Tony Windsor backs five independent candidates in inland rail electorates

Former MP says regional communities need independent representation in parliament for inland rail concerns to be heard

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Former independent Tony Windsor and inland rail advocate Everald Compton have backed five independent candidates in regional electorates in a bid to change political representation on or near the proposed inland rail route.

Windsor, the former New England MP prior to Barnaby Joyce, said local communities would be heard on their inland rail concerns if they had independent representation in a hung parliament. Windsor was one of three independents who held the balance of power during the Gillard government's term.

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