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The Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced the grant to the Australian Rain Corporation, a company part-owned by Rupert Murdoch's nephew, Matt Handbury.
But researchers commissioned by the National Water Commission to investigate the technology have questioned whether the $10-million grant should have been awarded now, saying a more careful evaluation of the science is needed first.
Mr Handbury himself agrees the science is in no way conclusive, but denies his family connections have helped him secure the federal money.
Tanya Nolan has our report.
TANYA NOLAN: It's a technique developed in Russia in the last decade, and it involves sending electrical charges into the atmosphere to make clouds and ultimately rain.
But the problem with it, says Neville Fletcher, a visiting fellow at ANU and emeritus professor of physics at the University of New England, is that it hasn't ever been examined in a thorough scientific way, nor has it been peer reviewed.
NEVILLE FLETCHER: I haven't seen yet enough evidence to say that I'm persuaded that it's going to work. The measurements in Queensland showed that there was more rain in the catchment area than there usually was when the equipment was running. But there was a lot more rain in that part of Queensland at that time as well. So it's a little bit hard to say. It didn't show that the equipment worked, but there was nothing to indicate that it didn't work. So it was a possible.
The report warned the commission not to go ahead with any trials of the technology until the science behind it could be more thoroughly tested. But it did say that if it could be done "at no great expense" a trial could be "worthwhile".
The report was produced after a small-scale trial of the technology was conducted in May in conjunction with the University of Queensland, which concluded there was an increase in rainfall at the time and recommended more scientific testing be done.
Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull has now awarded $10-million to the Australian Rain Corporation, which owns the technology, to conduct a full scientific trial of it.
HAARP: High Frequency Active Aural Research Project is a joint Air Force and Navy project that uses 72 foot antennas, 360 total - spread out over 4 acres in Gakona Alaska. The official statement is that it is a "is a scientific endeavor aimed at studying the properties and behavior of the ionosphere, with particular emphasis on being able to understand and use it to enhance communications and surveillance systems for both civilian and defense purposes. www.haarp.alaska.edu...
The Investigation of researchers Begich and Manning uncovered bizarre schemes. US Air Force documents revealed that a system had been developed for manipulating and disrupting human mental processes through pulsed radio-frequency radiation over large geographical areas and such power-beaming transmitters could be used for geophysical and environmental warfare including weather-control technology.
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In recent years, Australian-born billionaire Rupert Murdoch has used the U.S. government's increasingly lax media regulations to consolidate his hold over the media and wider political debate in America. Consider Murdoch's empire: According to Businessweek, "his satellites deliver TV programs in five continents, all but dominating Britain, Italy, and wide swaths of Asia and the Middle East. He publishes 175 newspapers, including the New York Post and The Times of London. In the U.S., he owns the Twentieth Century Fox Studio, Fox Network, and 35 TV stations that reach more than 40% of the country...His cable channels include fast-growing Fox News, and 19 regional sports channels. In all, as many as one in five American homes at any given time will be tuned into a show News Corp. either produced or delivered."
Turnbull himself says he has no designs on the Lodge. His political mission is no more than to serve his leader faithfully. "It's a destiny that others have charted for me. People keep on saying that I'm destined to be prime minister, that I think that I am destined to be PM, that I wouldn't run for parliament if I wasn't going to be PM. It's not my burning ambition ... I don't have a plan for dominating anything actually." Turnbull adds, "I am a simpler and more modest soul than many of my admirers and indeed my critics imagine."
Despite Malcolm Turnbull's claims to modesty, his career has been marked by individual brilliance. From his starring role in the Spycatcher affair where he fought the British Government to expose the secrets of MI5, to his controversial chairmanship of the Australian Republican Movement, Turnbull has never shied away from pressing his ambition.
