(1)   notes the renewed interest being taken in the potential for cloud seeding to enhance precipitation across Australia;

(2)   acknowledges that Snowy Hydro has rolled out an extensive cloud seeding operation over the past two winters for snow fall enhancement and that Hydro Tasmania has been undertaking cloud seeding precipitation enhancement operations for several decades;

(3)   notes that many countries around the world continue to invest heavily in cloud seeding research, whilst in Australia it has not been enthusiastically embraced by the scientific community; and

(4)   calls for the establishment of an Australian Cooperative Research Centre for weather modification to follow similar models in other countries.