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Gillard visits junior AFL players in WA

Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dropped in on a junior AFL match in Perth, visiting some young players in the junior Auskick league.

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Prime Minister Julia Gillard has dropped in on a junior AFL match in Perth.

After backing Fremantle in the AFL local derby, Ms Gillard visited some young players in the junior Auskick league.

One anonymous spectator yelled out to the prime minister: "Oi,there's a game going on, get off the ground."

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She was then forced back behind the boundary line, with otherplayers of the Coolbinia Bombers Junior Football Club and a mediapack.

Ms Gillard's appearance follows Opposition Leader Tony Abbott'svisit with the Essendon Bombers at their Windy Hill HQ on Thursday.


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