The Bureau of Meteorology: Chaos at the forecaster

<p>Last Tuesday, while torrential rains brought floods that cut off whole towns in Victoria, Australia’s weather forecasting agency made a strange announcement.</p><p>The Bureau of Meteorology called on all media to change the name they had used to refer to it: the BoM. Instead it wanted to be called The Bureau.</p><p>What seemed like an odd branding announcement at first, has led to a series of revelations about working conditions for Australia’s official weather forecasters.</p><p>Today, senior reporter for <em>The Saturday Paper</em> Rick Morton on the culture at the Bureau of Meteorology and how science got sidelined.</p><p><br /></p><p><strong>Socials: </strong>Stay in touch with us on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/7ampodcast">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.instagram.com/7ampodcast">Instagram</a></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Senior reporter for <em>The Saturday Paper</em>, Rick Morton</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>