FED:Parties focus campaign on West

08-18-2010
FED:Parties focus campaign on West

Both major parties are making a last-minute bid to woo West Australian voters ahead
of Saturday's federal election.

Prime Minister JULIA GILLARD will spend the morning campaigning in the state where
Labor holds just four seats.

Labor MP GARY GRAY has told ABC radio it's the PM's third election campaign visit to
his state .. and shows her willingness to go the extra mile .. or seven thousand kilometres
.. to put her case.

Internal party polling shows Labor's trailing by less than a thousand votes in two
marginal Liberal-held seats in WA .. and there are nine thousand new WA voters following
the successful High Court challenge by advocacy group GetUp!

Deputy Opposition leader JULIE BISHOP says the coalition's contacting every one of
those voters .. and when the polls close in the east .. all eyes will turn west.

AAP RTV sld/jmt

KEYWORD: POLL10 WA (CANBERRA)

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