A magnitude 4.9 earthquake hit south eastern Victoria just after 2AM on Saturday 3 October, near the town of Leongatha in the south Gippsland region of Victoria.

Geoscience Australia supports the objectives of Australia’s Critical Minerals Strategy 2023–2030 to grow our critical minerals sector, expand downstream processing and help meet future global demand.

Critical minerals are minerals or elements essential to modern technologies, economies or national security, and that have supply chains at risk of disruption. Australia lists 31 commodities as ...

Australia combines a rich and diverse mineral endowment with a long record of discovering and responsibly developing high-quality resources. Its vast, highly prospective and largely underexplored ...

Precompetitive geoscience is government-funded, foundational geoscience information and data, collected and made publicly available before commercial exploration or development, to support informed ...

As of 20 February 2024, the Australian Government lists 31 resource commodities as critical minerals and 5 as strategic materials. Australia’s Critical Minerals List supports the Australian Government ...

Direct international flights to Canberra (as of July 2026) are possible with Fiji Airways (via Nadi) or Qatar Airways (via Doha). All major airlines fly to major Australia airports – Sydney, Melbourne ...

The Great Cobar deposit was the first deposit mined in the Cobar District from 1870. 156 years later Aurelia Metals are driving underground from New Cobar and are 300m away from seeing the Great Ore ...

Geoscience Australia has welcomed members of its First Nations Advisory Group to Canberra for the group's inaugural meeting. Established with support from Resourcing Australia's Prosperity initiative, ...

As part of Earth Science Week 2026, Parliament House is partnering with Geoscience Australia to present Parliament House Rocks, a special family-friendly tour exploring the remarkable geology of ...

Join Geoscience Australia this Earth Science Week to learn how rocks, minerals and elements are used in everyday life with the launch of a new Year 3/4 match-up game. For educators of secondary ...

WOMEESA is building its network of local representatives and inviting people to help create welcoming spaces for connection, learning and community. Join WA representative and national meetups ...