 min

Property

What a property review should leave behind

If the work doesn't end in something that can be tabled, it ends in a folder.

2 Aug 20265 min

Property

They're not the same Act

Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland each run local government under their own statute. Property advice that quietly assumes otherwise gets found out fast.

2 Aug 20265 min

Compliance

AML/CTF Tranche 2: what you actually have to do now

Since 1 July 2026, real estate agents, conveyancers and accountants are AUSTRAC reporting entities. Here's the system you now have to run — without losing your week to it.

2 Aug 20266 min

Property

A review is a snapshot

Findings start ageing the day they're tabled. What keeps a portfolio defensible isn't the document — it's the cadence.

2 Aug 20265 min