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Day 14 of the WA election campaign

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WA ELECTION CAMPAIGN: DAY 14

WHERE THE LEADERS CAMPAIGNED

* Premier Colin Barnett campaigned in Bicton, a key new seat in Perth's south held by the Liberals by 10 per cent but considered winnable for Labor

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* Labor leader Mark McGowan was in West Swan, notionally Liberal-held by 0.9 per cent after boundary redistributions, with a sitting Labor MP

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE DAY

* The Liberals pledged $1 million to refresh Bicton Baths on the Swan River in a key electorate

* Premier Colin Barnett said he didn't know One Nation's policies, while defending the Liberals swap with the party, but said the Nationals preferencing the Greens proved that preferences deals do not mean an endorsement

* WA Labor leader Mark McGowan met with Swan Valley grape growers to inspect flood damage and urged people to support local producers

* The WA Nationals preferenced the Greens ahead of the Liberals in three upper house regions

* The WA Greens proposed safe access zones outside sexual health clinics to keep anti-abortion protesters away

QUOTES OF THE DAY

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* "I've got to say when I looked at it I didn't recognise myself. I've never thought of myself as a redhead. My mother was a redhead so who knows, maybe there's a hidden gene there somewhere." - Colin Barnett, responding to a digitally-altered depiction of him looking like Pauline Hanson on the front of The West Australian newspaper

* "Sue Ellery on behalf of all redheads is deeply offended ... I'll leave the West to their front pages, but on behalf of all redheads I think Sue Ellery is going to protest." - Mark McGowan weighs in too

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