'I'm not arrogant, I'm a real leader': Colin Barnett Premier Colin Barnett says being a leader means "sticking to your guns." COLIN Barnett says he won't let claims that he is arrogant stop him from making bold decisions about the future of WA if he is re-elected Premier. Mr Barnett told The Sunday Times he was in the job to "make decisions" and being a leader meant "sticking to your guns." He said he was proud that his Government had been one that got on with projects "very quickly" and hadn't let "time drift by." "For anyone who is a Premier of the state, you are there to make decisions and the most common talk I give to Cabinet Ministers is to say, 'Your job is to make decisions and hopefully you will get most of them right because that's what you're elected to do'," Mr Barnett said. Tough decisions and determination and sticking to your guns is, I think, a big part of what leadership is about. I think people become very frustrated with a government that puts off decisions, can't make up its mind, flip-flops or simply sets up another committee or another review. I was very determined that, for so long as I'm Premier, that will not be the way this Government operates. Labor has run a constant campaign to brand Mr Barnett arrogant for things such as the $25 million redevelopment of historic Hale House, dubbed the "Premier's Palace," naming the foreshore development Elizabeth Quay without public consultation, and his questioning why airconditioners were now a "necessity of life." But the Premier challenged Opposition Leader Mark McGowan to "try and think of something original" before the campaign ends. "Mark McGowan calls me arrogant every day," Mr Barnett said. It's just a cliche you find Oppositions always call governments arrogant. I don't think it's true, but I think it's also become incredibly boring that every day I get that accusation. Admitting he may "sometimes be seen as a little serious," the Premier said his record over the past four years spoke for itself. "Was it arrogant to put a children's hospital ahead of a football stadium, which we did?," he said. And was it arrogant to give nearly 1000 community-based organisations a 25 per cent increase in funding of $600 million? Mr Barnett said a major task of a second term would be to broaden the economy and build on WA's relationship with Asia. Today, he will announce a $400,000 pledge, offering grants to community groups or local governments to establish new community gardens or maintain existing ones.