Australian government agency responsible for providing meteorology services
Bureau of Meteorology
Agency overview
Formed
1 January 1908; 116 years ago (1908-01-01)
Jurisdiction
Government of Australia
Headquarters
Melbourne
Employees
1,500[1]
Annual budget
A$420.6 million total, $335.2 million of that coming from the Government, and $85.4 million from sales of goods and rendering of services. (2022–23)[2]
Minister responsible
The Hon Tanya Plibersek MP, Minister for the Environment and Water
Agency executive
Andrew Johnson, Director of Meteorology
Parent agency
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (Australia)
Website
www.bom.gov.au
The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM or BoM) is an executive agency of the Australian Government responsible for providing weather services to Australia and surrounding areas. It was established in 1906 under the Meteorology Act, and brought together the state meteorological services that existed before then.[3] The states officially transferred their weather recording responsibilities to the Bureau of Meteorology on 1 January 1908.[4][5]
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^"Collections in Perth: 20. Meteorology". National Archives of Australia. Archived from the original on 12 February 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2008.
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