The Bureau of Meteorology has blamed Covid-era inflation and a Coalition government cap on public service headcount for cost blowouts in the IT project and the use of contractors such as Accenture in its controversial overhaul of the agency’s website. The agency’s new CEO, Dr Stuart Minchin, said the cost reflects the ‘significant investment required to fully rebuild all the layers of technology and system that underpins the website’. BoM revealed last month the true cost of its new website to be $96.5m after initially saying the user-facing aspect was just over $4m. It led to calls to explain why the cost had been so high given public outcry over issues with the new site
BoM asked to explain ‘what happened here’ after cost of website redesign revealed to be $96.5m
BoM chief defends $96.5m website redesign costs blowout in Senate estimates
