{"id":3289,"date":"2020-01-04T18:15:28","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T22:15:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=3289"},"modified":"2020-01-06T06:08:12","modified_gmt":"2020-01-06T10:08:12","slug":"are-the-australian-bushfires-all-about-building-smart-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=3289","title":{"rendered":"Are the Australian bushfires all about building smart cities?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Australian Bushfires: A Smart City Conspiracy?<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->TOTT News<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8005\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/worst-bushfires-in-australia.jpg?w=630&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/worst-bushfires-in-australia.jpg?w=620&amp;ssl=1 620w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/worst-bushfires-in-australia.jpg?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"382\" data-attachment-id=\"8005\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/12\/05\/australian-bushfires-conspiracy\/worst-bushfires-in-australia\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/worst-bushfires-in-australia.jpg?fit=620%2C382&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"620,382\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"worst-bushfires-in-australia\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/worst-bushfires-in-australia.jpg?fit=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/worst-bushfires-in-australia.jpg?fit=620%2C382&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption>Examine the narrative for yourself. Photo: MMN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><em><strong>UPDATE \u2014 23\/12\/19<\/strong>\u00a0| The mainstream media\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/technology\/online\/social\/tens-of-thousands-of-aussies-engaging-in-agenda-21-conspiracy-on-social-media\/news-story\/c977779fd74d60ac69e84cb07b56f483\">are now in damage control<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0over the spread of this type of discussion.\u00a0<strong>Australians are waking up! Keep spreading the word!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p><strong>Australia is committed to the\u00a0Agenda 2030\u00a0plan, which advocates for the implementation of radical changes to the central role of ownership rights\u00a0of\u00a0land\u00a0and natural resources over the next decade.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Linking this plan, authorities are currently developing a number of smart city initiatives in direct response, promising locations full of \u2018sustainable\u2019 programs that monitor a variety of human activities.<\/p>\n<p>Could it be that current bushfires across the country are part of this plan as well? What is the hidden agenda?<\/p>\n<p>In the following, we explore the Australian bushfire \u2018crisis\u2019, including the course of events, weather and geoengineering, CLARA\u2019s high-speed train network proposal and links to the UN-driven smart city agenda.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>INITIAL QUESTIONS<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Before examining the deeper questions behind this narrative, let\u2019s use\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/11\/29\/the-yellow-brick-road\/\">objectivist logic<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to take a look at the path that led to these fires taking place and inconsistencies with the official story.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>THE RESOURCES DISAPPEAR\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.budget.nsw.gov.au\/sites\/default\/files\/budget-2019-06\/Budget_Paper_3-Budget_Estimates-Budget_201920.pdf\"><strong>latest state budget<\/strong><\/a>, $12.9 million in expenses was cut from Fire &amp; Rescue NSW, while the Office of NSW Rural Fire Services \u2014 a service run by volunteers \u2014 lost $26.7 million in expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Byron Bay, which is currently being torn apart by fires,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.echo.net.au\/2019\/10\/can-nsw-afford-fire-station-byron\/\"><strong>was promised $5.85 million for a new fire station<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in Kingscliff. The funding has yet to arrive.<\/p>\n<p>Many firefighters are currently battling the blazes with\u00a0<em>bore water<\/em>, as New South Wales is currently experiencing a severe drought and was already\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/09\/17\/nsw-running-out-of-water\/\">running out of resources<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0before the fires began.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, thousands of residents have been told\u00a0<em>not<\/em>\u00a0to expect help from the NSW Rural Fire Services and were left to evacuate for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>As we have explored previously, natural cycles are a common occurrence in this country, and the temperatures and heat experienced is certainly\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/07\/18\/top-reasons-to-question-climate-change\/\">not a new phenomenon<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, the key point to note is that conditions regularly get so dry that\u00a0<em>if\u00a0<\/em>a variety of bushfires were to start at any point across the country, they would leave a distinct mark and spread quickly \u2014 especially if there was no response to contain them.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>DELIBERATELY LIT FIRES<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Today, there is over 100 fires spreading, many of which have been lit at the same time. Do we really have a \u2018climate emergency\u2019? Or do we have an arsonist emergency? Who is starting these fires?