Well seems like we didn't need Wayne Swan's help after all.
from The Gun
"The best case scenario for SDL is Wayne Swan blocks the Chinalco deal and/or the 15% stake in Hammerlsy (spl?) Iron, the Chinese crack the sads and buy up every quality IO they can get their hands on and say up-yours Australia we'll get our iron ore elsewhere."
see article:
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/business/story/0,28124,25588971-643,00.html