Media Archive

Media releases, speeches and stories which are no longer current are listed on this page. As contact details may have changed, you should contact Christine Svarcas on (02) 6249 9390 or by email christine.svarcas@ga.gov.au for more information.

Media Releases Archive

2001

• Earth Science Week off to a jumping start
• Local student wins national calendar competition (Victoria 1)
• Local student wins national calendar competition (Victoria 2)
• Local student wins national calendar competition (Northern Territory)
• Local student wins national calendar competition (NSW 1)
• Local student wins national calendar competition (South Australia)
• Local student wins national calendar competition (NSW 2)
• Local student wins national calendar competition (NSW 3)
• Local student wins national calendar competition (Tasmania)
• Local student wins national calendar competition (Western Australia 1)
• Local students win national calendar competition (Western Australia 2)
• Local student wins national calendar competition (Queensland)
• Petroleum discoveries continue (September 5 2001)

• Natural Hazards and the risks they pose in south-east Queensland (August 8 2001)
• New direction and name for Australia's leading geoscience agency (August 7 2001)

• Perth Cities Project to find out the what, where and who of natural hazards (July 25 2001)

• Australia's Minerals Industry: Nationally Vital, Globally Significant 28 June 2001
• Canberra Street named after former Geoscience Chief (June 18 2001)
• Petroleum Discoveries at Record High (June 05 2001)

• Geoscience Australia needs you to spot Australia's Landslides (May 21 2001)

• Australia's Petroleum Resources - the Challenge for Australia (April 11 2001)
• Collapsed Continental Margins, Bass Lake, and Submarine Canyons off Southeast Australia (April 10 2001)

• Geoscience Online Showcases the latest in data and services delivery (March 28 2001)
• Record Offshore Petroleum Discoveries (March 16 2001)

2000

• National Geoscience Maps Online Even Better (December 21 2000)
• Report to help Mackay community manage geohazards (December 18 2000)
• Report Highlights Increase in Petroleum Discoveries (December 11 2000)
• Canberra Students to celebrate World GIS Day 15 November 2000 (November 15 2000)
• Geoscience Australia's Kakadu and Nitmiluk Guidebook Launched (October 27 2000)
• Higher oil prices contribute to increased petroleum exploration in Australia (October 11 2000)
• Geoscience Australia's assessment of national mineral resources released (October 9 2000)
• International earth science week launched in Australia (October 5 2000)
• New website access helps study the North West Shelf (October 4 2000)
• Re-exploring mineral hotspots: old provinces, new potential (September 20 2000)
• Risk assessment helps Newcastle prepare for future earthquakes (August 16 2000)
• Australia's Minerals Wealth Revealed (August 11 2000)
• Antarctica's last forest provides clues to climate change (June 01 2000)
• New 3D model to help reassess Broken Hill mineral resources (May 30 2000)
• Geoscience Australia Budget 2000/01 (May 10 2000)
• New Report reveals petroleum reserves increase (May 08 2000)
• Geoscience Australia Open Day for the Science Festival 07 May 2000 (May 03 2000)
• Palaeomagnetism Conference at Geoscience Australia 3-4 May 2000 (May 03 2000)
• Stunning 3D Images reveal secret treasures of the Seabed (April 07 2000)
• Petroleum Exploration Report records high level of discoveries (March 10 2000)
• Gold deposits in the Pilbara: old province, new potential (March 10 2000)
• Images of seabed in Australia's south east seas a first (January 12 2000)