Former editor Trevor Kennedy hired Turnbull to write for The Bulletin magazine in the 1970s. He gave the speech at Turnbull's 30th birthday summing up the precocious talent in a single line: "It was a throwaway line where I said something about he wouldn't be satisfied with being the Prime Minister of Australia, he would want to be Prime Minister of the world ... And I don't things have changed a lot. He doesn't go around saying, 'I'd like to run the world', though he just behaves that way sometimes."
Murdoch Media Launch 'Coup' To Take Down Australian Prime Minister
The 'coup' plotters in Murdoch's media empire in Australia still believe there is time to change leaders and salvage what they can from the wreckage of the looming election.
But Howard is fastidiously hanging onto his leadership. Bouyed by his hosting of the APEC summit of 20 world leaders.
Howard thinks all this will be enough to win back the favour of Australian voters. But the neocons view Howard as a loser, beyond hope.
Howard still believes he can win the coming election. But the neocons don't want to take that chance. If he loses, they lose everything. They view Howard as a dangerous liability, despite a record on economic management that they will praise ceaselessly. They see Howard as sheer political poison. He has to go.
So Rupert Murdoch's Australian media empire, which controls more than 70% of all Australian newspapers, is going to force Howard to step aside before it's too late :
Key Murdoch journalists and commentators have given him less than a week to announce his resignation. They're now clearly stating this in Murdoch newspapers.
Whatever they have planned for Howard if he doesn't resign is going to be gruesome indeed. For Howard, and for Australian politics.
The station is now mainly operated by Australian personnel indicating that it no longer retains the high levels of secrecy placed on it by it's American builders. Never-the-less it remains part of the global network and is said to be involved in a wide range of low frequency and resonance experimentation in conjunction with Pine Gap and the Alaskan based HAARP project. North West Cape could be a key point in controlling the HAARP magnetic field over a large part of the Southern hemisphere.
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HAARP: High Frequency Active Aural Research Project is a joint Air Force and Navy project that uses 72 foot antennas, 360 total - spread out over 4 acres in Gakona Alaska
Originally posted by DaRAGE
Sure im sure haarp can change the electricity in the atmosphere, sure, but i dont think that can change the electricity in my head lol.
Originally posted by Copernicus
And why not? You think your head is shielded or something? Your thoughts are impulses on specific frequencies, thats proven by mainstream science. I think you should give this some more thought.
Originally posted by Essan
Only problem is, HAARP can no more control the weather than my desktop calendar can.
Learn the science We're talking ionosphere not the low troposphere!
This supposed technology to make rain sounds very dodgy to me - more like a scam in fact. Steer well clear is my advice!
Originally posted by Melbourne_Militia
The Technology of sending electric signals into the atmosphere........does this not sound alot like HAARP?
Originally posted by Copernicus
The scary thing about HAARP is that it is able to generate the frequency our brains work with. So its capable of influencing/disturbing our minds.
You can actually record being bombarded with HAARP if you have a receiver for it. These signals are primarily in the ULF (ultra-low-frequency) and ELF frequency range and are broadcasted in Northern Californa 24 hrs/day according to one of the sources.
Originally posted by Copernicus
And why not? You think your head is shielded or something? Your thoughts are impulses on specific frequencies, thats proven by mainstream science. I think you should give this some more thought.
Originally posted by mazzroth
Tell that to Tesla when he started the storm on Jupiter.
Originally posted by DaRAGE
As far as i'm concerned. Get a HAARP in Australia. The faster the better. And then regulate the weather for all i care. Just make sure it rains periodically. Get our agriculture going great again and give the economy some extra pushing power. I dont think however that HAARP is going to change the way we think. Sure im sure haarp can change the electricity in the atmosphere, sure, but i dont think that can change the electricity in my head lol.
As for my emotions and feelings, well they are somewhat juiced up at the moment due to my new found friend, erm, only friend, Lexapro, an anti-depressant/anti-anxiety tablet ;-P 20mg of carefree bliss ;-P 10 in the morning, 10 in the afternoon ;-P
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