The legislation seeks to overturn the McGlade decision which upheld the Native Title Act requirement that all traditional owners are needed to sign an indigenous land use agreement or the agreement is invalid.

The decision related to a claim in Western Australia but put in doubt 126 projects nationwide, including Adani. Soon after, members of the Wangan and Jagalingou clans will lodged documents in the Federal Court in Brisbane challenging claims Adani had the consent of all traditional owners to proceed with the mine.

During the meeting, Mr Adani and Mr Turnbull also discussed the prospect of Adani securing a loan from the taxpayer-funded $5 billion Northern Australia Infrastructure Fund to help build a rail line linked to the mine. Previously, Adani has been seeking about a $1 billion loan to help finance the $2 billion project.

Mr Turnbull told Mr Adani the NAIF was administered by an independent body and any decisions were at arm's length from government, something Mr Adani understood.

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Mr Adani told Mr Turnbull the mine would create as many as 10,000 jobs, including 4000 in the first phase.

Earlier, Mr Turnbull told reporters of his government's support not only for the coal project, but for Adani's push as a renewable energy supplier.

"Obviously India is in a very different position to Australia in terms of its development and its enormous need for more electrification but India is pursuing every technology," he said.

"As indeed is Mr Adani by the way. His company owns the second largest solar farm in the world which is here in India.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi travelled on the Delhi Metro Blue Line in New Delhi, India on Monday 10 April 2017. Photo: Andrew Meares Andrew Meares

"We are committed to all of the above, all of those technologies, we support them and we play a big role in it, obviously as a big coal exporter to India, as we're now in a position to supply uranium of course, but in addition to that just remember this that most of the world's solar cells contain Australian technology."