He says the pitched battles on the Liverpool plains have changed people’s political views in the region. He returned home to help with the family properties, became involved in the anti-CSG activist movement, and worked with the independent Tony Windsor in the last federal election campaign. Wills says he’s not running in Nationals heartland to win on 2 December; he’s running to provide a community focal point for water and land use issues. He says farmers on the plains “have no faith in the coal companies and no faith in the National party”. A candidate from the Australian Country party, Ian Britza, who drove across the Nullarbor plain to run in New England, has been campaigning in Tamworth this week.

Source: The Guardian November 07, 2017 04:41 UTC