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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Joining me on the line right now is the Independent
candidate and Beverly Rata.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
He joins me on the line. Good morning to you.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Bev, Good morning Katie and to your listeners. And I
much prefer when I'm speaking with you advocating for others
than blowing my own trumpet. But I guess it's a politics, isn't.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
It it is, Bev. We've got seven minutes. Are you
ready to get started?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Yeah, let's go all right now.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Why did you decide to put your hand up for
the seat of Nelson again?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Oh? Well, because, as she said, I ran in twenty
twenty and I was really happy with my achievement of
forty two percent of the two candidate after campaigning twenty
three months because I had to resign from my job
as superintendent in the Australian Waterforce. And I believe democracy
is absolutely best served by diversity and having a contest
(00:52):
of ideas and trying to bring people together. And what
we've seen, certainly in Nelson over the last four years
with constant combativeness on party line, and I did detect
that in the incumbent this morning talking about the COLP
were you're actually elected as a local member to deal
(01:15):
with local issues. So I would have been happy to
support other independents, and I actually had a couple of
discussions with people they decided not to proceed, and it
was only a fortnight'd go on the day and couple
long with men that it became a parent. There wasn't
going to be no independent candidate. I've been working still
(01:37):
hard over the last four years progressing issues. I've been
on your show many ny times and some of those
issues that haven't had any progression. I've listened every day
of Parliament over the last four years and it has
been party line, not the local issues. So you know,
I'd really like to get to be elected and start
a focused as a local member on local issues, delivering outcomes.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Based on your previous experience and various jobs you know
you've got you've had, and and different community work that
you've done.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Why do you think you're the best person for the role?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Well, first and for almost you're right, I do have
a history of working with rural residents and both I've
worked with both CLP and later government and the public service,
and I have delivered outcomes and that's the things that
I see when missing I put my ability to deliver outcomes.
Use my board work both. I've worked in a ministerial
(02:35):
office back in the parent days. I've worked in the
key public Service, the Commonwealth Public Service, and while doing that,
I've been the primary pairer for four children undertaken. He's
volunteer work at these pre primary school over a decade
as yare of Communion College INT Cogso Rep, member of
Good Shepherd lud Employees Board, and I've worked with c Vier,
(02:57):
Jerry and Gary Higgins on the lot of the very
bad decisions that were made between twenty twelve and twenty sixteen.
And all our experience has given these skills in strategic planning,
you know, having a vision bringing people along with you.
Good governance, which is I'm sick of hearing about accountability
and Thankscounty, I actually deliver that. As a volunteer chair,
(03:21):
I was accountable for a twenty one million dollar budget.
I've got a good experience in financial management, hat and
most importantly advocacy. You're never going to get outcomes for
the people you should be serving by being combative on
every issue on every occasion. And what I do is
(03:42):
I get the facts and the evidence together, because then
you establish credibility when you're actually negotiating and advocating.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
What do you see as being the biggest issues in
the electroates?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Without doubt at the moment cost of living you would
be aware. It doesn't matter what shop you go in.
In every aisle there's a comments being made about bring up,
but the size of the packages is down. And look,
I know that we're not alone. There's not a lot
of leaders that any territory government can pull. But I
(04:18):
do know that both pardons have permitted to arrange of
measures to help with cost of living. Now I absolutely
support them, subject to them being costed and transparent as
to what's going to be cut to pay for them,
because I've heard you many times lead us and not
(04:40):
the Airo for the costings. We haven't got those yet
and no way will I ever support anything that cuts
the frontline services to schools, police and hospitals like we
saw in twenty thirteen and fourteen. Because of that was
a lot of hard work trying to get those services back.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Beverly, do you live in the electorate.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
I live across the highway in Goider. I've lived here
for thirty five years and I've advocated for twenty the
last twenty years for all members of the rural community,
Nelson Goida and actually even coming daily down at Berry Springs.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Why do you feel as though you're the best person
for the role.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Well, Katie, cost of living is the major ones. So
the longer term issues are planning and urbanization, and certainly
now the boundaries have also changed and Marlow Lagoon is included.
