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Leading conservation groups call for WA State Government to revoke Alcoa’s mining exemption order permanently

Leading conservation groups call for WA State Government to revoke Alcoa’s mining exemption order permanently

by End Forest Mining | Jun 18, 2026 | Media Releases

Leading conservation groups have called for Alcoa not to be issued a new exemption order while its environmental impact is assessed, amid mounting community pressure to end forest mining.

Opportunity to protect forests and water as Alcoa exemption order revoked

Opportunity to protect forests and water as Alcoa exemption order revoked

by End Forest Mining | Jun 3, 2026 | Media Releases

Alcoa’s Environmental Protection (Darling Range Bauxite Mining Proposals) Exemption Order 2023 will be revoked by the WA Government and replaced by an updated order. The End Forest Mining campaign is calling on Environment Minister Matthew Swinbourn to use this as an opportunity to protect the jarrah forests and drinking water threatened by Alcoa’s mining.

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The End Forest Mining Alliance recognises the Noongar people as the Traditional Custodians of the Northern Jarrah Forests.

We pay our respects to Elders and acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded. This always was, and always will be Aboriginal land.

 

Authorised by Jess Boyce, WA Forest Alliance, 2 Delhi St, West Perth, WA, 6005.

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