National Interest

It's all over: Japanese company Inpex says it will build its 12-billion dollar liquid natural gas plant on Darwin Harbour. This week's announcement is a blow for the new premier of Western Australia, Colin Barnett, who had hoped to swing the project back to his own state. Now the premier is laying the blame squarely at the feet of the previous state government, and has pledged to do a better job of nurturing the mining and natural resources industry than his Labor predecessor, Alan Carpenter. And he'll need all of the mining tax revenue he can get his hands on, if he's to live up to his promise to up spending in regional WA - a non-negotiable commitment in his bid to keep his minority government in office.

Guests

Colin Barnett
Premier of Western Australia

Presenter

Peter Mares

Producer

James Panichi

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