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Society UpdateBusiness ReportDivisions have held their Annual General Meetings, withthe inevitable committee changes taking place. The GSAaudit has been completed and while they seem like‘smallish things’, in the main scheme of things the changesrequire time and effort on the part of a small group of members— especially the Treasurer of each group. This is the second yearof the consolidated financial reports and I’d like to take thisopportunity to thank the Treasurers and Committee members forcollating the information and working with the Executive Officeto ensure we meet our reporting requirements. The Divisional andBranch work is usually done by a small core of members locatedin a State, Territory or region. Their activities vary from organisingmonthly talks, producing newsletters and other publications andevaluating Honours students, to holding mini-symposia or workingwith other societies on larger scale events, as with the everpopularannual SA Explorers Conference and Ekka in Brisbane.Here is a snapshot of some of the interesting talks we hopeyou managed to catch (apologies if I have not included all talks).GSA members have a lot of talent — why not go to these talksas an opportunity to connect with others in the geosciencecommunity or learn something new.l Groundwater evolution in the Lower Murrumbidgeecatchment, by Bear McPhaill Coastal geology — mapping and applications, by VerityRollasonl The 2012 AK Denmead Lecture: Re-awakening theMt Carbine tungsten mine, by Andrew Whitel Tropical megafauna — new discoveries in the north, byScott Hocknulll The 2013 AK Denmead Lecture: The Eastern Australianbauxite province, by Ian Levyl Bacteria–metal (–mineral) interactions with a focus onthe biogeochemistry of gold, by Gordon Southaml The importance of geology in mineral discoveries, byKevin Willsl Dating Snowball Earth on King Island, by Clive Calverl The Petermann Orogeny: syntectonic sediment pulseacross the Centralian Superbasin and beyond traced bydetrital zircon ages and Lu–Hf isotopes, by Peter Hainesl Victoria: last frontier in the quest for whale origins, byErich Fitzgeraldl An Early Pleistocene hyper-diverse fossil sclerophyll flora:implications for the distribution of plant species diversity,by Kale Snidermanl Highstand sand transport to deep water by longshoretransport, tidal and gravity processes, by Ron Boyd,Kevin Ruming, Marianne Sandstrom and ClaudiaSchroder-Adamsl PACE: redefining geoscience partnerships, by Miles Daviesl 100 years of Antarctic science: Scott’s tragic race for theSouth Pole, T Griffith Taylor and the 1912 Canberraconnection, by Gavin Youngl Peak global resource production: is there a problem? byDavid Denhaml Shaping the nation: a geology of Australia, byRichard Blewett.As well as talks, Divisions and Specialist Groups organisedexcursions, symposia and field trips, including:l Trip to Glovers Bluff and Weld River area, Tasmanial SA Explorer’s Symposiuml The Brisbane Ekkal Tours under Parliament House in Canberral Coastal excursions from Batemans Bay to Ulladulla, to theShoalhaven, to Lake George and to important geologicalfeatures in Canberral Yorke Peninsula Field Trip.ISSUE COPY FINISHED INSERTSARTSEPTEMBER 2013 29 Jul 9 Aug 23 AugDECEMBER 2013 25 Oct 1 Nov 8 NovMARCH 2014 31 Jan 7 Feb 28 FebJUNE 2014 28 Apr 2 May 23 MayTAG June 2013| 3