in 18 months time Qld might have a new government.
Climbing into bed with the greens equals no dams equals floods and they could be tossed out of government, which would suit CDU all the way.
SFR's ore reserves are not big, they are talking a mine life of 7 years at 1.5mt year. That might be less than the Bonanza part of CDU, remember we haven't counted the nuggets yet.