Jubilant Julie Bishop promises new era after easy win in Curtin Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party Julie Bishop at her party celebrating her win in the Federal Election. JULIE Bishop has recorded an emphatic victory in the seat of Curtin. Ms Bishop promised a new era of WA-Canberra co-operation under an Abbott government. Can WA expect a better deal? I'm a West Australian first," Ms Bishop declared. Dressed in bright royal blue, the Foreign Affairs minister-in-waiting said she was proud to increase her margin - with a 1.4 per cent swing to 67.6 per cent. An A-list of political identities converged on the Subiaco community centre where the Bishop camp were not doing things by halves - a big marquee, flowing drinks, three TV flatscreens and maybe 300 or more helium-filled blue balloons. Premier Colin Barnett and wife Lyn were happy to quaff red wine in celebratory mood. "When the party was at its darkest moment, Julie held the team together," Mr Barnett said. Ms Bishop may face her first task attending Leaders Week at the UN Security Council. "Either Tony or I will attend that," she said. Ms Bishop also pointed to the plan to split roads funding 80:20 with the states. "I think that we will be working very closely with the Barnett Government to come up with better infrastructure," she said. She also pointed to the promised tax breaks for the mining and resource industries to undertake exploration. "This is something that the mining and resources sector have been seeking for at least a decade and we have now made policy," she said. We've balanced the arguments and we've decided that the mining and resource sector - and that's specifically in Western Australia deserves this kind of tax incentive to continue to be sustainable. After all, that's what our economy is built on. The deputy leader of the opposition, who is poised to take on the important role of foreign minister, cast her vote at Cottesloe Civic Centre along with the Premier. She then visited polling booths in the seat's most affluent suburbs - including Mosman Park, Nedlands, Swanbourne, Mt Claremont, Jolimont, Floreat, City Beach, Wembley Downs and Churchlands - but notably bypassed the more down-market Glendalough. "On the home run back to Dalkeith for the last booth!" she tweeted as the final moments of voting approached. Ms Bishop told PerthNow: "I think that we will be working very closely with the Barnett Government to come up with better infrastructure," she said. Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party Julie Bishop at her party celebrating her win in the Federal Election with WA Premier Colin Barnett. "So the commonwealth has more responsibility for major highways and the states then keep more of their dollars for light rail and public transport," she said. On the cusp of a career pinnacle that would see her become foreign affairs minister, Ms Bishop said it would be the "culmination of two decades of dreams." But she would be joining an international stage already facing its latest flashpoint. Does she personally support military retribution for the use of chemical warfare in Syria? "Our natural inclination is to support our allies, the US, the UK and others," Ms Bishop said. If the United States has conclusive or sufficient evidence to show that chemical weapons were used against civilians in Syria, then that is a legitimate reason for there to be a military strike. But it must be proportionate. And in these circumstances, our concern must be for civilians. Ms Bishop said her fear was that the Syrian hostilities could turn into a much broader sectarian conflict between Shi'a and Sunni Muslims throughout the Middle East. "And that is a terrifying prospect," she said. Ms Bishop has survived 20 years in politics and four male leaders. Her deft alignments with John Howard, Brendan Nelson, Malcolm Turnbull and now Tony Abbott reveal an adept political chess player. Does she feel that women cannibalise each other in politics? The women within the Coalition are very supportive of each other. There's a wonderful Madeleine Albright (ex-US Secretary of State) saying: `There's a special place reserved in hell for women who don't support other women'. I've tried to live by that. But I don't discriminate and go soft on the women; I'm as tough on Labor females as I am on Labor males.