ANAO Audit of the Bureau of Meteorology
1st September 2018
The Australian National Audit Office is undertaking a performance audit of the Bureau of Meteorology's delivery of extreme weather services.
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- The Bureau's planning appropriately supports its ability to respond to extreme weather events
- The Bureau manages it operational resources effectively in responding to extreme weather events
- ???????The Bureau's assessment and reporting on the performance of its extreme weather services is fit for purpose.
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- bushfires, heatwaves;
- cyclones, damaging/destructive winds, blizzards;
- thunderstorms, heavy rainfall, flooding, flash floods, tsunamis, surf and storm tides;
- space weather (e.g. solar flares affecting GPS); and
- weather related aspects of bio-security incidents and pandemics.
Services delivered by the Bureau to be examined include:
- monitoring and prediction
- interpretation
- products
- communications; and
- capability development.
For more on the Performance Audit and how to contribute, visit the ANAO website www.anao.gov.au??????????????.
