Mark Catches up with Kym Hanton, independent candidate for Spence, South Australia.

Hands on ExperienceAbout Kym HantonKym Hanton is a 50-year-old father and sole parent. Kym began his career with the Royal Australian Airforce in 1998 and still serves as a reservist, was a Police officer of the South Australian Police for 17 years from 2004 to 2021, working in numerous fields including prosecution, general duties and various operations.Kym found this role challenging but rewarding, Kym has always been a keen advocate for serving the community as a front-line worker. Kym for personal and professional reasons decided to pursue a career change and whilst working as a weapons instructor for the Royal Australian Airforce, he ventured into postal delivery services where he continues to serve the community but in a different format.Kym has been involved in numerous community issues such as the Riverlea estate and the remains located, which was exposed by the podcast he hosts called The Handson Experience. He has also been involved in the Playford and Salisbury council with their developments taking a keen interest in the community needs and trying to hold those in all levels of government accountable.Kym feels that his professional career experience and depth of knowledge with an understanding of community expectations and diversity will form a solid foundation for being in parliament.Kym also being a dedicated family man, has great concerns for the future of our children and the associated negative impacts that the current and former government bodies have caused. This has caused the destruction of not only South Australia’s economy but also had a negative impact on families mental health and physical wellbeing.Kym will also focus on contentious issues such as water rights, rising costs of horticulture and agriculture affecting Australia’s food production with ongoing negative consequences. Furthermore, Kym understands the impacts on the costs of living because unlike most politicians he is well aware of how much harder it is living from paycheck to paycheck with no end in sight.Mark’s Substack is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.Click here if you’d like to buy me a coffee instead! or scan 👇Disclaimer: All content is presented for educational and/or entertainment purposes only. Under no circumstances should it be mistaken for professional advice, nor is it at all intended to be taken as such. The contents simply reflect current newsworthy items for many varying topics that are freely available. It is subject to error and change without notice.Neither this Substack nor any of its principals or contributors are under any obligation to update or keep current the information contained herein.Although the information contained is derived from sources which are believed to be reliable, they cannot be guaranteed.Disclosure: Mark Neugebauer accepts no advertising or compensation, and has no material connection to any products, brands, topics or companies mentioned anywhere on this post. However individuals on a personal level may subscribe financially to Mark’s Substack This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit markneugebauer.substack.com