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MINTABC News AustraliaOct 28, 2026

Planned burns doubled and salvaged wood for sawmills under Coalition forest policy

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Final score
-2.72
Confidence
7/10
Amount
300K CBWD

AI justification

[Auto-resolved by learned corrector: learned-map — A=MINT/B=NEUTRAL -> MINT (human chose this in 93% of 255 past reviews)] Policy enables native timber extraction and increased burns, outweighing fire‑risk benefits and harming biodiversity and Indigenous rights. | The policy balances short-term wildfire mitigation and economic benefits against severe long-term ecological risks. While planned burns align with climate adaptation goals, the revival of native timber processing undermines biodiversit