<\/p>\n<p>Recent policies over the last few years have also made<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/volunteerfirefighters.org.au\/hazard-reduction-targets-not-even-close\">hazard reduction activities more difficult<\/a><\/strong>, including a cut back in back-burning, where authorities identify at-risk areas close to developments and \u2018reduce the load\u2019 with controlled burning in preparation for bushfire season.<\/p>\n<p>As we learn more about the ongoing bushfire \u2018crisis\u2019, many mainstream media news reports are suggesting that\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-10-09\/northern-nsw-bushfires-believed-to-be-deliberately-lit\/11585108\">most of the fires were intentionally lit<\/a><\/strong>. This includes\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TOTTNews\/posts\/2696487567066716?\">seven by an RFS volunteer<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pnas.org\/content\/114\/11\/2946\"><strong>experts estimate<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0about\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pc.gov.au\/research\/ongoing\/report-on-government-services\/2010\/2010\/33-chapter9-chapter.pdf\"><strong>85% of bushfires<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parliament.vic.gov.au\/images\/FINAL_ARC_SCEP_Fire_season_preparedness_7_July_2016.pdf\">caused by humans<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and not by \u2018unprecedented conditions as is being described.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/0CsS7V-GmxU\">They are killing us. Firefighter<br \/>\nblames government for Australian bushfire crisis<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Recently, three \u201912-year-old boys\u2019 have been\u00a0<em>\u201cdealt with\u201d\u00a0<\/em>under the Young Offenders Act for\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-au\/news\/australia\/three-12-year-old-boys-are-caught-deliberately-lighting-fires-on-the-nsw-south-coast-as-fast-moving-blazes-continue-to-ravage-the-region\/ar-BBXCZ7c\">deliberately lighting bushfires<\/a><\/strong>, as blazes ravage the New South Wales South Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Police are currently appealing for information about fires at Moonbi, Berkeley, Balgownie, Turramurra, Katoomba, Morisset and the Royal National Park near Loftus.<\/p>\n<p>There have also been reports of people stealing firefighting equipment, as NSW Police probe several \u201csuspicious\u201d blazes around the state.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>WEIRD WEATHER PATTERNS?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Another initial question surrounding the bushfires is related to ongoing abnormal phenomenon in the natural world in anticipation for this mass event, including reductions in rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>On one day, for the first time in Australian history, there was\u00a0<em>no rainfall\u00a0<\/em>at any parts across the country, with the unusual reading leaving the Bureau of Meteorology teams scratching their heads.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe team can\u2019t comprehensively identify a day in our records where there hasn\u2019t been rain somewhere on continental Australia,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0a bureau spokesman said.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, there were also many \u2018strange weather occurrences\u2019 happening at the Queensland\/New South Wales border, with \u2018echoes\u2019 of metal or plastic fibres being recorded:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7999\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/78950160_463647444286456_4414265072117874688_o.jpg?fit=630%2C946&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/78950160_463647444286456_4414265072117874688_o.jpg?w=697&amp;ssl=1 697w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/78950160_463647444286456_4414265072117874688_o.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/78950160_463647444286456_4414265072117874688_o.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"7999\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/12\/05\/australian-bushfires-conspiracy\/78950160_463647444286456_4414265072117874688_o\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/78950160_463647444286456_4414265072117874688_o.jpg?fit=697%2C1046&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"697,1046\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"78950160_463647444286456_4414265072117874688_o\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/78950160_463647444286456_4414265072117874688_o.jpg?fit=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/78950160_463647444286456_4414265072117874688_o.jpg?fit=630%2C946&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Reports also suggested in September that a<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201crare event\u201d took place 30 kilometres above the South Pole and was expected to impact Australia\u2019s rainfall outlook.<\/p>\n<p>Known as sudden stratospheric warming (SSW),\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2019-09-06\/rare-weather-event-over-antarctica-drives-hot-outlook\/11481498\"><strong>experts predicted just a few months ago<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that this could deepen the current Australian drought and will effect the skies north of the pole.<\/p>\n<p>Is rainfall being intentionally blocked to bushfire areas? We all know this technology is possible.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>GEOENGINEERING IN AUSTRALIA<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2018\/06\/25\/australian-companies-manipulating-our-weather\/\"><strong>For over five decades in Australia<\/strong><\/a>, the study of clouds, rain and the atmosphere has been largely hidden from the public, as a secretive network of government agencies and private business interests continue to manipulate the weather around us to their personal benefit.<\/p>\n<p>Geoengineering, or weather manipulation, has now become commonly accepted as the deliberate intervention or large-scale manipulation of the climate system of Earth to counteract \u2018global warming\u2019 or to influence the environment.