Rocky start to first term over: Barnett

WESTERN Australian Premier Colin Barnett says the rocky start to his second term is behind him.

Addressing the WA Liberals' annual conference on Saturday, Mr Barnett acknowledged he had been heavily criticised - even by some in his party - for a string of controversies that has dogged the party since it secured a landslide win in March.

Not getting the Browse gas project onshore, cost blow-outs at the Muja power station, outcry over a planned cut to the solar feed-in tariff - followed by an embarrassing backdown - and the loss of the state's triple-A credit rating were listed.

"And to make it worse, the Dockers lost the grand final," he said, drawing laughs from the party faithful.

While he accepted the assessment of ratings agency Standard & Poor's that WA was racking up too much debt while GST revenue was falling as it relied too heavily on mining royalties, Mr Barnett said he wasn't going to take his foot off the pedal.

He reiterated that some of the state's massive capital works plans would be axed, slowed or put on ice, but said he was still intent on delivering urban rail and road upgrades.

His pet project the Elizabeth Quay riverside development - deemed an unaffordable luxury by some - was pushing ahead and land sales were set to reap big money.

The Premier also flagged the state's first week of repealing redundant legislation this month, a big native title settlement deal for Perth and the southwest within the next six months, and a soon-to-be-revealed agriculture deal with the United Arab Emirates.

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