‘Your new website sucks’: Bureau of Meteorology redesign is lightning rod for heated criticism

<p>It was designed to be clean and clear, but upset users are calling the national weather forecaster’s new site confusing, clunky and ‘really bad’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/23/australia-news-live-pauline-hanson-barnaby-joyce-one-nation-nationals-weather-wind-damage-melbourne-sydney-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>It was designed to be clean and clear, but the Bureau of Meteorology’s new website has come in for criticism for being confusing, clunky and “really, really bad”.</p><p>After years of development, the government site, which has 2.6bn page views a year, was relaunched on Wednesday, <a href="https://www.bom.gov.au/">its homepage</a> giving users a snapshot of weather in capital cities around the country and latest news updates from the bureau.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/23/new-bureau-meteorology-website-criticism">Continue reading...</a>