Environment Minister Melissa Price has approved Adani’s groundwater management plans, giving the company Commonwealth approval to start building its Queensland Coal Mine.
The Queensland Government is still yet to approve construction in order to protect a colony of black-throated finches around the site.
The project still requires more approvals to be granted from both Queensland and Commonwealth Governments before the coal can be dug out of the ground.
Ms Price accepted advice from the CSIRO and Geoscience Australia before making her decision.
She says, "This project has been subject to the most rigorous approval process of any mining project in Australia."