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- Alcoa Corporation, the US mining company, was fined $55 million for unlawfully clearing land in Western Australia’s Northern Jarrah Forest (2019–2025).
- Environment Minister Murray Watt described the penalty as unprecedented and said it forms part of a remediation deal that allows limited clearing for 18 months while assessing operations through 2045.
- The funds support conservation for endangered species, including Carnaby's cockatoos, while critics say rehabilitation cannot restore the forest.
