A new poll shows several key seats in Perth will go down to the wire, with the Liberal party losing primary support to more conservative parties
The Morrison government is facing a major task to hold on to at least two of its Perth seats, including that of Attorney-General Christian Porter.
Mr Porter, who holds Pearce with a margin of 3.7 per cent, is losing votes to One Nation on five per cent of the primary vote and Clive Palmer's United Australia Party is on two per cent. On a two-party preferred basis the Liberal Party's support has dropped from 53.6 per cent to 51 per cent. Primary support for Labor's Anne Aly, who holds Cowan by just 0.7 per cent, is holding, while here Liberal opponent Isaac Stewart is under hte 2016 result.
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