The North Coast Connect Consortium is made up of Stockland, KPMG, Urbis and Smec, and backed by a group of Queensland MPs including Fairfax MP Ted O'Brien.
The project steering committee includes the SEQ Council of Mayors, Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Brisbane councils as well as the private sector.
In the recent advice provided to Mr Addison, the audit office advised it had passed Mr Addison's concerns on for consideration in the development of the audit office's 2021-22 Annual Audit Work Program.
But the audit office also explained submissions to the draft work program had to be related to the performance or expenditure of Commonwealth public sector entities.