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The Bureau of Meteorology: Chaos at the forecaster

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The Bureau of Meteorology Rebrand

More than 20 staff alone in the media and communications division at the bottom have left in the last 18 months. A lot of them left because they were too stressed to continue working there. The entire marketing team at the agency is one person who originally was bloodlet and removed during this restructure. They told me that this is prioritised by management over severe long term understaffing of meteorologists. Meteorologists are tired and overworked. I'm so happy the public saw the bullshit instantly. We'll be back in a moment with Richard Tonwieri and the Australian Chamber Orchestra as they explore a kaleidoscope of American music.

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