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Barnett warned of link backlash

• People gathered inside and outside Fremantle Town Hall to hear community leaders discuss the Perth Freight Link. Photo by Emmie Dowling

WA premier Colin Barnett is alienating his electorate by pushing for the Perth Freight Link and risks a backlash at the next poll, warns former Cottesloe mayor John Hammond.

The colourful lawyer was one of the speakers at a packed-out public meeting about the link at the Fremantle Town Hall on Tuesday evening. Screens had to be erected in Kings Square because not all the 550-strong crowd could fit inside.

  

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