Smoko...

"Budget provides major funding boost for roading infrastructure"

It's true too, I got a brand new fluro vest yesterday.

And as you can see I have a few ideas for a smoko room, and dining facility.

A Personal Assistant *cough* would be nice too ...

Mind you, though $1.3 billion is a lot of dosh, maybe it is not enough....

To put things in perspective, Ireland, which like New Zealand has a population of just over 4 million people, has committed the equivalent of $NZ 70 billion in transport capital investment over the next 10 years, including $16 billion in private sector funding.

By comparison, New Zealand will be investing 1/6th of this amount over the same time, even with the latest $1.3 billion funding injection, and there is scant encouragement to private sector investment in transport infrastructure. " Scoop

I might have to emigrate to Ireland.

They must get a Guinness allowance