BoM’s $886m consultant ‘gravy train’ wraps up


Joseph Brookes
Senior Reporter

The bill for the Bureau of Meteorology’s seven-year tech overhaul is $866 million and there are fears it could rise further, despite the agency’s CEO declaring the project complete on Wednesday and having already brushed off reports of a $1 billion price tag.

The bureau this week issued a statement declaring the ROBUST IT program “formally closed” in June, hailing it a critical upgrade for weather services relied on by …

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