Colin Barnett, perhaps Australia’s most obtuse political leader (though he’s got hot competition), announced over the weekend that:
…his state will “bounce back just as quickly as it has done every other time” from the economic slowdown brought on by the end of the resources construction boom and the falling iron ore price.
Mr Barnett yesterday opened the In the Zone forum at the University of Western Australia, saying the leaders forum that began in 2009 was “broadening our relationship with our Asian partners and indeed adding depth and diversity to that relationship”.
