October 3, 2025 • 6 mins
Local body elections are in the works – voting packages sent out and candidates advertising themselves on the streets and social media.
But Kevin Milne has a question: how much weight do the candidates photos hold in securing votes?
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from news Talks at b AH.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Here you go, Jack, I worked as a children's publisher
here for many years, had the pleasure of working with
Dame Linley, and you are one hundred percent correct. Everyone
thinks they can write a children's books and they simply can't.
It's an art form that's seriously underrated. You not only
have to appeal to the kids, but you also have
to make it clever enough to keep parents entertained after
multiple readings. As I'm sure you are discovering long live authors,
(00:36):
says Vicky Jack. I couldn't agree more, says Robin Slinky
Milinkey Catflaps has to be the absolute best. Love you
work and Jack. We have two grandchildren in France. They
have the Herey McClary books and we read them together
over FaceTime. They have their copy, I have mine. It's
absolute magic and the first thing we will do together
when they arrive in November, says Pam. Oh, that's so nice.
(00:57):
Pam ninety two ninety two is our text number. If
you want to send us a message this morning, you
can email me as well. JACKTEWSTALKSB dot co dot n
z our Sporto is going to be here very shortly
with his thoughts on the second Leader's low tonight in Perth.
But first up, Kevin Milt here to kick us off
for our Saturday to get their killed to Kevin.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Hello, Jack, you're an ambitsis start. Do you deep down
think that if you had the time, you could write
a pretty good children's book? I?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Okay, here's the thing. I know that people overestimate their
own abilities. Right, So I have a few things that
are absurd that I know seem absurd to others, but
I still believe.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
So.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
For example, if I'm in the ocean, I believe that
I have the strength to swim to any land mass
I can see. So if I'm twenty kilometers from a
land mass in the ocean, I think, you know what,
if push came to shove, I could make it. That's
my first one.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
My second one.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
You know how they think that men overestimate their abilities
to land a commercial jetliner. I think that in an emergency,
with the instruction from air traffic control, I could land
a commercial jet Now I know that seems absurd, but
I still think I can do it.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
My third, second one, doesn't seem Yeah, that second one
doesn't seem served to me in your case, but to me.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
No, it's definitely absurd. There's no way we could do it.
The third one is that every time I go to
the zoo, I look at a cheetah and I think,
you know what, I couldn't outrun that thing, but I
could beat it in a fight. It's much smaller. It's
much smaller than I always like, you know what, a lion, yep,
that's going to be hard. A tiger that looks pretty powerful,
but a cheatah is just a slightly bigger cat, very skinny.
(02:41):
I'm like, one blow and that thing's done, you know.
So those are my three really absurd things. But I
think I'll add a fourth, and that is that I think,
oh yeah, ha ha, could it beat a writer like
a children's book that sells ten million copies worldwide? I
think it's way, way, way harder than most of us appreciate.
That's my take.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you're right, as although I've always
thought that if I could, it wouldn't be easy, of course,
but I think that if I really set myself the task,
i'd love to do it. I think half of it
would be to find somebody who could do great illustrations.
And I did find a superb art, this one who
(03:20):
agreed with me. I don't think it would have happened,
but he agreed he would do the artwork if I
write the script. And I wish I'd done it, of
course now.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
But it's not too late, not too late, never too late.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Why not?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
My other thing is I reckon I could record a
pop song and.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Never too late. Well, look, Paul Holmes released an album,
so why not?
Speaker 3 (03:49):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Anyway, you were casting your mind forward as the last week,
of course of the local elections campaign, and you've been
thumbing through your local candidates book and getting to know
the candidates.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I wonder at local election times how critical the photo
is of candidates becoming the final result. Let's face that
not many voters do much research into candidates. Is certainly
the local elections which least I probably put myself in
this sometimes based just on their photos. Is this candidate attractive?
Does that one look intelligent? It'd be interesting after the
(04:25):
elections to match up successful candidates with how appealing their
photographs were and see if there's a link. On the
other hand, It does astonish me how some candidates put
no effort whatsoever into getting a decent photo taken of themselves.
