the west, page-3

enough of the carbonated (or is it carbondated) water please hbs.

as per nms ann 20/5, the 2nd boat was to cost $31m - whether this was the price eventually paid or not, dunno.
(due to huge changes to $A)
assume theres a few more $ left to play with, or they are allocated to the ROV's, or simply cash on hand for future project costs, we shall see.

but the significance is NMS were able to secure funding in this current environment.

niaroo - do patersons normally advertise such things in the daily paper ?