Fixes push BoM website costs closer to $100m


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

No Bureau of Meteorology staff or its tech contractors will face sanctions for its $98 million website bungle, its recently appointed chief executive Stuart Minchin confirmed on Monday.

At a Senate Estimates hearing, Mr Minchin – who is also the BoM’s director of meteorology – also revealed another $1.15 million has been spent since the site went live last October.

But he pushed back on criticism suggesting that the launch …

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