b'Branch newsASEG newsTasmania you? Its good to see that the AustralianThe Core gets a special mention here Government continues to hand outbecause the government allowed a All Tasmanian face-to-face branchmoney for nothing. Its not a matterprize-wining geophysicist to conduct meetings are currently on hold. Whenof simply printing more money whendeep-seismic experiments that led to the restrictions are eased, it is expectedneeded, as any economist will you tell. Atdestabilisation of the Earths core. Now that meetings will resume in thethe rate we are borrowing from futureget this, they enlisted the help of another CODES Conference Room, Universitygenerations, your childrens children willgeophysicist (as well as other scientists) of Tasmania, Hobart. Meeting notices,still be paying the price for our financialto save the Earth. Kind of like fighting details about venues and relevantdependence. Can you imagine the daypoison with poison, I suppose. See? Not contact details can be found on thewhen youll have to explain to yourall geoscientists get a bad rapTasmanian Branch page on the ASEGgrandchildren how a guy eating a bat website. As always, we encouragesoup led to a toilet paper shortage inOK, in actual branch news, I am saddened Members to also keep an eye on theAustralia? Really? If you needed 1440 rollsto inform our Members that your seminar/webinar programme at theof toilet paper for a 14-day quarantine,incumbent president, Seda Rouxel, University of Tasmania / CODES, whichyou probably should have beenwill be relinquishing her role before routinely includes presentations of aseeing a doctor long before COVID-19.spring. Seda has been involved with the geophysical and computational natureThese sufferers of the pandemic willVictorian ASEG since she was branch as well as on a broad range of earthunfortunately endure varied levels ofSecretary in 2014 and 2015 before being sciences topics. respiratory failure, but at least theirappointed your President in 2016, a role backsides will be clean! she has performed meticulously since. Mark Duffett,Seda and her family will be moving taspresident@aseg.org.au I read theres now a Wheres Wallyhemispheres and a little closer back coronavirus edition. For the first time into home (in France) to start the next Victoria 30 years, its super easy to spot Wally duechapter of their lifes journey. I want to to social distancing measures. I kid youtake this opportunity to thank Seda Knock knock. Whos there? not, but wheres the fun in that? I recentlyfor her amazing contribution to our visited a bank with my elderly father.great Society, and to wish her well and No one, because were isolatingagain.Now picture this. Two guys. Wearingprosperity in her future endeavours. Well, Victorians are at least, anyway. Whilemasks. Walking into a bank. When weThank you so much, Seda. Reluctantly, I the rest of Australia and its upstandingapproach the female teller, I say werehave agreed to be your acting President citizens exuberantly reclaim thehere to rob the place. She said sheupon Sedas departure. No more flippant, magnificence of their freedom, Victorianssuddenly felt an overwhelming sense ofwisecrack remarks from me. I promise I are wallowing in their own self-pity afterrelief. Ka ching! will be presidential. Pfffffffftas if.being forced into lockdown once more. The Victorian community of JehovahsSo, Ive been researching Netflix a lotWell, once again its Day Two of isolation. Witnesses must be salivating at thelately and it turns out every disaster/ I found a young lady sitting on my couch thought of knowing that EVERYONE willapocalyptic movie starts with theyesterday. Apparently, shes my wife. She be at home. government ignoring a scientist.seems nice. And finally, once scientists Astounding! Armageddon, Outbreak,discover a vaccine for COVID-19, I dont Is it OK to laugh at coronavirus jokes andI Am Legend, The Day After Tomorrow,want to see any of you anti-vaxxers inline memes? I mean, does anyone rememberContagion, Deep Impact, 2012,waiting to get a jab.the last time when we didnt have toInterstellar, Waterworld, The China wash our hands for 20 seconds, 57 timesSyndrome, and even the animationThong Huynh, in one day? I can vaguely remember. DoWall-E to name but a few. The movievicpresident@aseg.org.auASEG national calendarDate Branch Event Presenter Time VenueAll ASEG Branch face-to-face meetings have been cancelled until further notice. Branches are now hosting webinars. Registration is open to Members and non-members alike, and corporate partners and sponsors of state branches are acknowledged before each session. Recorded webinars are uploaded to the ASEGs website (https://www.aseg.org.au/aseg-videos), as well as to the ASEGs YouTube channel (https://bit.ly/2ZNgIaZ). Please monitor the Events page on the ASEG website for informationabout upcoming webinars and other on-line events7 PREVIEW AUGUST 2020'