Colin Barnett Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Colin Barnett It's been talked about for a long time, but I think now I'm putting more of my time into broadening and diversifying the economy, we'll still be dependent on resources for the next 50 years but we'll broaden it out. Colin Barnett energy We'll still be dependent on resources for the next 50 years but we'll broaden it out, we will never be a manufacturing state and we don't aspire to that, but the area of greatest potential is probably agriculture. Colin Barnett energy China has now come back to slower growth rates. So therefore where else do we go. Colin Barnett energy It's only now that we see investment in about half a dozen hotels either in construction or going into construction. There was very little space for tourism, particularly middle income, lower cost, family-type accommodation and transport. Colin Barnett energy