A selfie in the shadows will do, goofy grin. What
(04:46):
are they thinking? I've got a local electioneering story, Jack,
I'd love to tell you. It goes back about twenty
years when I was on the Telly every week fronting
a huge rating consumer show. Our local mayor, whose surname
also happened to be Milne, Sam's mine, was running for
a reelection. His team had erected hundreds of election signs
(05:08):
all over town. They had no photo, but simply said
Milne for Mayor. And wisely, these signs were erected before
nomination for mayor had closed. It was an awful trick
to play, Jack, but I couldn't resist it. I wrung
up the mayor and I said, Kevin Milne here, Alan
just thought I should let you know I've decided to
(05:29):
run for mayor. There was silence. The sight of hundreds
of Milne for Mayor signs working just as well for
me as for him, must have passed in front of
his eyes. I didn't let him suffer for long, just
getting allan, you're you're the man for the job. Good luck,
and he took it well. In fact, promised to keep
(05:50):
a spare Milne for mayor signed for me and his garage.
Regrettably I forgot to pick it up. But there's just
a little story. It always makes me smile.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
That you tell you what, you get some real characters
for the local body elections as well, Like you say
that the budgets for theeering don't extend to what they
might and say a national election or something like that.
And yeah, I'm always amazed too. And the thing is,
I mean, it's it's actually a great sign for democracy
that all of these you know, all of all the
(06:20):
characters who come and come would work and put themselves
forward for various things. I always think, oh, okay, there
you go, very good. It's great that we've got a
system that allows these people to put themselves forward a
public office. And yeah, and even if they're not prepared
to take a photo that's in focus or anything like that,
and then hopefully.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Yeah, we don't insist they have to do your hair
before you get taken.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah totally. Hey, thanks so much, Kevin. You have a
great weekend and we will catch you again very soon.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to news talks that'd be from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack team podcast
from news Talks at b AH.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Here you go, Jack, I worked as a children's publisher
here for many years, had the pleasure of working with
Dame Linley, and you are one hundred percent correct. Everyone
thinks they can write a children's books and they simply can't.
It's an art form that's seriously underrated. You not only
have to appeal to the kids, but you also have
to make it clever enough to keep parents entertained after
multiple readings. As I'm sure you are discovering long live authors,
(00:36):
says Vicky Jack. I couldn't agree more, says Robin Slinky
Milinkey Catflaps has to be the absolute best. Love you
work and Jack. We have two grandchildren in France. They
have the Herey McClary books and we read them together
over FaceTime. They have their copy, I have mine. It's
absolute magic and the first thing we will do together
when they arrive in November, says Pam. Oh, that's so nice.
(00:57):
Pam ninety two ninety two is our text number. If
you want to send us a message this morning, you
can email me as well. JACKTEWSTALKSB dot co dot n
z our Sporto is going to be here very shortly
with his thoughts on the second Leader's low tonight in Perth.
But first up, Kevin Milt here to kick us off
for our Saturday to get their killed to Kevin.
Speaker 3 (01:14):
Hello, Jack, you're an ambitsis start. Do you deep down
think that if you had the time, you could write
a pretty good children's book? I?
Speaker 2 (01:24):
Okay, here's the thing. I know that people overestimate their
own abilities. Right, So I have a few things that
are absurd that I know seem absurd to others, but
I still believe.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
So.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
For example, if I'm in the ocean, I believe that
I have the strength to swim to any land mass
I can see. So if I'm twenty kilometers from a
land mass in the ocean, I think, you know what,
if push came to shove, I could make it. That's
my first one.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
My second one.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
You know how they think that men overestimate their abilities
to land a commercial jetliner. I think that in an emergency,
with the instruction from air traffic control, I could land
a commercial jet Now I know that seems absurd, but
I still think I can do it.
Speaker 3 (02:13):
My third, second one, doesn't seem Yeah, that second one
doesn't seem served to me in your case, but to me.
Speaker 2 (02:20):
No, it's definitely absurd. There's no way we could do it.
