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By Wayne Jansson<\/a><\/p>\n 30 August 2013<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n The Victorian Farmers Federation hosted a candidates forum in the CWA hall at Wangaratta last night. Arriving late due to a storm that had thrown tree branches across the road at various points on the way in, I was surprised to see the crowd spilling out the door. On a cold storming night I was expecting most to stay away.<\/p>\n Candidate forums are becoming popular in Indi because there’s a real contest in this election. Many people were live tweeting the event, including the VFF.<\/p>\n A notable absence of the night was ‘the train guy’ Hayes, who proved a popular figure at the last forum in Wodonga. The night kicked off with a welcome to country.<\/p>\n Uncle Wally performing a welcome to country at Wangaratta #indivotes<\/a> forum<\/p>\n — Tom Anderson (@TomAnderson62) August 29, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/strong><\/strong>STOP PRESS: The Coalition is looking increasingly shaky from rural Australia as former National Party MP Ken Jasper publicly pledges his support for Independent candidate for Indi Cathy McGowan. Jasper was recently seen showing McGowan around at a local football match.McGowan placed an advertisement in the Border Mail<\/em> today, a letter with a list of local prominent supporters including former Wangaratta mayors Roberto Paino and Don Joyc, former Indigo mayor Ali Pockley and Wodonga’s Liberal identity Glen Nicholls. There are rumours other high profile members of the Coalition parties are also supporting McGowan’s campaign. No Fibs recently asked McGowan if she had been talking with former Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer about her campaign. Her reply: “Not this week.”<\/div>\n![\"IMG_8420\"](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nofibs.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/IMG_8420.jpg?resize=600%2C315\")
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