Agricultural scientist Duncan Farquhar has his eyes set on getting Wagga's conference centre done, as well as several other projects he believes will ensure the city's ecological functionality and sustainability.
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Mr Farquhar, one of the five candidates on the Getting It Done ticket, is the regional operations manager for Australia's largest carbon farming project developer AgriProve.
He is also the founder of Ecoconnect, a startup that supports biodiversity research and development.
Mr Farquhar recently finished studying public policy analysis at the London School of Economics, has a masters in business administration, and is a member of both the Australian Institute for Company Directors and the Economics Society of Australia.
He also served in the 12th/40th Battalion of the Royal Tasmania regiment.
Mr Farquhar came to Wagga in 2007 and decided to ground his feet. He said his experience and accomplishments make him the right man to help lay a strong foundation to guarantee Wagga a sustainable future.
"The council is a $190 million turnover enterprise, so when we're representing the community, councillors also need to be reliable stewards of quite a large enterprise which employs 600 talented, capable people," he said.
"So being a leader of that is a significant responsibility, and it's good to have the financial and management capability, qualifications and skills behind that."
The biggest issue on Mr Farquhar's agenda is the resurrection of Wagga's conference hub, acknowledging the economic benefits investing in the conference industry could have for small businesses and employment growth.
"I think it's something that we need to come together as a town on," he said.
"If we can work out how and what that market needs, then people can build businesses and employ people to meet those needs, as well as the facility."
It's something that we need to come together as a town on.
- Duncan Farquhar
Mr Farquhar said conferences are a $10 billion industry nationally.
"If Wagga could get five per cent of that market, it would be a $10 million a week boost to small business and employment in the city," he said.
He is also advocating for the achievement of net-zero emissions by 2030 and expanding native box woodlands by 1900 hectares before 2030.
"As a group though, potholes ... it's important that we use the right standard of materials in our roads," he said. "[Also] cleaning up our Lake Albert, and adding shade sails above playgrounds, I'm committed to these."
Transparency is the key towards "getting it done" in Mr Farquhar's opinion and he said investors won't have the confidence to back projects without it.
"It's mainly about doing what we say we will do, so investors can believe with certainty that's what we're doing, and when we present a plan, that's the plan," he said.
"The world needs us to be the best we can be because we've got a great university, we're a great health town, and we've got a great military presence."
In the lead up to this year's election, The Daily Advertiser has profiled the candidates looking to secure a spot on Wagga City Council.