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Federal exemption for Alcoa to keep ‘killing’ the world’s only jarrah forest an affront to every West Australian

by End Forest Mining | Feb 23, 2026 | Media Releases

Federal Environment Minister Murray Watt published a ‘statement of reasons’ yesterday, outlining why he granted Alcoa an 18-month exemption to continue mining in WA’s Northern Jarrah Forest, despite being found to have cleared land over 15 years without permission.

Alcoa’s $55 million rehabilitation ‘fine’ a slap on the wrist while strip-mining continues in the Northern Jarrah Forest

by End Forest Mining | Feb 19, 2026 | Media Releases

The End Forest Mining (EFM) alliance has called an agreement reached with the Australian Government and US mining giant Alcoa to pay $55 million to “remediate historical land clearing” without approval as “a slap on the wrist”.