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No, the entire ROBUST program including supercomputers and what not is actually $866m https://www.itnews.com.au/news/boms-seven-year-technology-transformation-c

by Maxious 10mo ago

No, the entire ROBUST program including supercomputers and what not is actually $866m https://www.itnews.com.au/news/boms-seven-year-technology-transformation-cost-866m-611371 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/boms-seven-year-technology-tr... > the cost breakdown included $4.1 million for the redesign, $79.8 million for the website build, and the site's launch and security testing cost $12.6 million. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-23/bureau-of-meteorology-new-website-cost-blowout-to-96-million/106042202 https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-23/bureau-of-meteorology... > “Additional features, security testing and preparedness for website launch cost $12.6 million. This includes the build, test and deployment of feature releases, and performance and load testing to ensure the website can accommodate peak volumes of traffic we see during severe weather.” https://www.smh.com.au/technology/premium-prices-for-a-downgrade-96-5-million-bom-website-savaged-20251126-p5niis.html https://www.smh.com.au/technology/premium-prices-for-a-downg... Part of the challenge is how obsficated the public records are - rather than being called "website" the contracts are disclosed as "Channels Platform" Deloitte, $4m for design https://www.tenders.gov.au/Cn/Show/cde4ad08-e9d1-4526-a407-53f3ae40429f https://www.tenders.gov.au/Cn/Show/cde4ad08-e9d1-4526-a407-5... Accenture, $79m for build https://www.tenders.gov.au/Cn/Show/f506481d-0bbd-4776-a3f1-56845e5f984f https://www.tenders.gov.au/Cn/Show/f506481d-0bbd-4776-a3f1-5...

lwkl 10mo ago
Wow thank you. That's really expensive if it's just for the website displaying the processed data. I just looked up the cost of the recent redesign of the weather service in my small country of Switzerland. And I don't think more than 10 times the cost can be explained by the size of the country. The redesign of the website of the website of the weather service in my small country cost about $6-7 million and the project planning was $600'000. It seems like they hired the same company that did the previous website which makes sense since they spent the previous 10 years keeping it running.

by Maxious 10mo ago

lwkl 10mo ago

Wow thank you. That's really expensive if it's just for the website displaying the processed data. I just looked up the cost of the recent redesign of the weather service in my small country of Switzerland. And I don't think more than 10 times the cost can be explained by the size of the country. The redesign of the website of the website of the weather service in my small country cost about $6-7 million and the project planning was $600'000. It seems like they hired the same company that did the previous website which makes sense since they spent the previous 10 years keeping it running.