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

• upgrade and installation of equipment for the Australian Baseline Sea Level network, as part of the Australian Tsunami Warning System, in collaboration with Emergency Management Australia and Geoscience Australia;
• operational introduction of new Doppler radar facilities in Melbourne and Tamworth, and associated services;
• continuation of the Bureau's enhanced field office replacement program, including completion of Willis Island and commissioning of replacement offices at Charleville, Broome and Sydney Airport;
• planning, procurement and development of equipment and systems for the next generation automatic weather station;
• commissioning of new equipment e.g. radars, automatic weather stations, wind profilers and new generation satellite reception facilities;
• finding further efficiencies in Bureau programs to enable improved products and services to be delivered with fewer staff;
• progressing the ACCESS initiative with CSIRO, the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) and scientists from other academic institutions;
• enhancement of the new payroll and human resource management system;
• development and implementation of new forecast systems in collaboration with the NOAA Earth Science Research Laboratory (ESRL); and
• contributions to the implementation of disaster mitigation strategies.