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2018–19 Snapshot

EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT

WHAT WE DELIVERED

62 weather surveillance radars

over 700 000 public forecast services

32 field offices

182 000 marine forecasts and warnings

~6600 rainfall stations

16 504 weather and ocean warnings

700 automatic weather stations

1468 flood watches and warnings

13 wind profilers

685 fire weather warnings

13 solar observatories and terrestrial radiation monitors

1.9 million aviation forecast products

30 wave buoys

225 critical event briefings to the Australian Government Crisis Coordination Centre

46 sea level stations

500 000+ climate graphs and charts

19 satellites operated by international partners

150 scientific journal articles and research reports published

over 5000 volunteer observers

250+ climate briefings

5300+ hydrological monitoring stations operated by the Bureau and its partners

210 locations in the seasonal streamflow forecasts service

THE REACH OF OUR SERVICES

OUR SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS

over 85% of website visitors returned the following month

92.8% of routine forecast products delivered on schedule

805 716 Facebook followers

98.7% uptime of automatic weather stations

544 196 Twitter followers

97.2% uptime of real-time radars

16 764 subscribers to the Bureau’s YouTube channel

97.3% uptime of wind profilers

348 million BOM Weather app sessions

100% uptime of internet services

21% increase in Climate Data Online downloads

99.9% uptime of the Australis supercomputer

16 500+ responses to media enquires

Top 5 performance of ACCESS in global forecasting models

~97% of the population covered by a Bureau radar

75% of community customers' needs exceeded by the Bureau's forecast services

~92% of the population within 20 km of a Bureau automatic weather station

15 minutes average time from earthquake to tsunami bulletin

11 bilateral agreements with overseas counterparts

+51 Net Promoter Score for community customers

$93.197 million in own source income

+70 Net Promoter Score for emergency management customers and partners

How we performed

Pillar

Success measure

Result

Impact and value

The financial and social value we deliver to Government, industry and the Australian community.

Performance met expectations

Impact and value

The levels of satisfaction and trust our customers and partners have in us and the way we interact with them.

Performance met expectations

Impact and value

Our reputation among our customers and partners, and within the Australian community.

Performance met expectations

Impact and value

The level of uptake of our services by new customers and the return rate from existing customers.

Performance met expectations

Impact and value

The conversion rate from ideas to opportunities to customer outcomes.

Performance partially met expectations

Operational excellence

Our delivery to customer requirements.

Performance met expectations

Operational excellence

Internationally benchmarked levels of capacity utilisation, product and service performance, system reliability, resilience and speed to market.

Performance partially met expectations

Operational excellence

Our delivery to budget.

Performance met expectations

Operational excellence

Independent verification of the quality of our services.

Performance met expectations

Operational excellence

The levels of workforce skill and competency benchmarked with our peers and against accepted international standards.

Performance partially met expectations

Insight and innovation

The depth, breadth and quality of our external partnerships and collaborations.

Performance met expectations

Insight and innovation

Our innovation maturity is reflected in our strategy, culture, processes and systems.

Performance did not meet expectations

Insight and innovation

The quality of our scientific publications, benchmarked internationally.

Performance met expectations

Insight and innovation

The speed of delivery from concept to prototype and from prototype to customer acceptance.

Performance partially met expectations

Insight and innovation

Feedback from staff, customers and partners on our capacity to innovate.

Performance met expectations

The Bureau way

Our performance benchmarked internationally against work health, safety and environment best practice.

Performance partially met expectations

The Bureau way

Feedback from staff and customers on the alignment of our stated intent with our actual behaviours and actions, especially those of our senior leaders.

Performance met expectations

The Bureau way

A diverse and inclusive workforce, benchmarked against the community.

Performance partially met expectations

The Bureau way

The number and outcomes of collaborative and whole-of-enterprise activities.

Performance met expectations