The Federal Court, the Queensland Government and green groups have all been blamed for the latest blow to the proposed Carmichael coal mine by north Queensland federal MP George Christensen.

The Member for Dawson has voiced his concerns over a court ruling to set aside the approval of Adani's $16 billion project in the Galilee Basin because of issues arising from advice about two vulnerable species, the yakka skink and ornamental snake.

"I think that the court case basically shifted the goal posts on how these Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act assessment have got to be made," he said.

"Because my understanding from advice from the Federal Environment Department is that this similar type of assessment has happened before, happened many a time, there've been many a project has been approved on the same basis that this was approved.

"My understanding is that while the court was leaning in a direction that probably would have raised the bar for the actual amount of information that was needed on the table to prove that there had been a significant look at species, such as the ornamental snake and the yakka skink.

"The department had gone and looked at that stuff but they've raised the bar, so effectively changed how the ... approvals are done and are administered.

"While the green movement may have won the battle here they have not won the war, because in six to eight weeks a reassessment will be done, as per the courts wishes, and I would assume given that there's no significant new information on the table, that decision will end up as an approval for the mine once again."

The Coalition MP said the Queensland Government was also partly to blame for the delay because it helped to fund the Mackay Conservation Group, which launched the legal challenge.

"Anthony Lynham is out there, the state mines minister, saying 'this is terrible and I can't believe this green group has done that', and yet only a few weeks ago in their budget they gave them $50,000, it's there in black and white," Mr Christensen said.

"The Queensland Labor Government, that's supposed to be in favour of these jobs being created, actually funding the group that's taken Adani to court and delayed the project."

The approval of the Carmichael coal mine was set aside because of a bureaucratic bungle over two vulnerable species, including the ornamental snake. ( ABC News, file image )

The Mackay Conservation Group confirmed the group had received $50,000 from the Palaszczuk Government in the July budget, but said the previous LNP administration had also contributed the same amount every year of its term in office.

Mr Christensen said he had spoken with Indian resources giant Adani since the ruling, and was told the company had not been deterred.

"In fact what they've said is they're going to be waiting for the Federal Environment Minster to come out with whatever decision he comes out with in six to eight weeks," he said.

"Then they'll make a statement on the time frame they're working to, because obviously that is what may have significantly changed because of this legal setback."

Mr Christensen also denied the Commonwealth Bank had pulled out of its role as financial adviser to the controversial project, even though the bank itself has issued a statement confirming the termination of its services.

"My understanding is that Adani has requested the suspension of that because they have suspended basically all significant work associated with the project until the approvals are lined up," he said.

"They are sick of spending money and getting no results and you can't blame them, in fact you wouldn't blame them for walking away from Australia after so many approvals have come and gone and been dashed.

"They're still sticking it out and they're still interested in investing so we will see what will happen once they've got all their approvals in place."

Green groups 'have no authority to act for community'

Mr Christensen said the sentiment was far less optimistic in his electorate, where "hope was fading every day" that work on the mine would commence and bring an economic boost to the region.

"The green movement is out there saying, 'we've done this on behalf of the community', but who in the community actually gave them the authority to go and act on their behalf?

"I find it very strange that we have this group in Mackay, the Mackay Conservation Group... and the Carmichael mine is as far as Bundaberg is from Mackay, so it's quite a distance.

"So you've got a group that is not actually really directly impacted by the mine out there with legal standing before the court challenging the mine and I've got to say I think that's wrong.

A map showing the Adani Group's $16-billion Carmichael coal mine and rail project. ( Sourced: adanimining.com )

"There are many people in my community, the majority in fact, who wish that they would be able to go and stand up in court and argue for the mine on the basis that it's going to get them a job, or it's going to increase business opportunities and supply new jobs for the region.

"They can't do it so why on earth do we allow the situation where a green group completely unrelated to this project can have this standing before the court, I think that's crazy and it's got to change."

Mr Christensen said he believed green groups were finding any excuse they could to halt the mine.

"Since the whole issue of dropping dredge spoil on the Great Barrier Reef has been off the table, all they've talked about now is how this is a disastrous mega-coal mine and coal is so bad for everyone and we shouldn't have it," he said.

"But I've got to say, for the city of Mackay, for the greater central Queensland and north Queensland region, we rely on jobs that are associated with the coal industry.

"We need this to go ahead for the sake of our local economies, for the sake of local business owners who are struggling and for the sake of local job seekers who simply don't have a future at the moment."

Christensen 'ideologically wed to the coal industry'

The head of the Mackay Conservation Group, Ellen Roberts, said Mr Christensen was merely "making things up to get political support for the mine".

"George Christensen needs to respect the independence of the judiciary and get his facts straight on Australia's environment laws," she said.

"The [court's] goal posts haven't shifted and the legislation is very clear.

"George Christensen is ideologically wed to the coal industry regardless of the impacts on the environment and communities."

She also argued her organisation's charter covered a wider area than just Mackay and included the proposed mine site.