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'Father' of Inland Rail calls for project to end in Toowoomba amid cost blowouts

Everald Compton's campaigning for the Inland Rail put it on the agenda of the 1998 federal election. (ABC News: Michael Lloyd)

As the federal government seeks to rein in the multi-billion-dollar cost blowouts from the Melbourne to Brisbane Inland Rail project, some are asking: Will it ever be completed?

The man who is sometimes described as the "father" of the Inland Rail, Everald Compton, believes the government should cut its losses and finish the line at Toowoomba, 100km short of its original destination. 

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