Opposition leader Bill Shorten visited the hotly contested seat of Burt on Tuesday in what is likely his last visit to WA during before the federal election on July 2.
He had lunch at the Armadale Dome in the Jull Street Mall before speaking to passers by in the mall near the Australian Electoral Commission’s Armadale pre-polling booth.
He was also spruiking Labor candidate Matt Keogh and said Burt was an important seat to win if the party wanted to win the election.
“Matt Keogh was obviously a very good candidate in the (Canning) by-election so the Labor party has given him the chance to run for Burt,” he said.
“Voting starts all around Australia, this is a seat that Labor has to win to form government but I think our policies speak very well to the needs of people in Armadale, jobs, education, Medicare.
“That’s why we’re here because Australia isn’t Canberra, Australia is suburbs like Armadale, it’s a whole lot of people trying to do the right thing, raise their family pay, their mortgages, have a job and secure their retirement.
“This is about my fifth or sixth visit between the by-election and we did the town hall meeting so I feel like I know this particular mall very well.”
He said the Armadale Road widening and North Lake Road Bridge, which the Labor Party have committed to, would ease congestion and add valuable jobs to the region.