So there's a lot of issues to make sure that
(05:44):
people with existing amenity are not affected. And you know,
no developers right should overtake the rights of residents who
have already established their lifestyle. The other thing, all the
issues that were raised in twenty twenty about protecting and
enhancing our last well, none of those have really been actions.
Like the North world over, like they're not just an
(06:06):
issue at election time. Not schools not just an issue
at election time. And there's a big issue brewing with education.
I'm fairly up on public education, but with independent schools
because Marloe Lagoon has the Palmerston Christian College, Good Shepherd
(06:26):
Lutheran College as about a saras and student. So I
went for a briefing with the Independent Schools Association last
week and I'm horrified they are going to be significantly disadvantaged.
So you're looking at public fourteen hundred students their families.
Because the recent agreement that was signed, it's fantastic. The
(06:47):
public schools are going to be fully funded. You know,
I have advocated for that for decades, but now the
independent schools are only going to receive an increment of
three percent, whereas the teacher four point three.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Beverly, we've only got about thirty seconds left, so I
might ask you very quickly, why should people vote for you?
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Because I deliver outcomes on local issues and not simply
parroting what a party tells me to be combative on
in their best interest and the qualities I have. I'm honest,
I have integrity, and I work hard and I'm very
persistent to deliver outcomes to others.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Well, Beverly Rati seven minutes and five seconds, so we're
all around the same, amouch give or take two or
three seconds.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Much longer about what needs to happen? What will be
my brain?
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Well, Beverly, we really appreciate your time. It's always good
to speak with you. Thank you so much for being
part of our Meet the Candidate series.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Thanks for the opportunity Katie, thank you, No worries
Joining me on the line right now is the Independent
candidate and Beverly Rata.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
He joins me on the line. Good morning to you.
Speaker 3 (00:08):
Bev, Good morning Katie and to your listeners. And I
much prefer when I'm speaking with you advocating for others
than blowing my own trumpet. But I guess it's a politics, isn't.
Speaker 1 (00:18):
It it is, Bev. We've got seven minutes. Are you
ready to get started?
Speaker 3 (00:23):
Yeah, let's go all right now.
Speaker 1 (00:25):
Why did you decide to put your hand up for
the seat of Nelson again?
Speaker 3 (00:29):
Oh? Well, because, as she said, I ran in twenty
twenty and I was really happy with my achievement of
forty two percent of the two candidate after campaigning twenty
three months because I had to resign from my job
as superintendent in the Australian Waterforce. And I believe democracy
is absolutely best served by diversity and having a contest
(00:52):
of ideas and trying to bring people together. And what
we've seen, certainly in Nelson over the last four years
with constant combativeness on party line, and I did detect
that in the incumbent this morning talking about the COLP
were you're actually elected as a local member to deal
(01:15):
with local issues. So I would have been happy to
support other independents, and I actually had a couple of
discussions with people they decided not to proceed, and it
was only a fortnight'd go on the day and couple
long with men that it became a parent. There wasn't
going to be no independent candidate. I've been working still
(01:37):
hard over the last four years progressing issues. I've been
on your show many ny times and some of those
issues that haven't had any progression. I've listened every day
of Parliament over the last four years and it has
been party line, not the local issues. So you know,
I'd really like to get to be elected and start
a focused as a local member on local issues, delivering outcomes.
Speaker 1 (02:00):
Based on your previous experience and various jobs you know
you've got you've had, and and different community work that
you've done.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Why do you think you're the best person for the role?
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Well, first and for almost you're right, I do have
a history of working with rural residents and both I've
worked with both CLP and later government and the public service,
and I have delivered outcomes and that's the things that
I see when missing I put my ability to deliver outcomes.