<\/p>\n<p>In Australia, cloud seeding was first trialed in Australia in 1947 when the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cmar.csiro.au\/e-print\/open\/cloud.htm\"><strong>CSIRO used Royal Australian Air Force aircrafts<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0to drop dry ice into the tops of cumulus clouds.<\/p>\n<p>Following the success of initial trials, CSIRO scientists would continue this work until 1952, soon expanding to include theoretical, laboratory and airborne investigations of cloud structure.<\/p>\n<p>As technological advancements began to take shape, so did the scale of programs and cooperation between countries to advance these techniques in the 20th Century.<\/p>\n<p>One of the largest operations in Australia,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theblackvault.com\/community\/forum\/the-war-on-terrorism-homeland-security\/the-jindalee-operational-radar-network-jorn\/\"><strong>compared similarly to HAARP<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in the United States, is the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jindalee_Operational_Radar_Network\"><strong><em>Jindalee Operational Radar Network<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0(JORN)<\/strong><\/a>, where BAE Systems will undertake\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.defencesa.com\/projects\/jindalee-operational-radar-network\"><strong>significant upgrades<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0through a $1.2 billion enhancement over the next 10 years.<\/p>\n<p>Modern operations include weather and water experimental company,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.snowyhydro.com.au\/our-energy\/cloud-seeding\/our-cloud-seeding-program\/\"><strong>Snowy Hydro<\/strong><\/a>, based out of the Snowy Mountains in NSW, authorised by the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.legislation.nsw.gov.au\/maintop\/view\/inforce\/act+19+2004+cd+0+N\"><strong><em>Snowy Mountains Cloud Seeding Act<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a02004<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hydro.com.au\/\"><strong>Hydro Tasmania<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/australianrain.com.au\/services.html\"><strong>Australian Rain Technologies<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0are also usual characters in this field.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2006, the Queensland government\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cloud_seeding#Australia\"><strong>announced $7.6 million<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in funding for \u201cwarm cloud\u201d seeding research to be conducted jointly by the Australian Bureau of Meteorology and the United States National Center for Atmospheric Research.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.weathermodification.com\/index.php\"><strong>Weather Modification, Inc<\/strong>.<\/a>\u00a0also supported the Queensland Environmental Protection Agency during their 2008 \u2018Feasibility Study for the Augmentation of Rain &amp; Air Chemistry Monitoring\u2019 \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.weathermodification.com\/projects.php?id=4\"><strong>providing an instrumented aircraft and crew for cloud seeding<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mobile.abc.net.au\/news\/2007-11-20\/turnbull-pumps-10m-into-rainmaking-gamble\/731004\"><strong>announced in 2007<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0that $10 million from the Australian Government Water Fund will be given to the investigation of an \u2018untried technology\u2019 that aims to trigger rainfall from the atmosphere, even when there are no clouds.<\/p>\n<p>This is where things that getting interesting.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>THE RISE OF SMART CITIES<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>For those who are unaware, the Australian government has\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/05\/12\/australia-smart-city-infrastructure\/\">committed to a new \u201cSmart Cities Plan\u201d<\/a><\/strong>, which sets out the government\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LxVoDzsn0pE\"><strong>vision for \u2018productive and livable cities\u2019<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>The plan represents a framework for cities policy at the federal level, and it will guide action across various portfolios to deliver \u2018sustainable\u2019 outcomes for cities and the people who live in them.<\/p>\n<p>The Smart Cities Plan sets out the Australian government\u2019s vision for our cities, and it includes three pillars: Smart Investment, Smart Policy and Smart Technology.<\/p>\n<p>Key domestic initiatives include the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infrastructure.gov.au\/cities\/smart-cities\/plan\/index.aspx\"><strong>Smart Cities Plan<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infrastructure.gov.au\/cities\/city-deals\/index.aspx\"><strong>City Deals<\/strong><\/a>, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infrastructure.gov.au\/cities\/smart-cities\/\"><strong>Smart Cities and Suburbs Program<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infrastructure.gov.au\/cities\/national-cities-performance-framework\/index.aspx\"><strong>National Cities Performance Framework<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/05\/12\/australia-smart-city-infrastructure\/\"><strong>Australia is building<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u2018smart city\u2019 infrastructure<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Coupled with a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A_tM3ahd25A&amp;\">sophisticated surveillance grid<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to monitor and control a created environment, a UN-driven desire to make Australian cities more \u2018livable and prosperous\u2019 is driving the integration of information