Ross Cadell (NSW, National Party, Shadow Minister for Water) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for the Environment and Water, Senator Watt. Minister, we've had reports from farmers who couldn't track incoming storms to protect their sheep because the new BOM platform failed to load local weather observations, and fishers who couldn't see wind direction or sea state to decide whether to invest their time or whether it was safe. Growers are left to guess the weather when preparing for harvest. How the Labor Party justify spending $96 million on a Bureau of Meteorology website that performs worse than free weather apps, especially when your government claims to care about food security as you launch a free food security council while leaving the very people who produce that food at risk of an underperforming weather app?