About Our partners

Geoscience Australia actively participates in many cooperative projects at all levels of government and industry. These projects aim to promote standards and provide a simpler interface with our partners and clients.

Portals and collaborative websites

• Geoscience Portal - an initiative of the Australian Chief Government Geologists' Committee, which provides access to geoscience information from Federal, State and Territory Government levels.
• OzCoasts - comprehensive information about Australia's coast, including its estuaries and coastal waterways.
• Australian Mines Atlas - the Australian Atlas of mineral resources, mines, and processing centres.

Cooperative research

As part of our commitment to e-Government, Geoscience Australia is an active member of several Cooperative Research Centres (CRC) and other Australian Government funded collaborative research centres.

• MinEx CRC
• Antarctic Climate and Ecosystems CRC
• CO2 CRC
• National Environmental Research Program (NERP)

Concluded CRCs

• CRC for Landscape Environments and Mineral Exploration (CRC LEME) - concluded 30 June 2008
• Predictive Mineral Discovery CRC (pmd*CRC) - concluded 30 June 2008
• Deep Exploration Technologies CRC (DET CRC - concluded September 2018

Government

• Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences (ABARES)
• Bureau of Meteorology
• Australian Geospatial Intelligence Organisation
• Department of Environment
• Australian Emergency Management
• PSMA Australia
• CSIRO

Australian geological surveys

• Geological Survey of Queensland
• Geological Survey of NSW
• Geological Survey of South Australia
• Geological Survey of Victoria
• Geological Survey of Western Australia
• Mineral Resources Tasmania
• Northern Territory Geological Survey

Minerals and energy councils and peak bodies

• Chamber of Minerals and Energy, Western Australia
• Minerals Council of Australia
• Minerals Council of Australia - Northern Territory Division
• Minerals Council of Australia - Victorian Division
• New South Wales Mining
• Queensland Resources Council
• South Australian Chamber of Mines and Energy

Standards and policy initiatives

Geoscience Australia is a leader in the development of standards and policies in many aspects of geology, geophysics and spatial information. We currently contribute to the following standards and policy initiatives:

• AusGeoRef is a cooperative venture with the American Geological Institute. AusGeoRef includes more than 170 000 bibliographic references on Australia, drawn from journal literature, meeting proceedings and abstracts, books, reports and maps.
• Australia and New Zealand Land Information Council (ANZLIC) is the peak council for public sector spatial data management in Australia and New Zealand.
• Foundation Spatial Data Framework (FSDF) is a change program on Australia's "common asset" of location information.
• Intergovernmental Committee on Surveying and Mapping (ICSM) provides leadership through coordination and cooperation in surveying, mapping and charting.

Industry and professional associations

Geoscience Australia works closely with a range of industry and professional associations involved in the geoscience and spatial information fields.

• Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA)
• Association of Mining and Exploration Companies (AMEC)
• Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (AusIMM)
• Australian Geothermal Energy Association
• Australian Geothermal Energy Association (AGEA)
• Australian Institute of Geoscientists
• Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG)
• Spatial Industry Business Association (SIBA)
• Geological Society of Australia
• International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH Australia)
• International Map Industry Association (IMIA)
• Mapping Sciences Institute, Australia
• Regional Committee of United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management for Asia and the Pacific (UN-GGIM-AP)
• Surveying and Spatial Sciences Institute (SSSI)