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Why the WA Liberal leader thinks her state prefers Dutton to ScoMo

WA Liberal leader Libby Mettam refuses to concede the looming state election is unwinnable, and say the exit of COVID-era premier Mark McGowan has changed the equation.

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Peter Dutton is proving more popular than Scott Morrison in Western Australia, according to the state’s Liberal leader Libby Mettam, who says the party will run “parallel and complementary” campaigns in the looming state and federal elections. Ms Mettam said she was confident Western Australians were warming to Mr Dutton after voters abandoned the Liberals in droves at the 2021 state and 2022 federal elections, in what she described as a challenging period for the party.

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