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The Latest Breaking News from Geoscience Australia

Expect more earthquakes as latest Muswellbrook event linked to August 'swarm'

The quake has caused power outages across the region.

Newcastle Herald

Coalition’s nuclear plan is ‘today’s version of a lump of coal in parliament’, inquiry told

Renewables advocate tells parliamentary hearing that opposition’s nuclear proposal is a ‘smokescreen’ for burning coal and gas

The Guardian - AU

It's often not a good sign when things go too 'smooth' for these public servants

What it's like manning screens at the National Earthquake Alerts Centre.

The Canberra Times

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Monitoring devices deployed at Muswellbrook after 'earthquake swarm'

Geoscience Australia is studying the Hunter's earthquake trend to learn more.

Newcastle Herald

Latest Muswellbrook earthquake connected to a 'swarm' of shakes in the Upper Hunter

What caused the latest earthquake at Muswellbrook on Saturday? Experts explain.

Newcastle Herald

Could the Muswellbrook earthquakes be caused by coal mining? Geoscientists explain

On Friday 23 August, a magnitude 4.8 earthquake near Muswellbrook, New South Wales, shook the state. The earthquake caused local damage and Geoscience Australia received more than 3,600 felt reports, including from Sydney and Canberra, up to 360 kilometres away.

The Conversation

Region rocked by second earthquake in two days

A 4.5-magnitude earthquake has struck central NSW and was felt hundreds of kilometres away, coming a day after another quake shook the region.

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Earth moves again at Muswellbrook as residents feel aftershocks of biggest earthquake in decades

Weak seismic activity was felt early Saturday morning at Denman and Muswellbrook.

Newcastle Herald

Mine workers injured, will there be aftershocks? What we know about quake

It was the largest earthquake in the Hunter Valley in 20 years.

Newcastle Herald

NSW hit by magnitude 4.8 earthquake felt in Sydney

More than 2,000 people reported feeling the quake, which struck in Denman 120km north-west of Newcastle, causing windows to blow in and a chimney to topple

The Guardian - AU

NSW Rocked By Strong 5.0 Magnitude Earthquake So Nope, That Wasn’t Your Phone On Vibrate

People across NSW have reported feeling shakes after a strong 5.0 magnitude earthquake hit Denman at lunchtime today.

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Coal mine appears to be epicentre of earthquakes, aftershocks

How the Hunter is coping with 4.8 and 2.9 magnitude earthquakes.

Newcastle Herald

Did you feel a small earthquake hit the Hunter Valley?

The 2.2 magnitude earthquake occurred south of Cessnock.

Newcastle Herald

No quake, just questions: the Newcastle Herald asked them all

'What on Earth was that?' The Herald tried to find out.

Newcastle Herald

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The Guardian - AU

If regional communities don’t want a windfarm, why would they accept a nuclear power station?

The Coalition’s energy policy is leveraged on regional discontent about renewables. But many farmers don’t want nuclear in their back yard either

The Conversation

A rush on critical minerals is coming for our most remote and disadvantaged communities

The Australian mining industry was promised billions of dollars in last week’s federal budget to boost critical minerals such as lithium, copper and rare earth metals. This includes tax incentives, an innovation fund and money for Geoscience Australia to map these resources.

The Canberra Times

Did you feel it? Early morning earthquake hits north of Goulburn

Tremors were felt in some Canberra suburbs.

AAP

At the coalface: traditional owners demand protection

Traditional owners are pursuing a legal challenge involving Adani's Carmichael mine, seeking to force the Queensland government to protect a sacred site.

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Push for airline compensation scheme; NSW flags tougher asbestos penalties – as it happened

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People once lived in a vast region in north-western Australia – and it had an inland sea

For much of the 65,000 years of Australia’s human history, the now-submerged northwest continental shelf connected the Kimberley and western Arnhem Land. This vast, habitable realm covered nearly 390,000 square kilometres, an area one-and-a-half times larger than New Zealand is today.

The Conversation

The first-ever survey on Australian attitudes towards space is out. So, what do we think?

If someone were to ask you how space technologies impact your daily life, or how much Australia should invest in space, would you have an immediate answer or would you wonder why these questions were even being asked?

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Asio boss says violent protesters will receive ‘full force of my agency’ – as it happened

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Ed Husic calls for government to ‘push for de-escalation’ in Middle East – as it happened

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Magnitude 5.0 quake rattles Victoria, felt in Melbourne

Residents in Melbourne have felt a 5.0-magnitude earthquake that shook the southwestern Victorian coast.

The Canberra Times

Check out the prehistoric 'prawn' at Parliament House

'I hate to be the killjoy, but it's not a prawn,' scientist reveals.

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