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BY RadioToday Network June 17, 2026
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“Totally and absolutely unusable!” Radio people let rip over new BoM website
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3AW's David Armstrong. Image: Nine Radio
Just a day after the Bureau of Meteorology launched its new-look website, the changes have gone down like a lead weather balloon – not least among people who work in radio.
BoM says its new website was designed in consultation with the community to make sure it delivers the information that people want.
Tell that to people like Craig Smith, a community radio announcer at Switch Brisbane who relies on the BoM website – sometimes at short notice – to read out a weather warning or a forecast.
“All of the things are now very hard to find and are no longer easy to read at a glance,” says Craig. “Surely I am not the only one in this industry who relies on this service.”
Craig got in touch with Radio Today, to see if there’s been any similar industry feedback on the changes.
There most certainly has.
3AW Breakfast newsreader David Armstrong wasted no time teeing off on the new website, saying he is ‘filthy’ over the changes.
Venting his displeasure with Ross and Russ on 3AW Breakfast this morning, Armstrong branded the new system “totally and absolutely unusable!”
“It’s inpenetrable! It is the most difficult thing!”
“I’m a simple man. I don’t like things to be difficult. I just want to know ‘What’s the temperature in Geelong?’”
Sharing Armstrong’s frustration was 3AW producer Damian Tardio, who said “Whoever did that, can they please put it back to the original? Because it is completely and utterly STUFFED.”
On social media, SEN commentator Adam White lamented “I can’t believe what they’ve done to the Bureau of Meteorology website. Very disappointing and frustrating. And unnecessary.”
Responding to criticism over the website changes, Senior BoM Meteorologist Angus Hines told ABC 774 Drive host Ali Moore that the system was due for a refresh to bring it into the modern age.
“We’ve now got graphs all around the country that track forward the hourly forecast in terms of your temperature, how it feels, whether you’re expecting rain, what the overhead conditions are like.”
Hines says all the same weather observations are still there. Finding them might just take a little bit of getting used to.
“It looks a bit different. It plays a bit different. But all the important information is still there. You might have to find it in a slightly different way, but it IS still there.”
So with all that in mind, here is the latest Radio Today forecast, which reads as follows:
The change will bring unsettled conditions today and into the weekend with local (and vocal) wind gusts and squalls and a possible storm in a teacup before calmer conditions prevail.
Temperatures will return to almost normal range after some respite from the hot-under-the-collar spell and a rather frosty early start will lead to a thawing later in the day.
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BY Sarah Patterson June 17, 2026
Its an absolute piece of *coughcough*.
3 day fircast used to go bang bang bang.
Now I have to go from today to then 7 day, it doesnt say ‘30% chance of rain’ now its like ‘70% chance of no rain’
If it aint broke!??!
It is NOT the BOM . Com
For those that still need it, old webiste is here:
http://reg.bom.gov.au
At least until they shut it down
If they revert back to the old site, it would be a substantial upgrade.
Must have employed the same people that update ACMA’S site! Apparently it’s easier to find stuff too…. Until you actually need to find something.
Literally “Old Man yells At Cloud” vibes with pun intended.
Listeners just want the basics. They don’t care about high tide low tide. They don’t care about when the sun set or rose They don’t care about what direction the wind is blowing and the speed unless it’s gale force or there’s a fire just give them the basics.
Just because it’s there doesn’t t mean you have to read it out . Use some commonsense, if it been raining all week and it’s 12 degrees of course the fire danger is low !!! Durrrrrrrr
Any frog and fost expected?
… yep, it’s like a Bluey cartoon for pre-schoolers …
We are not all ‘ senior meteorologists ‘ who have a degree in gobbly guke.
Just give us back the old tried and tested site.
Yeah I noticed that today while on air.
Great, it happened to other people as well.
I thought it was me……
As a volunteer presenter at a regional community station. My listeners, many of who are farm people and need information regarding tomorrow or the next day to plan. This new rubbish doesnt give me the information I have been able bring to our listeners, other listeners also use the information when planning trips to the city, expected temperatures etc. I note one writer mentions high and low tide times, I certainly have never given tide times for the Murrar River
I thought it was only me on Wednesday having trouble finding all the data that was previously only a mouse click away. Then I came to radiotoday 24 hours after and found so many others experiencing the same negativity. It it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. A BOM disaster from my point of view.
The new UI of BOM is an absolute insult to Intelligence. These complete idiots have never heard the saying, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it!
All they had to do, was make the site https.
If they left it like that it would’ve been fine
I’m a community radio announcer and my gawd, I felt like a blowie in a window yesterday trying to read the weather!! Someone at BoM let their toddler play with the computer!
Never have used the Bom web site.
Only rely on the Bom APP
I believe $4 million for this garbage
The last Bureau website actually won awards. Attention to detail and a breeze to navigate. Not old school at all. What the he’ll are you thinking?
Please put back the original.
There was absolutely no reason to change it.
Just use a Weather app on your phone , and deliver the weather in a simple easy way, people don’t know need to know about wind direction speed high tide low tide sunrise sunset they don’t care just give them the basics and move on