I was reading the latest Flight Safety Australia ( link for anyone who is interested)
http://www.casa.gov.au/wcmswr/_asset.../nov-dec11.pdf
and came across an article on page 58 which talks about an Ansett Vickers Viscount 720 which is believed to have broken up in flight due to bad weather after departure.
The last section of the article says the following.
My question is, does ATC have access to weather radar or anything similar which can be used as possible weather avoidance for pilots flying IFR without weather radar? This article seems to indicate that it was possible. If so, how does the system work? Is it simply the BOM weather radar superimposed on the screen of the controller as the article indicates?