A whistleblower from the BOM has come forward to criticise its managing director Mr Johnson over his poor leadership.
He has blew the whistle on his behaviour including his views which include:
“He has openly questioned why anyone with a life would watch Senate estimates. He sees these as an opportunity for Senators to big note themselves and hopefully get a sound bite on radio or TV.”
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Oversight of the Bureau of Meteorology is extremely important as it is responsible for reporting weather records.
It should not however amend prior records and then mislead the public into believing the fudged records are the real ones.
Had someone said to me years ago that it would be necessary to pull up our government for telling lies about our historical weather records I would never have believed them.
Yet here we are.
A government agency creating new records so it can push climate change lies onto the people of Australia.
Billions of dollars are being wasted on renewables because of these lies.
And with an attitude like that of the managing director it’s no wonder we need to drain the Billabong.
Environment and Communications Legislation Committee
08/11/2024
Estimates
CLIMATE CHANGE, ENERGY, THE ENVIRONMENT AND WATER PORTFOLIO
Bureau of Meteorology
Senator RENNICK: I’ve been given information from a person who used to work at the bureau that actually referred to you, Mr Strong, whereby you were referring to myself and you’re openly scathing about the ‘predictable questions from Senator Rennick’, and boast about knowing ‘how to manage him’. What do you have to say to those comments?
Dr Stone: As I said in my opening statement, all officers appearing before these hearings have a deep respect for the work of the committee and the role that members of the committee play. I can’t respond to an unnamed set of allegations. I’m not sure what they—
Senator RENNICK: I find that interesting, because I’ve known Senator Duniam for a number of years and I’ve never seen him lose his cool like I saw him lose his cool with the bureau in the last questioning as well as today. I’ll just note that this information also is that Mr Johnson has a dim view of the Senate hearings and has openly questioned why anyone with a life would watch Senate estimates. He sees these as an opportunity for senators to big-note themselves and hopefully get a soundbite on radio or TV. If there’s any semblance of truth in that, given the enormous amount of money being spent on climate change and that climate change and that money is being driven by the records you homogenise, I think it’s very important that you take this very seriously. I should note that, as someone who has studied statistics in maths 1 in my commerce degree and in my masters of applied finance, I’ve always been of the view—that’s what I was taught—that you report data with a margin of error. The concept that you create an entirely new dataset, which is what you’re doing over and above the original raw data and then don’t make that clear when you report it, I would say is very poor quality assurance.
Dr Johnson: Maybe I’ll leave it to Dr Stone to respond to the secondary comments. I can’t walk past those first comments about allegations about my attitude to this parliament, this committee and its work. I don’t think I’d be any clearer about the respect that I have. This is the 25th time I’ve appeared before this committee. I’ve appeared before estimates committees for many years before I joined the bureau. I have the deepest respect for the work of these committees. I acknowledge that sometimes our interactions are not pleasant for me. My staff would also tell you that I share with them that, whilst it may be unpleasant some days, it’s an absolutely fundamental part of our democracy. Having lived and worked overseas for many years, I don’t think any of us has countenanced the alternative. I reject those comments and I’m disappointed that someone has chosen to make them. I just can’t be any clearer, Chair, through you on the record, about my respect for the work of this committee and its members.
