Editor’s Desk

Our regular commentators have also been pleasurably busy. David Denham (Canberra observed) pounced on the report of the Resources 2030 Taskforce as soon as it became available to the public, and has summarised key points for Preview readers. He also takes a look at the latest data on global demand for oil, and exploration investment in minerals and petroleum. Michael Asten (Education matters) features a student trip to the Velseis facilities near Brisbane. Mike Hatch (Environmental geophysics), who like Tim Dean has featured in the popular media (his interview with Macca on Australia all over must have been a corker), reflects on how best to explain what we do to the uninitiated. Terry Harvey (Minerals geophysics) considers geophysical inversions and asks if we are any closer to finding the proverbial Volkswagen in a cubic mile of rock. Mick Micenko (Seismic window) contemplates advances, or lack thereof, in time to depth conversions, and Dave Annetts (Webwaves) reviews the state of the Union, aka the latest version of ASEG website, on the occasion of its second birthday!