The Bureau of Meteorology's (BOM) flawed and expensive redesigned website will come under renewed scrutiny, with the federal environment minister asking the agency's new boss to closely examine how it all went so wrong, and report back to him.

It comes amid revelations that the new website cost more than $96 million to design — a far cry from the $4 million figure it originally claimed had been spent.

The national weather agency was flooded with complaints by the public after the website was launched a month ago.

Users found it difficult to navigate, and also criticised the changes to the radar map , which made place names hard to read.

Farmers were scathing, as they were unable to locate rainfall data.

The federal government was forced to intervene, ordering the agency to fix the

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