breakfast time for barny, page-4

"Whatever the State Government decides, it will not want to open itself to the risk of legal action."

And there lies CB's dilemma.
He gets pressure from the chinese to give them another go but leaves himself open to legal damages.
The time he has taken to announce whether there will be an extension could be because his team is trying to see if there will be any extensive damages hitting the state if he lets yilgarn back in.