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Fact Checking Mr. Windsor: Only One Majority Parliament In The First 20 Years Of Federation?

In an election pitch for his return as an independent member in the NSW electorate of New England, Tony Windsor last night told viewers of the ABC’s QandA that country voters needed to use their clout “more strategically”.

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In putting his argument for having more independent members in minority parliaments, Windsor claimed that “in the first 20 years of Federation there was only one majority parliament”. [Read more…]