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From $4M To $96M: The BOM Budget Blow-Up | Mike Newman
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3:25Now PlayingMike Newman reveals how a $4 million Bureau of Meteorology website upgrade ballooned into a $96 million debacle, emblematic of a wider culture of unchecked cost blowouts across Australia’s public sector.
Mike Newman has four decades of business experience in North Asia and served as NSW’s Senior Trade and Investment Commissioner to the region. He has written insightfully on many topics, and most recently on the problem of government bureaucracies.
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