WHILE questions continue to be raised over Adani's megamine status, the quality of the coal expected to be taken out of the ground, the $900 million federal loan to build a rail line and the damage to the planet - one question reigns supreme in North Queensland: How many jobs will be there be and who will get them?

Whitsunday Regional Council proclaimed it was "happy days for the Whitsundays" in December last year when the Indian mining giant announced it would base one of its regional hubs in Bowen.

Last week Townsville mayor Jenny Hill talked up a mood of "excitement" in towns like Mackay, Rockhampton and Bowen.

However, the feeling on the ground in the coal mining town of Collinsville is luke-warm after Townsville and Rockhampton were announced as FIFO hubs, with many still unconvinced the mine will go ahead any time soon.

Member for Whitsunday Jason Costigan is calling it a politicly-motivated "FIFO snub".

"It's all to do with politics. The reason Mr Adani has gone there is that the premier wants the hubs in Townsville and/or Rocky because she has five seats that she is petrified about (losing,)" he said.

"She needs to keep them to stay in government.

"She has snubbed the Whitsundays because she needs to save the asses of her own people."

In December last year a deal that secured Townsville as Adani's regional headquarters also included a FIFO hub which would regularly fly 1500 workers to the Carmichael mine.

Mr Costigan is advocating for the Whitsunday Coast Airport to act as a FIFO hub for mine workers living in the Whitsundays.

Adani claims 10,000 jobs will be on offer but Adani employee, Dr Jerome Fahrer, admitted the mine would create an average of 1464 full-time-equivalent jobs a year.

Whitsunday Mayor Andrew Willcox says the company has made no promises to local workers in the wake of a the company announcing the mine will go ahead two weeks ago.

However, Adani promised there would be skilled and unskilled jobs available on the 400km rail line from the Galilee Basin to Abbot Point and the port office in Bowen, Mr Willcox said.