Budget funds govt agencies, departments and programs

Funding for government agencies, departments and programs to respond to COVID, increase data protection and improve public sector efficiency is contained in the federal budget.

8 October, 2020

Sweeping public service strikes in September

1000 days of bargaining.

26 August, 2016

Turnbull orders Cyber Security cohesion, hacking paybacks

MacGibbon gets powerful new Special Advisor role.

21 April, 2016

Australia from space – new hi-res images made public

The Bureau of Meteorology has released a new public web viewer

30 September, 2015

BoM portal provides new ‘climate resilient’ water maps

Now anyone can find where it’s wet

13 July, 2015

Storm of industrial action sweeps across federal agencies

Bureau of Meteorology and Agriculture hit by staff walk-offs.

19 May, 2015

Australian Bureau of Statistics forced to sell advertising, data to pay for new technology

This survey sponsored by …

7 May, 2015

Strikes at ATO primed for Tax Time

‘Council of war’ convened for federal industrial campaign.

30 April, 2015

Stormy weather ahead for Eric Abetz

Bureau of Meteorology staff may interrupt weather forecasts.

1 April, 2015

Bureau of Meteorology urgently needs help weathering storms

Storm’s a-brewing.

21 October, 2014

Online ads now a permanent fix for Bureau of Meteorology

Cash positive forecast for heavy weather traffic

5 August, 2014

Bureau of Meteorology mobile app avoids Android forecast

    By Paul Hemsley and Julian Bajkowski Checking third party weather apps on mobile and tablet devices has long been a daily staple of smartphone users, however the Bureau of Meteorology has now revealed intentions to build its very own Apple iOS and Windows Mobile applications to deliver updates to gadgets on the fly. […]

10 February, 2014

CSIRO says tech tools can help in disasters

By Paul Hemsley The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has revealed that emerging technologies such as computer modeling and social media can help governments and emergency services more effectively manage natural disasters like bushfires and floods. In the wake of the devastation wrought by Hurricane Sandy in the United States in October as […]

23 November, 2012

Bureau of Meteorology makes rain with web ads

By Julian Bajkowski The Federal government has pressed ahead with a controversial move to allow commercial advertising on government websites after the Bureau of Meteorology called for expressions of interest to supply advertising services as part of a one-year trial. Tender documents reveal that the government regards the potential market of weather watchers to represent […]

10 September, 2012