Tony Windsor was the Independent Member for Tamworth from 1991 to 2001, and stood in the NSW Parliament for 10 years. For nearly a third of his political career, Tony Windsor held the balance of power working to demand attention for country people from the major parties.

Serving as an independent member for the Australian House of Representatives seat of New England from 2001 until retiring in 2013 − supporting the incumbent Gillard Labor minority government at the 2010 election.

Tony Windsor talks to Oliver and Charlie for the Independents CAN podcast, discussing his views of the current good governance issues currently plaguing Australia's federal parliament, and his belief that history is made by those who turn up.