The Bureau of Meteorology will continue to provide high quality weather and related forecasts to the Australian community as its highest priority. Associated with this, there will be a number of on-going and new issues including:

• commissioning new equipment, e.g. rooftop satellite antennae, automatic weather stations, wind profilers, radars;
• dealing with an ageing yet operationally vital infrastructure that is beyond its economic lifetime, and which must be replaced;
• settling into the new headquarters at 700 Collins St;
• streamlining of the Bureau observation program;
• finding further efficiencies in Bureau programs to enable improved products and services to be delivered with fewer staff; and
• involvement in a collaborative Earth System Simulation project with the CSIRO, Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) and other Australian scientists.