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Speaker 1: Well, before we wrap up for this morning, I think

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Speaker 1: we have just got time now for Kevin, one of

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Speaker 1: the other mayoral candidates, Kevin South, I believe joins us

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Speaker 1: on the line right now.

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Speaker 2: Good morning to you. Oh, hang on, that is not Kevin.

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Speaker 2: One moment Kevin, Good morning.

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Speaker 3: To you, Katie.

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Speaker 2: How are you very well? Mate? Are you ready to

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Speaker 2: get started? We are under the pump for time. Are

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Speaker 2: you ready? Absolutely, let's do it mate, Thanks so much

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Speaker 2: for calling through as well.

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Speaker 1: Now the first question this morning, what job were you

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Speaker 1: in before deciding to put your hand up for this

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Speaker 1: council election?

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Speaker 3: For at the last twenty five years, my wife and

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Speaker 3: I run our own business here. We had a mixed

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Speaker 3: industrial oh and suppliers, businesses and service so I've done

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Speaker 3: that for twenty five odd years. I worked there for

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Speaker 3: team and prior to that. We currently have a couple

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Speaker 3: of small businesses which are more sidelines than mainstream YEP in.

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Speaker 3: In the recent history, I spent fourteen years on the

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Speaker 3: board of the Country Club. I'm currently the chairman of

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Speaker 3: the Katrine Historical Society, which looks after the Katrin Museum.

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Speaker 3: Long association with golf, fishing Club, local rugby clubs and

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Speaker 3: forty all sorts of things.

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Speaker 2: And why how long have you lived in Catherine? First off, I.

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Speaker 3: Can tell you that I've been here long enough that

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Speaker 3: I knew your mother when she was in the amphole survey,

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Speaker 3: which is probably before you were born nineteen seventy four.

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Speaker 2: I came here nineteen seventy five.

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Speaker 1: We'll hang on my Well, my mom was there as

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Speaker 1: the she worked at the hospital, but we won't talk

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Speaker 1: about We won't worry about that because I know that

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Speaker 1: a matter.

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Speaker 3: Of anger at territory manner. She actually hosted us when

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Speaker 3: we and I got married in eighty three and we

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Speaker 3: went down there for our honeymoon.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if that's I don't know whether that

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Speaker 2: was my mum.

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Speaker 1: Well Wolf, No, my mom's Leslie Wolf.

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Speaker 2: Different on Kevin. Let's I'll talk about you rather than

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Speaker 2: my mum.

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Speaker 1: Though.

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Speaker 2: Let's go across to it.

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Speaker 1: Let's go across and find out why did you decide

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Speaker 1: to put your hand up to run for the mayor's job.

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Speaker 3: Well, we semi retired, freed up a bit of time

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Speaker 3: on previously. When you're when you're working your own business,

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Speaker 3: you don't have too much time apartment having an opinion.

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Speaker 3: You don't have time to help. So now freed up

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Speaker 3: a fee bit of time, and then we can put

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Speaker 3: in and or I can put in and commit to

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Speaker 3: the to the task. See if we can't pick a

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Speaker 3: few things that I see needed and what do you what.

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Speaker 1: Do you sort of see I mean taking some of

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Speaker 1: those issues into account.

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Speaker 2: Firstly, what do you see is the big issues?

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Speaker 1: And then how do you feel that you'd be best

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Speaker 1: placed to try and sort them?

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Speaker 3: I reckon Catherine's pretty well got most of the big

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Speaker 3: issues that are facing all regional areas, particularly in the

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Speaker 3: Northern territory. But I think the first thing that the

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Speaker 3: Customertown Council needs to do is get back to basics

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Speaker 3: and start addressing you know, roats, rats, roads and rubbish.

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Speaker 3: Let's let's sort out our our basic tasks, get back

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Speaker 3: to orow and the burgers and you know, do the

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Speaker 3: jobs that the council is basically there to do. It's

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Speaker 3: I think it's indicative of most local councils where they

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Speaker 3: you know, they've grown beyond that and then they lose

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Speaker 3: focus on that and neglect it and start, you know,

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Speaker 3: taking flat from people over some of the federally government

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Speaker 3: funded projects that don't always please everybody. And it's you know,

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Speaker 3: it's the just centers that are the layoutiest, but not

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Speaker 3: necessarily the most important. I mean, there's there's just things

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Speaker 3: in Catine and I sort of parp on liveability, which

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Speaker 3: are number of guys on board with, and it's you know,

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Speaker 3: it's a matter to me of making the town more

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Speaker 3: attracted to stay that will attract investors or obviously invest

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Speaker 3: in the town, invest in your destructure, build houses, you know,

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Speaker 3: like whether they're affordable or whatever. But there'll be an

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Speaker 3: option for people to actually rent a house and stay

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Speaker 3: here or buy a house if there's any available, and

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Speaker 3: we can grow our work population. Catherine screaming out for workers.

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Speaker 3: There's hundreds of jobs available, but I think Lea's Clark

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Speaker 3: is the nail on the head. You know, you can

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Speaker 3: get people to apply for the job you've got nowhere

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Speaker 3: for them will live.

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Speaker 1: Kevin, you've got about ten seconds left, mate, Why should

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Speaker 1: people vote for you?

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Speaker 3: Well, just a little bit corny, but I think I've

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Speaker 3: got enough runs on the board to prove my character.

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Speaker 3: A lot of people in town know me, and if

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Speaker 3: I get the job, I'll be doing the job.

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Speaker 1: Kevin South, thank you so very much for taking the

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Speaker 1: time to call through to us so that we could

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Speaker 1: have a chat with you.

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Speaker 2: All the best on the weekend. Thanks Katie, Thanks Mate.