Mastodawn

nobody warned me about this impending storm. Looking at you, #BOM

May well be??

"When the BoM launched its flawed and absurdly costly website, the minister responsible made the small concession that it 'may well be a contract that demonstrates the need for greater oversight of consultants, and greater use of public sector capacity wherever possible'.

"Accenture’s latest contract suggests this hasn’t happened. If any action was taken from that statement, presumably it was the appending of a small note to the consultancy’s power map, suggesting the minister needs to be taken to dinner soon."

#Lobbying #AusPol #BoM #GiftArticle

https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22911/VPPpQHSN

The Accenture beanstalk

You might think, when a company’s work is so slipshod that it is known in government circles by the nickname “Accidenture”, when behind that company is a trail of blowouts and extensions, millions and millions of taxpayer dollars jemmied out in so-called variations, that it would at some point become hard for it to win competitive tenders. For Accenture, this is not the case.

The Saturday Paper

🅱🅸🅶🅾🆁🆁🅴.🅾🆁🅶 Mar 27

Aviation weather for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport in Mumbai area (India) is “METAR VABB 272330Z 22004KT 3000 BR FEW020 27/24 Q1008 NOSIG” : See what it means on https://www.bigorre.org/aero/meteo/vabb/en #chhatrapatishivajimaharajinternationalairport #airport #mumbai #india #vabb #bom #metar #aviation #aviationweather #avgeek vl

Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport in Mumbai (India) aviation weather and informations VABB BOM

Aviation weather with TAF and METAR, Maps, hotels and aeronautical information for Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International airport in Mumbai (India)

Bigorre.org

𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙 Mar 26

Exmouth is feeling blown away this morning...

#weather #BoM

Bodhi 心 Mar 26

RE: https://mastodon.social/@imalcolm/116294147410856182

I noticed that something was up with Weatherzone lately ~ I got dumped on by rain while I was looking at the radar and there was nothing on it. *sigh* #enshittification #BoM #weather #radar #hiking

Droppie [infosec] 🐨

Mar 26

wtf? #thunder 😮️ where'd that come from? 🤷‍♀️️ #BoM was all clear a coupla hours ago...

ooh, but not now... a small band of quite intense fun here & more soon, from the NW, with a whopping band of fun coming from the W somewhat later

lock up yer wombats! 😱️🤪️

#nsw #weather

Dr Micha Campbell Mar 24

The BOM data services do definitely need am overhaul, but I hear that this money is coming from the pot which would have paid researchers' salaries. Not much point having a data service if theres no one collecting the data for it... also a massive WTF at getting Accenture to do it again after the last time.

I learned recently that while a lot of BOM staff are in ongoing roles (yay!) this is not true of the researchers, who are largely on fixed contracts (boooo!). Just thinking about how many staff could be funded with $16 mill...

#AusPol #BOM

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-24/company-in-96m-bom-site-redesign-gets-16m-contract/106478264

Company that built botched new BOM website wins $16m contract for new site

The company responsible for the highly criticised BOM website wins a $16 million tender to build a new climate data website for the government.

NieuwsJunkies.nl Mar 22

📰 Terugblik op de IS-aanslagen in Brussel 10 jaar geleden

https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1A5U

🕣 08:30 | NOS Video
🔸 #Explosie #Terrorisme #IS #Metro #Bom

Terugblik op de IS-aanslagen in Brussel 10 jaar geleden

22 maart 2016 ontploffen bommen in de vertrekhal van vliegveld Zaventem bij Brussel. Even later gaat een bom af op metrostation Maalbeek in de Belgische hoofdstad. De aanslagen worden gepleegd door IS-terroristen. Meer dan 30 mensen komen om het leven.

NieuwsJunkies.nl Mar 20

📰 Twee doden door explosie van zelfgemaakte bom in Rome

https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1A0O

🕦 23:23 | NOS Nieuws
🔸 #Explosie #Anarchie #Bom #Italie #Dood

Twee doden door explosie van zelfgemaakte bom in Rome

Volgens Italiaanse autoriteiten waren de twee actief in anarchistische kringen.

NieuwsJunkies.nl Mar 20

📰 Campagneleider Hart voor Den Haag was 'woedend' over flyerende Bulgaren

https://nieuwsjunkies.nl/artikel/1A06

🕢 19:18 | NPO Radio 1
🔸 #Verkiezingen #Campagne #Woedend #Cafe #Bom

Campagneleider Hart voor Den Haag was 'woedend' over flyerende Bulgaren

<p>Coen Bom, die namens de partij Hart voor Den Haag campagneleider was bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen, was 'woedend' toen bleek dat er Bulgaren waren ingehuurd om voor Hart voor Den Haag te flyeren. "Ik wist er niks van", zegt hij in het Politiek Café van <i>Dit is de Dag</i>.</p>

NPO Radio 1