News - 20 July 2009 - Colin Barnett - Stuck In Triffids
Stuck in Triffids
BY GRAHAM LEECH (Strewth)
THE stink over West Australian Premier Colin Barnett's role in the stoush over the jarrah mansion where post-punk band the Triffids composed and recorded many of their songs might have been too much for him to bear. Barnett has strenuously rejected the allegation he helped The Cliffe's owner, Mark Creasy, get a demolition licence. "The people who are making the complaints are former fans, or groupies or roadies of the Triffids," Barnett says. "It's not about Colin Barnett, it's not about my son Russell Barnett, it's not about the heritage value of the house, it's not about the parliament. It's about the Triffids ... Don't you get it? It's about the Triffids." Barnett was last seen boarding the red-eye special to China.
