Australians have lost their faith in the Bureau of Meteorology after its hated website upgrade, the Albanese government has declared, as senior ministers call in the agency’s chief to explain how its $4.1 million project sparked community outrage.

Environment Minister Murray Watt and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen said on Wednesday the bureau had lost its social licence because of the website upgrade and demanded urgent changes.

Watt also hauled in the bureau’s acting CEO, Peter Stone, to demand fixes to the website as soon as possible and briefings expected to be held by Friday with state and territory emergency services ministers. This followed Queensland Premier David Crisafulli’s fury in state parliament on Tuesday, when he blamed the “flawed” website for failing to allow reside

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