He has circulated postcards for locals to express their support for the project which he will present to Gautam Adani in India at the beginning of November.

“I support the Adani Group’s Carmichael mine project, the Abbot Point expansion, and the connecting rail line,” he said.

“Our region has supplied the workforce and services needed to build and operate mines in the Bowen Basin and we are ready to build your vision for the Galilee Basin and the people of India. We welcome the Adani Group to North Queensland and want you to know that we’re ready to get working.”

Christensen’s seat takes in Mackay and the Queensland coal fields, which would be major beneficiaries of the Carmichael coal project and the associated infrastructure if it went ahead.

The Queensland Resources Council has published the pleas of 2000 citizens backing the federal government’s attempts to close the so-called legal loopholes being used by activists to disrupt and delay resource projects.

The federal government announced an amendment in August to environmental laws to prevent legal challenges to projects such as the Carmichael mine, dubbed “lawfare” by the Coalition.

The bill passed the House of Representatives on government numbers, but faces a greater hurdle in the Senate.

The legislative amendment followed the Federal Court overturning the July 2014 federal environmental approval of Carmichael on what Federal Environment Minister Greg Hunt called a “technical matter”

The court found Hunt had not properly considered advice about two threatened species – the yakka skink and the ornamental snake – when he approved the project last year.