US Edition‘How not to do something really important’: BoM boss grilled over $96m website
The Bureau of Meteorology's website costs rose from $4.1 million to $96 million amid contract failures and consultant-driven cost blowouts, officials said.
- At a late-night Senate estimates hearing in Canberra, Bureau of Meteorology chief executive Stuart Minchin defended the $96 million website on Monday, noting the redesign cost jumped from $4.1 million.
- Funded across three tranches, the Robust program had a $780.8m total original tranche budget and was spurred by a 2015 cyber intrusion associated with state-sponsored actors.
- Contract records show Accenture’s tranche rose from $33 million to $77 million after 10 contract amendments, and usability complaints centered on the site’s 70,000 pages and hard-to-read radar maps.
- Environment Minister Murray Watt said the Albanese government is working to reduce reliance on external consultants and called for greater oversight, while Minchin conceded the BoM `didn’t get it right` and must be more transparent.
- The most recent external gateway review finished last week and gave the program a green light, while Finance Department assessments revealed management questions predate Stuart Minchin’s arrival.
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Sydney Morning Herald
‘How not to do something really important’: BoM boss grilled over $96m website
The BoM’s new chief said cost blowouts were within the normal range as senators grilled the agency over its $866 million security upgrade.
The West Australian
REVEALED: BoM’s website fail part of massive $800m overhaul
Consultants ‘at the trough’ have been blamed for the staggering $96.5m bill for the controversial redesign of the Bureau of Meteorology’s website, with revelations it was part of a wider $800m systems overhaul.
canberradaily.com.au
The Queenslander'Didn't get it right': BOM defends $96M website cost blowout
The head of the Bureau of Meteorology admits the agency did not properly rollout its controversial website overhaul, but is defending the massive cost blowout. Bureau chief executive Stuart Minchin faced a grilling at a late-night Senate estimates hearing on Monday after the organisation came under mounting pressure for its website redesign. The original price tag of the change was $4.1 million, but was later revealed to be $96 million. The bure…
Watt Flags More Fed Insourcing After BoM Website Outrage - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News
Federal environment minister Murray Watt has flagged increased insourcing of management of major government contracts in response to public outrage over the Bureau of Meteorology’s handling of its website overhaul. At $96.5 million, the final bill for the website was well over original estimates after the contract for its overall build was amended ten times between March 2021 and October 2025. The bureau estimated the value of the contract $31 …
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