Overview
- Acting CEO Peter Stone said the site has reverted to the previous colour scheme and made rain reflectivity (dBZ) the default, with users able to switch to rain‑rate (mm/h).
- The rollback was announced on October 31 after meetings with state and territory disaster ministers and days of complaints about usability during active storms.
- Reports a day earlier described the BoM app radar crashing or showing out‑of‑date images as severe weather threatened south‑east Queensland.
- Political pressure intensified, with Queensland Premier David Crisafulli and federal Environment Minister Murray Watt criticising the redesign and demanding fixes.
- The bureau confirmed the broader website work cost about $86 million, including a $4.1 million public‑facing revamp, within the $866 million Robust IT program that involved major contracts with Accenture and Deloitte.