BoM-shell: $100 million website puts minister and bureau leadership under a cloud

Pocock slams BoM's $96.5 million website rebuild, backs Aussie businesses in reform push

“There is no doubt an Australian firm could have delivered this work for a fraction of the cost," the independent senator for the ACT told SmartCompany on Tuesday. The post Pocock slams BoM’s $96.5 million website rebuild, backs Aussie businesses in reform push appeared first on SmartCompany.

BoM-shell: $100 million website puts minister and bureau leadership under a cloud

Stuart Minchin’s been boss of the BoM for a week but he’s at the centre of an almighty storm. Photo: Stuart Minchin. Are we reading these numbers correctly? Surely the Bureau of Meteorology didn’t spend almost $100 million of taxpayers’ money on a new website and app? That’s $96.5 million to be a little more precise. No way. Only a mere $4.1 million for the website redesign, but then a massive $79.8 million to build it, followed by a handsome $1…

BoM-shell: $100 million website puts minister and bureau leadership under a cloud

Stuart Minchin’s been boss of the BoM for a week but he’s at the centre of an almighty storm. Photo: Stuart Minchin. Are we reading these numbers correctly? Surely the Bureau of Meteorology didn’t spend almost $100 million of taxpayers’ money on a new website and app? That’s $96.5 million to be a little more precise. No way. Only a mere $4.1 million for the website redesign, but then a massive $79.8 million to build it, followed by a handsome $1…