technology into city management programs at this very moment:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Perth\u2019s\u00a0<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.perth.wa.gov.au\/news-and-updates\/all-news\/city-of-perth-to-embrace-smart-technology\">Smart Cities and Suburbs Program<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.darwin.nt.gov.au\/council\/transforming-darwin\/smart-darwin\/smartdarwin-overview\"><em>#SmartDarwin\u00a0<\/em>project<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.melbourne.vic.gov.au\/about-melbourne\/melbourne-profile\/smart-city\/Pages\/smart-city.aspx\"><strong><em>Melbourne as a smart city<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0project<\/li>\n<li>Sunshine Coast Council\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/d1j8a4bqwzee3.cloudfront.net\/~\/media\/Corporate\/Documents\/Smart%20Cities\/smartcityframeworkintrobrochure.pdf?la=en\"><strong><em>Smart City Framework<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and<a href=\"http:\/\/web-a-e-prod-dcp.azurewebsites.net\/SmartCity\/72377_Smart%20City%20Implementation%20Plan%202017_FlipBook.html\">\u00a0<strong><em>Smart City Implementation Program<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.newcastle.nsw.gov.au\/Business\/Smart-City\"><strong><em>Newcastle Smart City Program<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ipswich\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.qld.gov.au\/transport\/projects\/cavi\/cavi-project\"><strong><em>Cooperative and Automated Vehicle Initiative<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=VHI2jzggIZ8\"><strong><em>Adelaide Smart City initiative<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and many others.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Smart city initiatives have been instrumental in the development of China\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_Credit_System\"><strong>draconian social credit system<\/strong><\/a>, and we have expressed concerns that\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/02\/26\/chinas-social-credit-system-may-soon-reach-australia\/\"><strong>a similar system will soon reach Australia<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, these fragmented projects will develop and connect together to make up the smart city vision, and we are already seeing small examples of this come to light.<\/p>\n<p>But why is this important? And what does it have to do with current Australian bushfires?<\/p>\n<p>The links are clear once you begin to scratch beneath the surface.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>HIGH-SPEED TRAIN PROPOSAL<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8003\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alstom-Avelia-HS2-Train-FINAL.jpg?fit=630%2C354&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"(max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alstom-Avelia-HS2-Train-FINAL.jpg?w=1160&amp;ssl=1 1160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alstom-Avelia-HS2-Train-FINAL.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alstom-Avelia-HS2-Train-FINAL.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alstom-Avelia-HS2-Train-FINAL.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" data-attachment-id=\"8003\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/12\/05\/australian-bushfires-conspiracy\/alstom-avelia-hs2-train-final\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alstom-Avelia-HS2-Train-FINAL.jpg?fit=1160%2C652&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1160,652\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Alstom-Avelia-HS2-Train-FINAL\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alstom-Avelia-HS2-Train-FINAL.jpg?fit=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Alstom-Avelia-HS2-Train-FINAL.jpg?fit=630%2C354&amp;ssl=1\" \/><figcaption>Is a deeper picture being revealed? Photo: AWW<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Enter the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consolidated_Land_and_Rail_Australia\">Consolidated Land and Rail Australia<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0company, better known as CLARA, which made a proposal to the Australian government in 2017 for a high-speed rail train line from Brisbane to Melbourne, including a vision of new smart cities to be built along the southern route of the plan.<\/p>\n<p>The consortium is headed by Nick Cleary, and the company has sold bureaucrats and ministers on a vision so large it\u2019s almost eye-watering: a high-speed rail network that would open the way for not one,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2019\/aug\/05\/too-good-to-be-true-australias-high-speed-rail-dream-leaves-a-bitter-taste\"><strong>but\u00a0<em>eight new cities<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, each between 200,0000 and 600,000 people, along its route.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe policy on population has failed because we have failed to overcome the tyranny of distance,\u201d\u00a0<\/em>Cleary says.\u00a0<em>\u201cBetween now and 2061 we are going to grow the population by 15 million. Our plan is to build cities at scale connected by high-speed rail.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.clara.com.au\/the-clara-plan.html\"><strong>According to their official website<\/strong><\/a>:\u00a0<em>\u201c<\/em><em>CLARA is Australia\u2019s most ambitious master-planning project: eight compact smart cities across Victoria and NSW connected to Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney by high-speed rail. Liveable, connected and sustainable. Self-sufficient in energy and water use.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The first network of cities worldwide designed around people, not private cars, in 100 years. The first CLARA city is proposed near Shepparton in Victoria\u2019s north.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a vision to transform the settlement patterns of Australia entrenched for more than 200 years. And all to be achieved by the private sector, with only minimal government involvement.