Keep the faith, PM tells Sydney Labor MPs PRIME Minister Julia Gillard got one standing ovation after another as she spruiked the Labor message to the party faithful. Back in the crucial western Sydney heartland for the second time in less than a week, Ms Gillard addressed a candidates forum at the Rydges Hotel in Rosehill on Saturday morning. She told the room packed with western Sydney Labor MPs, candidates for September's federal election and young volunteers not to lose faith. " (Labor) people are champions of their community," Ms Gillard. This is a very stark contrast to what we see on the other side of politics and that came home to me so sharply this week. We had the leader of the opposition talking about writing his victory speech, (former treasurer) Peter Costello saying it was impossible for the Liberal Party to lose the next election. All of that is reinforcing the message that the Liberal Party thinks it's got the next election won easily and that the Australian people don't matter. Ms Gillard said Labor would campaign with the community sharply in its focus from now until polling day. "Ours is being out and one with the community," Ms Gillard said. Making sure we understand community needs and community pressures. Western Sydney has traditionally been Labor heartland but pollsters predict that at the election the current government could lose all 10 seats in the growing region. On Wednesday, Ms Gillard held a community cabinet meeting and a public forum in the safe Labor seat of Blaxland in western Sydney. In March, she spent five days in Rooty Hill, with that visit drawing a mixed reaction from the public. About one in 11 Australians live in western Sydney, which is home to more than two million people.