Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Minister for the Environment and Water) Share this | Hansard source

():  Well, Senator Cadell, I can appreciate that you wouldn't be aware of this, given you weren't a member of the chamber at the time, but do you know which government commissioned this new website? It was the Turnbull government. So it was the Turnbull government that signed those contracts about that new website, I'm sorry to inform you. The work continued over a number of years, but this goes back to the Turnbull government, followed by the Morrison government.

What I did as soon as I became aware of the problems with this website was to meet with the acting CEO, explain my displeasure and ask for urgent changes to be made, which occurred. I've met twice with the new CEO of the BOM, including on his very first day in the job, to outline my concerns and the need for him to get on top of them, and I have confidence that the new CEO of the BOM is taking these matters seriously and will properly investigate them.