<\/p>\n<p>ASIC searches show a web of companies behind CLARA, and Cleary says there is a separate consortium agreement and\u00a0<em>\u201ca number of firms that are funding us while we pass milestones\u201d<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently, there\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.railexpress.com.au\/fast-rail-funding-for-clara-questioned\/\">have been serious doubts<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0that the project would even get off the ground, after being predicted to cost north of $100 billion to fully clear land and develop infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Could there be something going on beneath the surface?<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>THE SMOKING GUN?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Cleary says they have secured crucial land to begin this mass project around the sites of the first two new cities, stating\u00a0<em>\u201cwe have some land in our control around those locations. It\u2019s around those areas, about 10km from Shepparton.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When investigating this, one must ask the question:<\/p>\n<p>Is it merely a coincidence that this area is one of the locations under serious threat from fires? \u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/greatershepparton.com.au\/community\/emergencies\/fire\"><strong>http:\/\/greatershepparton.com.au\/community\/emergencies\/fire<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is not simply an isolated incident or \u2018coincidence\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Closer examination shows\u00a0<strong>many of the current fires<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>along the east coast correspond to the proposed route for the high-speed rail line<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>locations that are part of the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.clara.com.au\/high-speed-rail.html\"><strong>CLARA proposal<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Let\u2019s take a look below at the proposed smart city train line:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7993\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/23_preserve_corridor_for_east_coast_high_speed_rail.png?w=630&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/23_preserve_corridor_for_east_coast_high_speed_rail.png?w=698&amp;ssl=1 698w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/23_preserve_corridor_for_east_coast_high_speed_rail.png?resize=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"523\" data-attachment-id=\"7993\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/12\/05\/australian-bushfires-conspiracy\/23_preserve_corridor_for_east_coast_high_speed_rail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/23_preserve_corridor_for_east_coast_high_speed_rail.png?fit=698%2C589&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"698,589\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"23_preserve_corridor_for_east_coast_high_speed_rail\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/23_preserve_corridor_for_east_coast_high_speed_rail.png?fit=300%2C253&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/23_preserve_corridor_for_east_coast_high_speed_rail.png?fit=630%2C532&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Now let\u2019s take a look at the bushfire path across Australia:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7994\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-11.38.56-am-990x861-Copy.png?w=630&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-11.38.56-am-990x861-Copy.png?w=840&amp;ssl=1 840w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-11.38.56-am-990x861-Copy.png?resize=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-11.38.56-am-990x861-Copy.png?resize=768%2C483&amp;ssl=1 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"390\" data-attachment-id=\"7994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/12\/05\/australian-bushfires-conspiracy\/screen-shot-2019-11-11-at-11-38-56-am-990x861-copy\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-11.38.56-am-990x861-Copy.png?fit=840%2C528&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"840,528\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-11.38.56-am-990\u00d7861-Copy\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-11.38.56-am-990x861-Copy.png?fit=300%2C189&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screen-Shot-2019-11-11-at-11.38.56-am-990x861-Copy.png?fit=630%2C396&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Notice anything similar?<\/p>\n<p>On further investigation, Shepparton is also revealed to be a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/81029995_485952345389299_6457038289319755776_n.jpg\">region inside of CLARA\u2019s documents<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0explaining various locations the train line will run!<\/p>\n<div class=\"aligncenter wpcnt\">\n<div class=\"wpa\">\n<p><span class=\"wpa-about\">Advertisements<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"u inline\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"atatags-2-5e1105071aa08\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Government funding contribution to the CLARA proposal is up to $8,000,000, a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infrastructure.gov.au\/rail\/trains\/faster_rail\/files\/Fact-Sheet-CLARA-Oct-18.pdf\"><strong>fact sheet on high-speed rail<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0says, and in the aftermath of the loss of these fires, both will have a perfect opportunity to snatch up land that is now being cleared (by fires) to make way for the rail line.<\/p>\n<p>Those who have lost property to fires along the proposed rail route will likely not be allowed to rebuild on their land, instead encouraged to rebuild in the areas designated for new smart cities.