'Wake-up call': Palaszczuk buckles on Adani three days after election

Labor's wipeout in Queensland in the federal election has forced the state's Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk to  clear the way for the approval of Adani's controversial $2 billion Carmichael coal mine.

Amid fears her own second-term Labor government could face electoral oblivion by turning its back on blue-collar workers in Central and North Queensland, Ms Palaszczuk has ordered bureaucrats to provide a "definitive timeframe" on approvals for the project by Friday.