❓ The WA government is committed to promoting LNG sales and WA's role as a global supplier, exemplified by the Minister's attendance at the LNG summit. The Minister also uses the opportunity to attack the Leader of the Opposition.
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I refer to the Government’s ongoing commitment to promote the development of Western Australia. What further plans does the Government have to promote WA as a supplier of liquefied natural gas to the rest of the world? Mr C.M. BROWN
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The Government has a very strong and ongoing commitment to further promote opportunities for Western Australia and to promote LNG sales from Western Australia. Next week I will be travelling to the United Arab Emirates and Gata for the purpose of attending the fourteenth LNG summit. This is a triennial summit of LNG producers and receivers around the world to examine changes in the industry and technological changes and opportunities for further supplies. I expect it will be a very informative and interesting world conference and one in which there will be a range of discussions with major LNG producers. Mr C.J. Barnett: Have you been invited to speak? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have been invited to the LNG summit to formally open the Chevron-Texaco stand, the major partner in the promotion of the Gorgon project. Mr C.J. Barnett: You are opening the stand? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN replied: The Government has a very strong and ongoing commitment to further promote opportunities for Western Australia and to promote LNG sales from Western Australia. Next week I will be travelling to the United Arab Emirates and Gata for the purpose of attending the fourteenth LNG summit. This is a triennial summit of LNG producers and receivers around the world to examine changes in the industry and technological changes and opportunities for further supplies. I expect it will be a very informative and interesting world conference and one in which there will be a range of discussions with major LNG producers. Mr C.J. Barnett: Have you been invited to speak? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have been invited to the LNG summit to formally open the Chevron-Texaco stand, the major partner in the promotion of the Gorgon project. Mr C.J. Barnett: You are opening the stand? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
The Government has a very strong and ongoing commitment to further promote opportunities for Western Australia and to promote LNG sales from Western Australia. Next week I will be travelling to the United Arab Emirates and Gata for the purpose of attending the fourteenth LNG summit. This is a triennial summit of LNG producers and receivers around the world to examine changes in the industry and technological changes and opportunities for further supplies. I expect it will be a very informative and interesting world conference and one in which there will be a range of discussions with major LNG producers. Mr C.J. Barnett: Have you been invited to speak? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have been invited to the LNG summit to formally open the Chevron-Texaco stand, the major partner in the promotion of the Gorgon project. Mr C.J. Barnett: You are opening the stand? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Have you been invited to speak? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have been invited to the LNG summit to formally open the Chevron-Texaco stand, the major partner in the promotion of the Gorgon project. Mr C.J. Barnett: You are opening the stand? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN: I have been invited to the LNG summit to formally open the Chevron-Texaco stand, the major partner in the promotion of the Gorgon project. Mr C.J. Barnett: You are opening the stand? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You are opening the stand? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN replied: The Government has a very strong and ongoing commitment to further promote opportunities for Western Australia and to promote LNG sales from Western Australia. Next week I will be travelling to the United Arab Emirates and Gata for the purpose of attending the fourteenth LNG summit. This is a triennial summit of LNG producers and receivers around the world to examine changes in the industry and technological changes and opportunities for further supplies. I expect it will be a very informative and interesting world conference and one in which there will be a range of discussions with major LNG producers. Mr C.J. Barnett: Have you been invited to speak? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have been invited to the LNG summit to formally open the Chevron-Texaco stand, the major partner in the promotion of the Gorgon project. Mr C.J. Barnett: You are opening the stand? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
The Government has a very strong and ongoing commitment to further promote opportunities for Western Australia and to promote LNG sales from Western Australia. Next week I will be travelling to the United Arab Emirates and Gata for the purpose of attending the fourteenth LNG summit. This is a triennial summit of LNG producers and receivers around the world to examine changes in the industry and technological changes and opportunities for further supplies. I expect it will be a very informative and interesting world conference and one in which there will be a range of discussions with major LNG producers. Mr C.J. Barnett: Have you been invited to speak? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have been invited to the LNG summit to formally open the Chevron-Texaco stand, the major partner in the promotion of the Gorgon project. Mr C.J. Barnett: You are opening the stand? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Have you been invited to speak? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have been invited to the LNG summit to formally open the Chevron-Texaco stand, the major partner in the promotion of the Gorgon project. Mr C.J. Barnett: You are opening the stand? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN: I have been invited to the LNG summit to formally open the Chevron-Texaco stand, the major partner in the promotion of the Gorgon project. Mr C.J. Barnett: You are opening the stand? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett: You are opening the stand? Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN: I have also been invited to have various other meetings in Gata and the United Arab Emirates. Unlike the Leader of the Opposition’s view of himself, I do not have the view that I am the greatest resources minister that ever lived. Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition has that view of himself, but my mother always taught me that self-praise is no recommendation. The only person who believes that and who is an absolute legend in his own mind is the Leader of the Opposition. When I first took over this portfolio, I went to a very large conference. The people organising the conference told me, “Every year we’ve had the Minister for Resources Development down here telling us how wonderful he is but, please, this year we might ask for a bit of restraint because we don’t need a 70-minute speech about yourself.” Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Several members interjected. Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN: I said that was okay and I was happy to oblige. If members read what the former minister said he would do and what he actually did, they will see a massive gulf. They would think that he had developed Western Australia single-handedly. I remember a contribution from you, Mr Speaker, when you said that the most energetic thing the Leader of the Opposition, as the Minister for Resources Development, did in his time was issue media releases about all the projects that were going to come but never arrived. Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.J. Barnett: Which ones? Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
Mr C.M. BROWN: The Leader of the Opposition sits opposite nitpicking and criticising, when we are out promoting the State of Western Australia. I tell the Leader of the Opposition that we are out there seeking to get some real runs on the board. We are not into individual self-promotion about me; we are into promoting Western Australia.
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