The two approvals Adani needs to build its contentious coal mine in the Galilee Basin should be resolved by June 13, Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says.
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Adani and state environment department officials had met on Thursday to agree on the deadlineto finalise the environmental approvals needed for the mine to proceed, or not.
Ms Palaszczuk ordered the meeting after federal Labor's bruising defeat in regional Queensland electorates that want the jobs the mine promises.
Speaking from Cairns on Friday morning, Ms Palaszczuk said that earlier in the week she had given responsibility for developing the timeline on the approvals to the Coordinator-General.
"The Coordinator-General has been working his guts out, frankly, and I'm very pleased that all parties have come to the table and have been working with the Coordinator-General," she said.
"So I can advise the following: in relation to the two plans, decisions are due on the following time frames.
"I know initially people thought this was months and what I'm announcing today is it's in a matter of weeks."
Ms Palaszczuk said the black-throated finch plan was due by May 31, and the groundwater management plan was due by June 13.
"Everybody needs to have these issues resolved. That's the time frame that the Coordinator-General has set, he has advised me that this morning," she said.
"The full details of that plan are being finalised and he will send that through to me later on today."
Ms Palaszczuk said the news was a "breakthrough" and she thanked everyone for sitting down "in good faith" to resolve the issues.
She said the groundwater plan was dependent on CSIRO and the Coordinator-General was having detailed discussions with the CSIRO to meet the time frames laid out.
"We have approved other projects in this state, creating tens of thousands of jobs," she said.
The Premier said it was up to Adani to communicate with the people of Queensland on the number of jobs predicted to be created by the proposed mega-mine in the Galilee Basin.
"Mining communities, resource communities want to know that local employment is front and centre," she said.
Ms Palaszczuk said she had spoken with the CFMMEU to work with them on disagreements around the Adani Carmichael mine processes.
"I had actually a good conversation last night to the national president of the CFMMEU and I talk to people regularly from all different groups and, you know, at the end of the day, they want jobs," she said.
"They want good, decent jobs for their members but they also want projects that meet the laws of the land.
"Now we've got some firm time frames for decision-making to happen in relation to this project, and our laws - the Commonwealth and state - are strict.
"We need to make sure that projects do stack up and the projects that are getting the approvals are meeting the requirements under our laws."
Ms Palaszczuk said the deadlines were set by the Coordinator-General and she would not be drawn on whether she would make a final decision personally if the deadlines were not met.
Stop Adani, the campaign against the major mine, announced it was redoubling its campaign efforts in response to the announcement.
Mackay Conservation Group coordinator Peter McCallum said Stop Adani was "not going away."
"The election result is not a mandate for Premier Palaszczuk to ignore science and environmental laws and fast-track plans that put at risk Queensland's water," he said.
"The delay in Adani's plans being approved is because they've been grossly inadequate."
AAP
