Many challenges continued to face the Bureau of Meteorology in 2005-06, including:

• introduction of a new payroll system to provide better services for staff and its integration with the financial and management information systems;
• preparation for the acquisition of state-of-the-art forecasting tools to provide enhanced efficiency and effectiveness through automation of some manual forecasting tasks;
• establishment of an effective balance between automated and manual observations programs, including successful introduction of a new model for Meteorological Office operations;
• achievement of effective collaboration with Pacific Basin countries to maintain and enhance their weather and climate services for mutual benefit across the region; and
• development of new products and services to equitably and sustainably meet community needs.