1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,160 Speaker 1: It's a rare time, Lisa, where so many people around 2 00:00:02,160 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: the planet are talking about one person, the late Queen. 3 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,520 Speaker 2: When the Queen and his Royal Highness, the Duke of 4 00:00:07,640 --> 00:00:12,239 Speaker 2: Edinburgh visited Perth in twenty eleven October, I think it 5 00:00:12,280 --> 00:00:15,000 Speaker 2: was twenty eleven, Colin Barnett was the Premier and he's 6 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:15,680 Speaker 2: joining us now. 7 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 3: Good morning, good morning, Nice to be on this show. 8 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: Nice to have you. Now, you would have overseen quite 9 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:26,160 Speaker 2: a few the organization of many things during your time 10 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:30,600 Speaker 2: as premier. What kind of scale was the organization of 11 00:00:30,640 --> 00:00:34,879 Speaker 2: the Queen's twenty eleven garden party on Well? 12 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:37,400 Speaker 3: There were several events for the Queen and can I 13 00:00:37,400 --> 00:00:39,519 Speaker 3: just say at the beginning, I think Elizabeth Key as 14 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 3: it is now is a lasting tribute to the Queen, 15 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:46,160 Speaker 3: which I think with Australian support. Look, there were two 16 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:51,159 Speaker 3: concurrent events. The Comwalf Heads of Government Meeting had fifty 17 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:55,800 Speaker 3: prime ministers and presidents. The host for that was Julia 18 00:00:55,840 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 3: Gillard as Prime Minister. But concurrently there was also a 19 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 3: Well visit to Western Australia which went for the three 20 00:01:02,960 --> 00:01:06,160 Speaker 3: days and Lynn and myself were the host for that. 21 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:10,080 Speaker 3: So one thing that really came through was just how 22 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:14,720 Speaker 3: hard the Queen and Prince Philip worked event after event. 23 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 3: From my point of view, I was quite determined that 24 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:22,200 Speaker 3: we would have a great event for the people of 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,920 Speaker 3: Western Australia. And there was a state reception held at 26 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:31,040 Speaker 3: Government House with about eighteen hundred people, beautiful night children 27 00:01:31,160 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 3: flowing in, school children from around the state. Perth put 28 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 3: on a magnificent display. And then the other event was 29 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:42,720 Speaker 3: the Great Dossie Barbecue take other people, and that was 30 00:01:42,720 --> 00:01:47,120 Speaker 3: Prince Philip's idea. He said we should have a barbecue. 31 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 3: So around one thousand, around one hundred thousand people came 32 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 3: to that and that was the Queen's last event as 33 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 3: it's proved to be in Australia, and the same for 34 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 3: Prince Philip. 35 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 2: I didn't realize its idea because I was going to say, 36 00:02:00,680 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 2: was there any pushback on that, like anyone saying you 37 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 2: can't have a sausage. 38 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 3: For the Queen and a terrific event. And Lynn and 39 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,400 Speaker 3: I also had the opportunity were invited to Buckingham Palace 40 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 3: several months before Chogham to talk to the Queen about 41 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 3: the arrangements and that was quite humorous because I was 42 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:30,200 Speaker 3: we'd made a mind to develop the waterfront of Birth 43 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 3: and reconnect to the city, and with the Chogham coming on, 44 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 3: I formed a view that would be really appropriate to 45 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:39,800 Speaker 3: call Elizabeth Keay, thinking it possibly could be her last visit. 46 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,120 Speaker 3: I was advised by a protocol in Australia, protocol in 47 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 3: London and Buckingham Palace that I shouldn't raise it with her, 48 00:02:47,680 --> 00:02:50,799 Speaker 3: it should be done more formally. Any case, when Lynn 49 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:53,200 Speaker 3: and I were with the Queen in her private apartment, 50 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 3: just three of us in the room, help yourself. This 51 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 3: conversation is pretty relaxed. It's all going, well, your majesty, 52 00:03:01,280 --> 00:03:05,160 Speaker 3: we're doing a rebuilding the old Perth Port and I'd 53 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:07,520 Speaker 3: like to call it Elizabeth Key and I was waiting 54 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 3: for the erection. She just said, oh, that'd be nice, 55 00:03:10,000 --> 00:03:10,840 Speaker 3: and I thought it great. 56 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:14,360 Speaker 2: I think I've read on the weekend you whipped out 57 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 2: a couple of photos to show her what was where 58 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 2: it was planned and everything. 