Environment Minister Murray Watt has hauled the Bureau of Meteorology in for a “please explain” over its controversial website update, which has prompted a flood of complaints to politicians from upset users.

But Nationals leader David Littleproud has called for a complete review of the new website, saying it clearly wasn’t giving his constituents in Maranoa – which covers about half of Queensland – the information they needed about recent rain.

“I am hearing from many locals that the new platform no longer allows them to enter GPS coordinates for their specific property locations, restricting searches to towns or postcodes,” Mr Littleproud said.

“As a result, families, businesses and farmers are unable to access vital, localised data such as river heights and rainfall information. Othe

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