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Team Turnbull tries to win the West

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Welcome to the Western Australian Liberal Party campaign rally.

A sea of about 150 blue-t-shirt-wearing supporters gathered in the suburb of Maddington, to the southeast of Perth.

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They cheered and clapped as Malcolm Turnbull - the headline act - bounded onto the stage.

"We will win on July 2," a revved up prime minister told the gathering at the Burt/Hasluck campaign headquarters, with all of the party's WA candidates.

"Our values are right, our plan is right. This is our time. Let's go for it - July 2 - the day of decision."

Unlike Labor, the Liberal Party doesn't assume the good times should roll on.

"We know we have to make our own luck and we will," he said.

Mr Turnbull began the day hosting a youth employment forum in the Liberal-held seat of Cowan, spruiking his government's internship program.

As he worked the ring of chairs like a television show host, he met aspiring lawyer Godfrey Kenyi.

The Perth student recently undertook work experience at the local Magistrates Court and loved it.

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"I'll have a quiet word to you and talk you out of it later," Mr Turnbull, a former lawyer himself remembered for his role in the Spycatcher case, joked of Godfrey's ambition.

"Don't you dare," his wife Lucy chimed in.

"I was kind of nervous when I was talking to him, but he's very friendly," the 17-year-old later told AAP after taking a group selfie.

"He's got a good sense of humour."

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On a day where he faced questions about his pledge to match Labor's $100 million for the Townsville Stadium, Mr Turnbull also visited the home of baseball in WA.

There he pledged a coalition government would provide $6 million to upgrade Baseball Park.

And to thank him Perth Heat players welcomed him to be part of the team, presenting him with his very own shirt.

On the back it read: 'Turnbull.'

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