The third one is that every time I go to
the zoo, I look at a cheetah and I think,
you know what, I couldn't outrun that thing, but I
could beat it in a fight. It's much smaller. It's
much smaller than I always like, you know what, a lion, yep,
that's going to be hard. A tiger that looks pretty powerful,
but a cheatah is just a slightly bigger cat, very skinny.
(02:41):
I'm like, one blow and that thing's done, you know.
So those are my three really absurd things. But I
think I'll add a fourth, and that is that I think,
oh yeah, ha ha, could it beat a writer like
a children's book that sells ten million copies worldwide? I
think it's way, way, way harder than most of us appreciate.
That's my take.
Speaker 3 (02:59):
Yeah, yeah, I'm sure you're right, as although I've always
thought that if I could, it wouldn't be easy, of course,
but I think that if I really set myself the task,
i'd love to do it. I think half of it
would be to find somebody who could do great illustrations.
And I did find a superb art, this one who
(03:20):
agreed with me. I don't think it would have happened,
but he agreed he would do the artwork if I
write the script. And I wish I'd done it, of
course now.
Speaker 2 (03:32):
But it's not too late, not too late, never too late.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
Why not?
Speaker 2 (03:37):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (03:37):
My other thing is I reckon I could record a
pop song and.
Speaker 2 (03:45):
Never too late. Well, look, Paul Holmes released an album,
so why not?
Speaker 3 (03:49):
That's right.
Speaker 2 (03:50):
Anyway, you were casting your mind forward as the last week,
of course of the local elections campaign, and you've been
thumbing through your local candidates book and getting to know
the candidates.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
I wonder at local election times how critical the photo
is of candidates becoming the final result. Let's face that
not many voters do much research into candidates. Is certainly
the local elections which least I probably put myself in
this sometimes based just on their photos. Is this candidate attractive?
Does that one look intelligent? It'd be interesting after the
(04:25):
elections to match up successful candidates with how appealing their
photographs were and see if there's a link. On the
other hand, It does astonish me how some candidates put
no effort whatsoever into getting a decent photo taken of themselves.
A selfie in the shadows will do, goofy grin. What
(04:46):
are they thinking? I've got a local electioneering story, Jack,
I'd love to tell you. It goes back about twenty
years when I was on the Telly every week fronting
a huge rating consumer show. Our local mayor, whose surname
also happened to be Milne, Sam's mine, was running for
a reelection. His team had erected hundreds of election signs
(05:08):
all over town. They had no photo, but simply said
Milne for Mayor. And wisely, these signs were erected before
nomination for mayor had closed. It was an awful trick
to play, Jack, but I couldn't resist it. I wrung
up the mayor and I said, Kevin Milne here, Alan
just thought I should let you know I've decided to
(05:29):
run for mayor. There was silence. The sight of hundreds
of Milne for Mayor signs working just as well for
me as for him, must have passed in front of
his eyes. I didn't let him suffer for long, just
getting allan, you're you're the man for the job. Good luck,
and he took it well. In fact, promised to keep
(05:50):
a spare Milne for mayor signed for me and his garage.
Regrettably I forgot to pick it up. But there's just
a little story. It always makes me smile.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
That you tell you what, you get some real characters
for the local body elections as well, Like you say
that the budgets for theeering don't extend to what they
might and say a national election or something like that.
And yeah, I'm always amazed too. And the thing is,
I mean, it's it's actually a great sign for democracy
that all of these you know, all of all the
(06:20):
characters who come and come would work and put themselves
forward for various things. I always think, oh, okay, there
you go, very good. It's great that we've got a
system that allows these people to put themselves forward a
public office. And yeah, and even if they're not prepared
to take a photo that's in focus or anything like that,
and then hopefully.
Speaker 3 (06:37):
Yeah, we don't insist they have to do your hair
before you get taken.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah totally. Hey, thanks so much, Kevin. You have a
great weekend and we will catch you again very soon.
Speaker 1 (06:47):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to news talks that'd be from nine am Saturday, or
follow the podcast on iHeartRadio
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