WA election: Labor swoop on Liberal safe seat as tough fight talk persists despite landslide predictions
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FebFebruary 2021 at 6:49am
Both WA leaders spent the morning campaigning with their candidates in Bateman, a safe Liberal seat.
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On the eve of early voting kicking off in the WA election, both major political parties are downplaying the significance of campaigning in a seat that was once the bluest of territory.
Key points:
Bateman is a safe Liberal seat but could be at risk of flipping to Labor
Mr McGowan maintains the election will be a tough fight
But the locations both leaders chose to campaign in on Tuesday indicated they had reason to believe the safe Liberal seat of Bateman could fall to Labor for the first time in its history.
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