Heather du Plessis-Allan
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And I just want to make sure that New Zealand companies are part of those bids, basically, to build out that situation.
Very, very positive, yeah.
And we have a lot of New Zealand businesses that are already registered as Australian businesses or subsidiaries over there.
Oh, yeah, absolutely.
So what I've agreed to is I've actually said I'm sending the New Zealand Trading Enterprise with the building and construction CEOs and heads of businesses there to actually go to Queensland.
And also they're quite comfortable coming here as well and doing a bit more of a roadshow with some more providers here as well.
So it's just trying to be, my job on those things is to be like the super salesman for New Zealand, really is how I look at the international part of my job.
And when you're a small country, how do you get share of mind?
And by doing something different, by going to see the 2032 Organising Committee, you register with them that, hey, listen, we're taking this really seriously.
We're up for it.
We're very positive about it.
And actually, when you think about that Olympic Games coming to our part of the world, granted to Brisbane, but it's going to have huge benefits for Australia and New Zealand and tourism and all sorts of things, investment.
Secret money.
Yeah, I woke up to that headline this morning.
No, no, it's not.
It's not actually that super exciting, to be honest, Heather, because it's an issue that blew up as we were finalising the budget.
It's about an accounting provision for an existing transport-related issue.
CRL.
No, no, no.
And it's just, but generally an accounting provision.