Use my board work both. I've worked in a ministerial
(02:35):
office back in the parent days. I've worked in the
key public Service, the Commonwealth Public Service, and while doing that,
I've been the primary pairer for four children undertaken. He's
volunteer work at these pre primary school over a decade
as yare of Communion College INT Cogso Rep, member of
Good Shepherd lud Employees Board, and I've worked with c Vier,
(02:57):
Jerry and Gary Higgins on the lot of the very
bad decisions that were made between twenty twelve and twenty sixteen.
And all our experience has given these skills in strategic planning,
you know, having a vision bringing people along with you.
Good governance, which is I'm sick of hearing about accountability
and Thankscounty, I actually deliver that. As a volunteer chair,
(03:21):
I was accountable for a twenty one million dollar budget.
I've got a good experience in financial management, hat and
most importantly advocacy. You're never going to get outcomes for
the people you should be serving by being combative on
every issue on every occasion. And what I do is
(03:42):
I get the facts and the evidence together, because then
you establish credibility when you're actually negotiating and advocating.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
What do you see as being the biggest issues in
the electroates?
Speaker 3 (03:56):
Without doubt at the moment cost of living you would
be aware. It doesn't matter what shop you go in.
In every aisle there's a comments being made about bring up,
but the size of the packages is down. And look,
I know that we're not alone. There's not a lot
of leaders that any territory government can pull. But I
(04:18):
do know that both pardons have permitted to arrange of
measures to help with cost of living. Now I absolutely
support them, subject to them being costed and transparent as
to what's going to be cut to pay for them,
because I've heard you many times lead us and not
(04:40):
the Airo for the costings. We haven't got those yet
and no way will I ever support anything that cuts
the frontline services to schools, police and hospitals like we
saw in twenty thirteen and fourteen. Because of that was
a lot of hard work trying to get those services back.
Speaker 2 (05:00):
Beverly, do you live in the electorate.
Speaker 3 (05:03):
I live across the highway in Goider. I've lived here
for thirty five years and I've advocated for twenty the
last twenty years for all members of the rural community,
Nelson Goida and actually even coming daily down at Berry Springs.
Speaker 2 (05:18):
Why do you feel as though you're the best person
for the role.
Speaker 3 (05:23):
Well, Katie, cost of living is the major ones. So
the longer term issues are planning and urbanization, and certainly
now the boundaries have also changed and Marlow Lagoon is included.
So there's a lot of issues to make sure that
(05:44):
people with existing amenity are not affected. And you know,
no developers right should overtake the rights of residents who
have already established their lifestyle. The other thing, all the
issues that were raised in twenty twenty about protecting and
enhancing our last well, none of those have really been actions.
Like the North world over, like they're not just an
(06:06):
issue at election time. Not schools not just an issue
at election time. And there's a big issue brewing with education.
I'm fairly up on public education, but with independent schools
because Marloe Lagoon has the Palmerston Christian College, Good Shepherd
(06:26):
Lutheran College as about a saras and student. So I
went for a briefing with the Independent Schools Association last
week and I'm horrified they are going to be significantly disadvantaged.
So you're looking at public fourteen hundred students their families.
Because the recent agreement that was signed, it's fantastic. The
(06:47):
public schools are going to be fully funded. You know,
I have advocated for that for decades, but now the
independent schools are only going to receive an increment of
three percent, whereas the teacher four point three.
Speaker 1 (07:01):
Beverly, we've only got about thirty seconds left, so I
might ask you very quickly, why should people vote for you?
Speaker 3 (07:09):
Because I deliver outcomes on local issues and not simply
parroting what a party tells me to be combative on
in their best interest and the qualities I have. I'm honest,
I have integrity, and I work hard and I'm very
persistent to deliver outcomes to others.
Speaker 1 (07:28):
Well, Beverly Rati seven minutes and five seconds, so we're
all around the same, amouch give or take two or
three seconds.
Speaker 3 (07:36):
Much longer about what needs to happen? What will be
my brain?
Speaker 1 (07:40):
Well, Beverly, we really appreciate your time. It's always good
to speak with you. Thank you so much for being
part of our Meet the Candidate series.
Speaker 3 (07:47):
Thanks for the opportunity Katie, thank you, No worries
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