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, CLARA has already signed agreements with landowners along the proposed route for the high-speed train, which have now lapsed and leave a bitter taste for farmers in the areas.<\/p>\n<p>Could we be seeing the intentional burning of Australia? How is this all ultimately connected?<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>AGENDA 21\/2030<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>The significant linkage here is that the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.infrastructure.gov.au\/cities\/Sustainable-Development-Goal-11.aspx\"><strong>government fully admits<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0smart cities are part of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/04\/27\/agenda-2030-australia\/\"><strong>Australia\u2019s significant contribution toward achievement of Agenda 2030<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u2018Sustainable Development Goal\u2019 11.<\/p>\n<p>In September 2015, 193 Member States of the United Nations adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to make up the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/sustainabledevelopment.un.org\/content\/documents\/21252030%20Agenda%20for%20Sustainable%20Development%20web.pdf\"><strong><em>2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Agenda 2030 will change our economies, our environment and our societies, while reshaping old mindsets, behaviours and patterns of living forever.<\/p>\n<p>Included in the document are\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/sustainable-development-goals\/\"><strong>Sustainable Development Goals<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and 169 individual targets, adopted by world leaders in at an\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/summit\/\"><strong>historic UN Summit<\/strong><\/a>, objectives expected to guide the actions of the international community over a 15-year period (2016-2030).<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/04\/29\/the-un-takeover-of-australian-society\/\">The UN takeover<br \/>\nof Australian society<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Australian government coordination on implementation of the 2030 Agenda is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dfat.gov.au\/aid\/topics\/development-issues\/2030-agenda\/Pages\/sustainable-development-goals.aspx\"><strong>led by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(DFAT) and the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (PM&amp;C), in collaboration with individual departments for each individual SDG.<\/p>\n<p>Many sustainable development targets, such as energy and water, health and wellbeing, gender equality, climate change, resource distribution and more, have already seen many organisations introduce policies and procedures to align with intended goals.<\/p>\n<p>The fire phenomenon we are witnessing is being used to promote climate change hysteria, which has driven the UN to\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/10\/08\/un-overhaul-agenda-2030\/\">call for an overhaul of world trade systems<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to begin \u2018tackling\u2019 these issues.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-8001\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-473.png?w=630&amp;ssl=1\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-473.png?w=650&amp;ssl=1 650w, https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-473.png?resize=300%2C267&amp;ssl=1 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"551\" data-attachment-id=\"8001\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/12\/05\/australian-bushfires-conspiracy\/screenshot-473\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-473.png?fit=650%2C578&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"650,578\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot-473\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-473.png?fit=300%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/tottnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Screenshot-473.png?fit=630%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>Today, most of Australia\u2019s resources are being taken over by foreign entities, including our\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2018\/09\/25\/foreign-takeover-of-australian-gas-and-electricity\/\">gas and electricity supplies<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/04\/04\/foreign-investment-australian-water\/\">water reserve entitlements<\/a><\/strong>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/04\/16\/chinese-companies-spying-australia\/\">surveillance technology<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and much more.<\/p>\n<p>Conditions will continue to effects most of regional Australia, until the population is forced into highly-controlled, smart city monoliths, connected by high-speed trains currently in the works.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t8XmlMpJSJ8\"><strong>Drought by Design<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=t8XmlMpJSJ8\"><strong>\u2013 The Genociding of Australia<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Through the introduction of new laws and regulations to restrict the people\u2019s use of the land and water in the future, as well as the introduction of carbon taxes on almost every human activity in the pretence of \u2018saving the environment\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The stage is being prepared for the introduction of Agenda 2030 in Australia and the ongoing bushfire \u2018crisis\u2019 is just the beginning of much larger things to come.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/12\/05\/australian-bushfires-conspiracy\/\">https:\/\/tottnews.com\/2019\/12\/05\/australian-bushfires-conspiracy\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australian Bushfires: A Smart City Conspiracy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3289\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}