3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (499+ words) The head of the Bureau of Meteorology admits the agency did not properly rollout its controversial website overhaul, but is defending the massive cost blowout. Bureau chief executive Stuart Minchin faced a grilling at a late-night Senate estimates hearing on…...

5+ hour, 5+ min ago  (428+ words) The Bureau of Meteorology has awarded the private consultancy behind its unpopular $96 million website redesign a $16 million contract to build a new climate website for the federal government. The BOM awarded Accenture Australia a contract worth $16 million in early March…...

4+ hour, 39+ min ago  (332+ words) The Kenyan government says two rivers have burst their banks, flooding farms and displacing families as the death toll in flooding in the east African nation rises to 88. At least 21 counties have been affected by the floods, raising concerns over…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (203+ words) The death toll from landslides in "Ethiopia has risen "to 125, the South Ethiopia regional "government says. Authorities last week confirmed "70 deaths after landslides hit three Gamo Zone districts - the Gacho Baba District, Kamba District and Bonke District - following a week…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (230+ words) At least 59 people died when Cyclone Gezani struck Madagascar last week, the disaster management office "says, as it assesses the impact of the second tropical "storm to hit the Indian Ocean island nation this year. The cyclone "displaced 16,428, while 15 people…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (379+ words) At least $30 billion will be spent building a construction yard to eventually build nuclear submarines for Australia under the AUKUS agreement. The federal government announced on Sunday it had pledged $3.9 billion as a down payment to secure the future of…...