59 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:20,720 Speaker 3: Yeah. I did have a drawing of what it was rounded. 60 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:24,480 Speaker 2: Yes, good. I never have missed opportunity. 61 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 1: Obviously before chalking, and then then the time as she 62 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:28,200 Speaker 1: was here. You met the Queen a couple of times 63 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:30,360 Speaker 1: for you and Lynn when you're especially when you're organizing 64 00:03:30,360 --> 00:03:32,920 Speaker 1: on home turf. Here is that a nervely time leating up? 65 00:03:32,919 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: Were you very nervous because you wanted everything to go well? 66 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:41,280 Speaker 3: Well, I don't say nervous, but very conscious that walking 67 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 3: around with the Queen, Lynn and I didn't push ourselves 68 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 3: to the front. We just did our role. But there 69 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 3: was an enormous amount of planning that went into the 70 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 3: whole event, both for State Reception and the Great Aussie Barbecue. 71 00:03:55,160 --> 00:03:56,720 Speaker 3: There was only one thing that went wrong, and that 72 00:03:56,840 --> 00:04:01,800 Speaker 3: was my fault. At the State reception, it's traditional to 73 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 3: present the Queen with a gift, and I thought this 74 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 3: has to be a bit special and what do you 75 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:12,240 Speaker 3: give the queen? So any case, someone discovered that in 76 00:04:12,320 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 3: the basement of the State Library there was a copy 77 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 3: of beautifully bound copy of drawings by Philip and Nikolinski 78 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 3: of wildflowers of Western Australia. And so that was the gift. 79 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 3: And when I was announcing it at the State Reception, 80 00:04:31,720 --> 00:04:33,920 Speaker 3: and everything was going well, and I sort of made 81 00:04:33,960 --> 00:04:38,279 Speaker 3: my little speech and then I said, and the gift, 82 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,920 Speaker 3: your Majesty is drawings art work by Philip, And suddenly 83 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 3: I lost it and I said Philip couldn't remember it. 84 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:54,560 Speaker 3: John Travolta, Prince Philip. Prince Philip jumped up and said, 85 00:04:54,720 --> 00:05:00,320 Speaker 3: she is in the audience. The funny little it was. 86 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 3: After that sort of humorous moment, I suppose I sat 87 00:05:03,160 --> 00:05:05,080 Speaker 3: back down in my seat next to the Queen, and 88 00:05:05,120 --> 00:05:07,080 Speaker 3: about three or four minutes later she just leant over 89 00:05:07,200 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 3: right into my face and said one of those difficult 90 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 3: names was. 91 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,480 Speaker 2: Oh, that's awesome. 92 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: Prince Philip did the old has anyone's sir carec that's unreal? 93 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:17,360 Speaker 1: Saved the day. 94 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:19,359 Speaker 3: So the whole three days had lots of little and 95 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:23,480 Speaker 3: majorg I have fantastic sense of humor in all. 96 00:05:24,880 --> 00:05:25,200 Speaker 2: Hear this. 97 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:28,320 Speaker 3: Yeah. And to walk around at her age, I mean 98 00:05:28,320 --> 00:05:29,760 Speaker 3: she was in a sort of getting into a late 99 00:05:29,760 --> 00:05:33,880 Speaker 3: eighty yeah around that for an hour just talking to people, 100 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 3: she was fabulous, absolutely fabulous. 101 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,240 Speaker 2: Well it must go down as as one of those 102 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 2: really great memories for both you and your wife Lynn 103 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 2: from your time as premier. And it's been lovely to 104 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:48,240 Speaker 2: talk to you again this morning. 105 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,000 Speaker 3: Thank you very much, And I think everyone now thinks 106 00:05:52,000 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 3: Elizabeth keyes the right name. 107 00:05:53,680 --> 00:05:57,840 Speaker 1: For I reckon that come around and Colin, thanks for 108 00:05:57,839 --> 00:05:59,760 Speaker 1: coming on as as Lisa said, well, you're probably quite 109 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 1: sad when you heard the news. So having that experience 110 00:06:01,839 --> 00:06:02,440 Speaker 1: with the queen. 111 00:06:02,240 --> 00:06:04,719 Speaker 3: All the best, all the best, do you. 112 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:08,240 Speaker 1: Former Premier column Barnet there and then he's admitted to 113 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:11,080 Speaker 1: that mistaking made very awkward worse. 114 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:13,440 Speaker 2: I thought he was going to tell us something, you know, yes, 115 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 2: h yeah, especially Philip Hatter. 116 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:20,520 Speaker 1: Did somebody say AMC moment we did. He saved the 117 00:06:20,600 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: day and he did save that. He was good for that. 118 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:23,560 Speaker 1: What a guy.