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Aaron Bunch

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Wa premier lashes perth mayor as women s shelter closes | History Defined

Perth Lord Mayor Basil Zempilas is rumoured to be lining up a run at state politics. (Philip Gostelow/AAP PHOTOS)

A critical Perth women's shelter has closed amid a high-profile and heated war of words between Western Australia's premier and the city's mayor.

The political rivals are bickering over East Perth Safe Night Space, which provided inner-city emergency accommodation for more than two dozen women until Wednesday night.

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