b'Branch newsASEG newsto do, as Pete suggested in his talk, is to start changing the geoscience narrative and better communicate what we do and why we love the geosciences. Sure, job creation and contributions to the local and regional economies is great, but that can no longer be a key motivation for our industry. Ultimately, we mine materials that are needed to create the next generation of technological innovations that will provide the many goods and services that consumers currently enjoy. How we convey that message is absolutely important. We are in the greatest battle of good versus evil and for a long time coming, we are officially not on the good side.Thong Huynh vicpresident@aseg.org.auEditors note: Thong tested positive to COVID the day that he submitted the Victorian Branch news. I am sure you will all join me in wishing him (andAlex Costall, Brad Cox and Grant Couston at the WA Branch June social night.his children) all the best for a speedy recovery!Western AustraliaIt has been a busy few months for the WA committee. We have kicked off our Young Professionals programme with a joint networking event, organised by our state YP coordinator JJ Leong, in conjunction with SPE, AIG and PESA. The WA mentoring programme gets underway in July, with industry volunteer mentors being matched with student and early-career geoscientists.The June social night was a success, despite the arrival of stormy weather on the night of the event (something we are not used to dealing with in Perth!). It was a casual catch up at one of the citys newest brewpubs, perfect for a relaxed beverage and a great chance to meet people from different parts of the geophysical spectrum. Kudos to Jarrad Trunfull, our social coordinator for organising the eventRevellers at the WA Branch June social night.for us.For the June Tech Night we returnedimproved by employing deep learningpertinentfor other areas of geophysical to the theme of machine learning, thismethods, often with reductions indata analysis.time applied to the topic of seismicprocessing time! Amarjeet also insisted processing. Amarjeet Kumar, Seniorthat use of machine learning must goWe are also in planning for a big event Research Geophysicist at DUGhand-in-hand with an understandinglater in the year. Last years inaugural Technology presented an excellentofthe underlying physics. A comfortingMAG21 symposium was a mineral case talkentitled Machine learning solutionsmessage for geophysicists still tryingstudies event which was enjoyed by to seismic processing challenges.to wrap their heads around theseWA geoscientists who were kept home Operations such as deghosting,newtechniques! This is an excitingby our our states hard border policies. multiple attenuation and swell noiseandrapidly developing aspectThis year we hope that MAG22 can be rejection have been dramaticallyof seismic processing, also verybigger and better and that we are able AUGUST 2022 PREVIEW 10'